Mike Davis News

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a wide-ranging lineup from February 16 through March 1, featuring established jazz icons, Broadway favorites, and rising stars across both venues.

Live at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater, programming from February 9 through February 22 will feature a wide range of jazz, cabaret, and Broadway artists.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Performances are now underway for the brand-new tour of Elf The Musical, following the limited holiday Broadway engagement at The Marquis Theatre last year. The tour will come to 10 cities this holiday season, including Chicago, Atlanta, and San Antonio. 

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Birdland Jazz Club will present the return of crooning troubadour and nouveau vaudevillian Bryce Edwards in “The Frivolity Hour”. Edwards leads a team of extraordinary jazzmen Scott Ricketts and more.

From his perch on the stage, McCartney had a lot to take in from the sold-out audience. You might expect the crowd would come from the same template of older fans trying to surf on a wave of 1960s nostalgia. And there were some of those. However, there were also teens, college students, and members of Generation X, Y, and Z soaking in the show.

Kean Stage will present The Soul of Burt Bacharach on November 8, 2025, at Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside, NJ. Conceived by bassist and festival producer Mike Griot, the concert celebrates the legacy of composer Burt Bacharach.

Good morning, Broadway lovers! It’s a big news day with fresh faces, exciting sneak peeks, and some major industry updates lighting up the stage. Hadestown launched a brand-new Broadway cast (with first bow video too!), plus there are West End updates as Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts preps for her London debut.

Vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (of Birdland’s critically acclaimed Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (of The New Wonders) came together on Monday at Birdland with “Hot Combination.'

This week's LINEUP featured Charles Busch, Dawn Derow and more. See highlights from the 8/26 edition of this variety show snapped by photographer Conor Weiss, and check out their next one on 9/9.

On 9/1, vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (The New Wonders) will celebrate the centennial of one of jazz’s hottest overlooked duos! We chatted with them about the show.

Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis are two of the music industry's most unique musical artists, and, now, they are the jazz duo to catch in the act.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards of the venue’s acclaimed “Frivolity Hour” and celebrated New York cornetist Mike Davis of The New Wonders in their new show “Hot Combination”. Learn more!

Theatre Communications Group has revealed the 2025 Rising Leaders of Color cohort of three early-career journalists and critics of color. Learn more here!

The Anderson Brothers will play Artie Shaw at the Birdland Theater, NYC next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance and find out how to attend here!

Susie Mosher and her personal artistic family make a long-awaited debut at their new home, The Green Room 42

Entering its sixth year, the Back Deck concert series will return with a robust season of performances featuring a lively mix of outstanding talents in jazz, classical, and genres in-between. Learn more!