Nat "King" Cole News

Celebrated vocalist, recording artist and composer Todd Murray brings back a bygone era in his acclaimed new show entitled Todd Murray: Croon.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY announces their Fall 2010 Season. Kicks off with MICHAEL FEINSTEIN & BARBARA COOK, from September 7 to October 2

Jim Caruso is proud to announce the return of the award-winning singer NATALIE DOUGLAS to the Birdland stage on Monday, October 11 at 7pm. This event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series.

On August 23, 2010 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, world-renowned entertainer Maurice Hines pays tribute to the great Nat King Cole in an intimate evening to benefit Ronald McDonald House® New York and The New York Pops Education Programs.

Ronald McDonald House New York and The New York Pops present Maurice Hines in 'To Nat King Cole with Love' With Special Guest Lillias White August 23, 8:30PM

Producers Proteus Spann and Pro2Play Productions are pleased to announce the Washington-area premiere of the award-winning new gospel musical comedy Sanctified. Written by Javon Johnson, with original music by Rollo A. Dilworth, and directed by Derrick Sanders, Sanctified will play the historic Lincoln Theatre for a limited engagement, October 21 through November 14. Casting will be announced next month.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY announces their Fall 2010 Season. Kicks off with MICHAEL FEINSTEIN & BARBARA COOK, from September 7 to October 2

Last night, August 5, Family Guy mastermind Seth MacFarlane serenaded Jay Leno and the audience on the Tonight Show audience with music that appears on his new album. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Universal Republic Records has signed Television Executive Producer/Actor Seth MacFarlane for a fully orchestrated album of 1940s and 50's classic show tunes, scheduled to hit stores and online platforms later this year. Click below for a preview of what's to come!

Universal Republic Records has signed Television Executive Producer/Actor Seth MacFarlane, the multi-talented creator behind the hit Emmy winning FOX Animated Series Family Guy. MacFarlane will record and deliver a fully orchestrated album of 1940s and ‘50's classic show tunes, scheduled to hit stores and online platforms later this year.

New York City's ongoing Upper West Side institution - SING! SING! SING! - heats up AND cools down at its next sing-in, Cool Songs For A Summer Evening on Wednesday, August 4th at 7 p.m. at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street.

On August 23, 2010 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, world-renowned entertainer Maurice Hines pays tribute to the great Nat King Cole in an intimate evening to benefit Ronald McDonald House® New York and The New York Pops Education Programs.

Joe's Pub announces their line-up from July 28th to the 30th. Shows include Shells Cocktail Hour and Our Hit Parada and performances from Katie Herzig with Paul Dempsey, moira smiley & VOCO with The Jenkins Family, Marion Loguidice, LIGHTS, and Storm Large. Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street.

New York City's ongoing Upper West Side institution - SING! SING! SING! - heats up AND cools down at its next sing-in, Cool Songs For A Summer Evening on Wednesday, August 4th at 7 p.m. at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street.

The Museum of Modern Art's Summergarden concert series returns to The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden for four Sunday evenings beginning July 11, 2010. Summergarden, a tradition that began in 1971, is part of MoMA's long history of presenting jazz and classical music, including several premieres, in the Sculpture Garden. MoMA once again welcomes the participation of The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center, whose collaboration makes Summergarden possible.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem at 104 East 126th Street, #2C, New York, NY 10035 announces its upcoming events. For more information or tickets, please call 212 348-8300 or www.jmih.org.

The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.

Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans announce the World Premiere of Low Down Dirty Blues, by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman, the creators of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues and Fire on the Mountain.

Joe's Pub announces their line-up from July 28th to the 30th. Shows include Shells Cocktail Hour and Our Hit Parada and performances from Katie Herzig with Paul Dempsey, moira smiley & VOCO with The Jenkins Family, Marion Loguidice, LIGHTS, and Storm Large. Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street.

The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.