Some Shakespearean tragedies are ripe for a prequel; amidst the chaos and bloodshed, you wonder what happened to get us here, and what might be going on just out of view. In 'Verona Walls,' playwright Laura Hirschberg, a Shakespeare devotee since childhood, imagines a background story for 'Romeo and Juliet' that is separate from the ancient grudges that frame the Bard's tragedy. She spins a separate and most profound 'bromance' for the Montague boys in this new play, which centers on the loves and mistakes of Mercutio--Romeo's best friend and Shakespeare's notorious scene-stealer--as the action of 'Romeo and Juliet' plays out somewhere offstage. The Workshop Theater, 312 West 36th Street, will present the play's world premiere March 3 to 26, directed by DeLisa M. White.
Candlebox, the influential, multi-platinum rock band from the powerful '90s Seattle music movement, returns with their long-overdue sixth album Disappearing in Airports
The winners of the SongDoor 2015 International Songwriting Competition have been announced: the Grand Award has gone to Juliette Reilly of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey for her song, "Hero," which also won the Pop category. Entries were received from 24 countries on four continents. All of the winning songs can be heard at http://songdoor.com.
Daina Shukis captures the core message in each song she approaches with an inimitable style all her own. Having influences that span from Jazz, rock, funk and country, Shukis brings her originality to the forefront.
Following a gigantic 2015, which saw the release of their first U.S. #1 album How Big How Blue How Beautiful (Republic Records), Florence + The Machine will embark on their “How Beautiful” tour of North America this spring
Ron Pope & The Nighthawks' debut, self-titled album is now streaming in full on Consequence of Sound. Listen HERE. The record will be officially released today, January 8, on Brooklyn Basement Records.
DISH Network L.L.C. today unveiled Hopper 3 and HopperGO, each packed with industry firsts designed to change the way consumers find, record, stream, watch and transport content. The next generation of the company's whole-home DVR, Hopper 3, features 16 tuners, 4K content options including the proprietary 'Sports Bar Mode,' and integration of Netflix into its universal search results. The pocket-sized HopperGO wireless flash drive stores up to 100 hours of recorded content for offline viewing on smartphones and tablets.
Ron Pope & The Nighthawks' debut, self-titled album is now streaming in full on Consequence of Sound. Listen HERE. The record will be officially released January 8 on Brooklyn Basement Records. Consequence of Sound noted, 'Pope has remained fiercely independent, refusing to make himself beholden to a label or even a manager' and with this new album he's 'returned home to go bigger and better.'
Alex & The Kaleidoscope, with Alex Mitnick at the helm, has a splendid itinerary of colorful musical adventures in store for three FREE all-ages concerts
Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Louisville Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!
Adding to it's direct relationships with YouTube, Apple Music, and Pandora, earlier this month Atlas Music Publishing signed a direct deal with digital powerhouse Spotify making it the first Indie to have direct deals with the four most important digital music services.
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) Executive Artistic Director, Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the world premiere of Incendiaries, a co-production with Ohio City Theatre Project. Incendiaries was conceived and directed by Pandora Robertson and features a 7-person ensemble cast. The production previews January 7 before opening for a three-weekend run from January 8-23 in Cleveland Public Theatre's historic Gordon Square Theatre venue, located at 6415 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH.
Cirque du Soleil officially premiered its new arena touring show inspired by James Cameron's record-breaking movie AVATAR, TORUK - The First Flight, on Monday, December 21 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The show will be presented there until January 3 and will then continue touring in arenas around the world. TORUK - The First Flight comes to the New York area in September of next year, performing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn September 7-11 and at Prudential Center in Newark September 16-18.
Pandora (NYSE:P), the world's most powerful music discovery platform, and ASCAP and BMI, the world's leading Performance Rights Organizations (PROs), today announced the signing of two separate multi-year licensing agreements for their combined catalogs of more than 20 million musical works. These deals create business benefits for Pandora, while modernizing compensation in the U.S. for ASCAP and BMI songwriters and publishers. In connection with the signing of the BMI agreement, Pandora has agreed to withdraw its appeal of the May 2015 order in the recent BMI rate case.
Pandora and ASCAP and BMI today announced the signing of two separate multi-year licensing agreements for their combined catalogs of more than 20 million musical works.
From his home base of Puerto Rico, self manufactured EDM robot DVJ KING ARTHUR is progressively taking the universe by storm. Starting with a dream of becoming an astronaut, he became a mechanical engineer and ultimately used his expertise to create his signature robotic DJ suits and spaceship booths.
