Michael Smith News

Last night, GLAAD hosted a digital event to highlight the LGBTQ response to COVID-19 and to raise money for CenterLink and local LGBTQ centers affected by COVID-19. Included were performances and appearances from the cast of Jagged Little Pill, George Salazar and Mj Rodriguez, Alex Newell, and more.

Barbra Streisand has joined the lineup for GLAAD's upcoming livestream event!

Just last night, GLAAD presented 'Together in Pride: You are Not Alone,' highlighting the LGBTQ response to COVID-19 and amplifiying messages of acceptance and affirmation to the LGBTQ community and people living with HIV during this unprecedented time. The livestream raises funds for LGBTQ community centers that are members of CenterLink.

Billy Porter, the cast of Jagged Little Pill, Alex Newell, George Salazar, and more have joined GLAAD's livestream event, a?oeTogether in Pride: You are Not Alone,a?? on Sunday, April 26 at 8pm ET on GLAAD's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.

Art Lab and ShowTown Productions present a new web series THE SHOW MUST GO ON...SHOW; airing on YouTube every Tuesday at 7:00PM. Hosted by co-creators Howie Michael Smith and Andy Truschinski episode 3 will feature actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, Field Producer Amanda Cowper and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be the featured charity.

Art Lab and ShowTown Productions will present a new web series THE SHOW MUST GO ON...SHOW; airing on YouTube every Tuesday at 7:00PM. Hosted by co-creators Howie Michael Smith and Andy Truschinski episode 2 will feature actors Kara Lindsay & Kevin Massey, Dr. Dan O'Neill MD, and Animator/Director Gene Kim.

Art Lab and ShowTown Productions have announced a new web series THE SHOW MUST GO ON…SHOW; airing on YouTube every Tuesday beginning April 7th at 7:00PM. Hosted by co-creators Howie Michael Smith and Andy Truschinski each episode will feature a musical performance and talks with experts and artists about coping with the coronavirus pandemic through creativity.

AT THIS PERFORMANCE... will return to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys, Understudies and Alternates from Jagged Little Pill; West Side Story; Ain't Too Proud:The Life and Times of the Temptations; Emojiland and Fiddler on the Roof [Fiddler Afn Dakh] on MONDAY, MARCH 9TH at 7 PM.

The 23 young opera singers who have won regional auditions around the United States will compete in the semifinal round of the country's leading vocal competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, on Monday, February 24. The closed semifinal competition, held on the Met stage before a panel of judges, will determine the select group of finalists who will advance to the final round of the competition-the Grand Finals, which is open to the public and will be held on the Met stage on Sunday, March 1.

Broadway came out to celebrate in LA last weekend as the Grammy Awards brought some of New York City's biggest talents to the west coast. Producer Jordan Roth and Rick Miramontez hosted their First Annual Musical Theater Grammy Award Party at Tramp Stamp Granny's- a bar owned by Broadway veteran Darren Criss.

What happens when 1880 Western bandits are brought back to life in Azusa, CA by a space alien? Sam Shepard's The Unseen Hand joins Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's 50th Anniversary “Circa '69” Season of significant and adventurous plays that premiered around the time of the company's inception, coupled with Shepard's gritty and audacious Killer's Head. Longtime Shepard collaborator Darrell Larson directs both plays for a Jan. 25 opening at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A., where performances will continue through March 8.