Michael Jackson News

Ghost The Musical directed by Tony Award-winner Matthew Warchus and choreographed by Ashley Wallen, is celebrating its Hollywood Pantages Theatre premiere now through July 13, 2014. And, BWW TV's own LA Producer/Correspondent Michael Sterling and Co-Producer/Videographer Jordan Santacana were on hand opening night June 28 for an exclusive, pre-curtain interview with Ghost's U.S. National Tour stars Steven Grant Douglas ('Sam Wheat') and Katie Postotnik ('Molly Jenson').

Dixon Place (Ellie Covan, Artistic Director) presents the 23rd Annual HOT!, the NYC Celebration of Queer Culture. The world's longest-running LGBTQ Performance Festival, HOT! offers theater, music, dance, puppetry, performance art and homoeroticism for the whole family! HOT! is the pioneering festival of queer performance and culture - and the oldest annual festival of its kind in the world. Dixon Place is proud the HOT! serves as the model for other queer festivals across the globe and has become a performance destination for emerging talent in the LGBTQ community. This year's HOT!, featuring hundreds of participating artists presenting their newest creations, will run July 5th through August 2nd at Dixon Place, located at 161A Chrystie Street in New York City.

Take a journey back to the greatest days of rock with Dave Mason's sight and sound experience, Traffic Jam, on Sunday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $55, $70, $80 and can be purchased online at www.whbpac.org.

Craving a show after the show? 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee hours.

Craving a show after the show? 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee hours.

The next set of 10 phenomenal acts from across the country will perform on this Sunday's final Live Auditions episode of ABC's new groundbreaking reality series “Rising Star,” SUNDAY, JULY 6

It began as one man's story…became everyone's music…and is now Broadway's musical! MOTOWN THE MUSICAL comes to Shea's Performing Arts Center January 20-25, 2015 as part of the M&T Bank Broadway Series presented by Shea's and Albert Nocciolino.

This July and August 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street.

The supernatural power of love is taking Orange County by storm as the new Broadway and West End musical GHOST - THE MUSICAL, adapted from the Academy Award®-winning film, opens at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, July 29 - August 10. GHOST - THE MUSICAL features Steven Grant Douglas as Sam Wheat, Katie Postotnik as Molly Jensen, Carla R. Stewart as Oda Mae Brown and Robby Haltiwanger as Carl Bruner. Featured ensemble are Fernando Contreras, Brandon Curry, Evette Marie White, Lydia Warr, Hana Freeman and Shannan E. Johnson. Rounding out the ensemble are Susan Leilani Gearou, Tony Johnson, Beth Stafford Laird, Andrea Laxton, Ben Laxton, Jake Vander Linden, Michael McClure, David Melendez, Jack O'Brien and Maria Cristina Slye.

Fast-emerging indie pop artist Kanisha K (www.kanishakmusic.com) starts the summer hotter than ever, with her new single 'Bring Me Home” continuing its rise as the #1 Most Added track on the FMQB AC Add Board for an incredible four weeks in a row – and a giant leap from #31 to #24 on the main FMQB AC40 Chart.

Beginning Today, July 1st, a select number of $30 tickets will be sold through the MOTOWN THE MUSICAL ticket lottery for each performance. Beginning two-and-a-half hours before the performance, theatregoers are invited to enter the lottery at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street), and winners will be drawn two hours before each performance. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner. Cash only.

On July 1, 2014, single tickets go on sale for Signature Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season. The 2014/15 season will bring three new musicals to life in world premieres including the world premiere of the Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson penned musical adaptation of the 1982 movie Diner; Kid Victory by John Kander (Chicago, Cabaret) and Greg Pierce; and Soon by Nick Blaemire. The season begins with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Sunday in the Park with George; and continues with the musical version of Sinclair Lewis's best-selling novel Elmer Gantry; the DC area premiere of Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason; a world premiere concert event Simply Sondheim celebrating the work of Stephen Sondheim; and Kander & Ebb's classic musical Cabaret. Tickets to all of these events as well as Signature's Cabaret and Holiday Follies concerts go on sale to the public July 1 at 10AM.

Singer, songwriter, and performer Robin Thicke will release a brand-new album July 1 st on Star Trak/Interscope Records

Beginning today, July 1st, a select number of $30 tickets will be sold through the MOTOWN THE MUSICAL ticket lottery for each performance. Beginning two-and-a-half hours before the performance, theatregoers are invited to enter the lottery at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street), and winners will be drawn two hours before each performance. Limit one entry per person and two tickets per winner. Cash only.

Producers Scott Sanders and Wynton Marsalis brought us After Midnight, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle and featuring the big-band sounds of nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars. After 273 performances, After Midnight is closing today. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through After Midnight's beginnings on Broadway!

Moonlight Stage Productions and Artistic Director Steven Glaudini launch the 34th summer season with the hilarious Broadway musical Monty Python's SPAMALOT, presented for the first time at Moonlight, with performances from June 11 to 28 (Wednesday through Sundays). Single tickets are priced $15 to $52 and include price levels for student rush, military, senior, and family discounts.

Barley House in Cleveland is opening its doors today, June 28 from 5-8pm to local fans of the King of Pop to celebrate Michael Jackson 5 -- A Gathering of Love. This tribute evening will honor the fifth year anniversary of Michael Jackson's passing, and will include music, memories, memorabilia and more. Hosting the event will be memorabilia vendors from michaeljacksonfreak.com.

Craving a show after the show? 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee hours.

Sensational Cleo Higgins, lead singer of 90s pop group Cleopatra and Will.i.am's unforgettable contestant on The Voice, makes her West End debut tonight (Thursday June 26) in Thriller Live. Cleo joins the London cast of the long-running, record-breaking show on Tuesday 24 June direct from touring the UK and Europe, where she earned rave reviews for her incredible Jackson-like vocals. Scroll down for photos of Higgins onstage!

Superstar Beyonce took time out from the launch of her 'On the Run' tour to pay tribute to Jackson in a sentimental note posted on her official website.