Phil Spector News

Celebrate the holidays with one of pop music's iconic voices when Darlene Love performs at Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8 pm. Tickets are $59-39.

Spend the holidays at the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)! The Theatre features a variety of holiday events for families young and old at prices to fit everyone's budget.

You already know you're going to love Mamma Mia! now on stage at the Fisher Theatre, through November 10. The wildly popular musical takes the massive worldwide hits from ABBA and weaves them into a compelling story about life, love and dreams.

AMERICAN IDOL winner and modern pop music icon Kelly Clarkson makes her unique mark on the hallowed Christmas album recorded canon with her new release, WRAPPED IN RED, and the album's ear-grabbing lead single 'Underneath The Tree' now has a perky holiday-themed promotional lyric video to go along with it - with bonus reindeer included!

Ehrenkranz Artistic Director Jane Moss today announced the roster for Lincoln Center's fourth multidisciplinary White Light Festival, today October 24 through November 23, 2013.

Featuring The Crystals, Danny and the Juniors, and Shirley Alston Reeves, the Suncoast Showroom hosts "An Evening of Pop and Doo Wop" November 30 and December 1.

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein have announced the upcoming lineup at the all-new Feinstein's at the Nikko for the months of October, November and December. Artists include Emmy Award winning actress Megan Mullally ('Will and Grace) and actress Stephanie Hunt ('Friday Night Lights,' 'Californication') and their band Nancy & Beth; actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson; Broadway star and recording artist Linda Eder; soul and jazz vocalist Oleta Adams; and more!

Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are thrilled to welcome actress, producer and singer Rita Wilson to Feinstein's at the Nikko for three performance only - Thursday, October 31 (8 p.m.), Friday, November 1 (8 p.m.) and Saturday, November 2 (7 p.m.). Described by the Huffington Post as "a songwriter's dream," Wilson will perform songs from her critically acclaimed debut album, "AM/FM" - a collection of classics from the '60s and '70s. Located within Hotel Nikko (222 Mason Street, San Francisco), Feinstein's at the Nikko presents a wide range of entertainers from stage and screen all within an intimate 140-seat cabaret setting. There is a $20 food and beverage minimum per person inside the showroom which guests can use towards cocktails as well as a variety of small plates crafted exclusively for Feinstein's at the Nikko by Executive ChefPhilippe Striffeler, through Restaurant Anzu. Cheese and dessert platters will also be available in the showroom. Tickets for Rita Wilson range in price from $40-$60 and are available now by calling 866.663.1063 or visiting www.ticketweb.com.

This past week, celebrities including Sherri Saum ('The Fosters'), Sufe Bradshaw ('Veep'), Retta ('Parks & Recreation'), Rich Sommer ('Mad Men'), Emily Bergl ('Blue Jasmine'), Lorna Scott ('True Blood'), Mayra Veronica (Latin pop star), Rebecca Pidgeon ('Phil Spector', and wife of Emmy nominee David Mamet), Tenille Houston ('The Canyons'), Kate Linder ('The Young & the Restless'), Sadie Katz ('Chavez Cage of Glory'), Leslie David Baker ('The Office'), Adrian Bustamante ('Sharknado'), Mason Vale Cotton ('Mad Men'), Daniel Nguyen ('Tori & Dean'), Lesli Linka Glatter (Emmy Award nominee Directing for a Drama 'Homeland') and others as well as top wardrobe stylists/costume designers such as Janie Bryant ('Mad Men'), got a coveted appointment at StyleLab's Jewelry Preview for the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Guests had the opportunity to borrow from over $30 million worth of jewelry for the Primetime Emmy Awards and related parties.

The highly-acclaimed movie took home the honor over American Horror Story: Asylum, The Bible, Phil Spector, Political Animals, and Top of the Lake.

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA star Michael Douglas won the 2013 Emmy for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE.

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA's Steven Soderbergh takes home the Emmy for OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL.

Abi Morgan won the 2013 Emmy for OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL for THE HOUR.

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER's Neil Patrick Harris, is telecast live coast-to-coast tonight, September 22nd (8 PM ET/5 PM PT) on CBS from the NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. BWW TVWorld will be bringing you live updates of the winners, in addition to photos, videos, and more throughout the night!

In anticipation of the live 65th Annual Emmy Award broadcast on CBS this Sunday, BWW will be spotlighting the Emmy nominated TV performances of some of Broadway's biggest stars. Today, we take a look back at Al Pacino's turn as the titular music producer and murder suspect in HBO's PHIL SPECTOR!

Warner Archive Collection announces new releases including NICHOLS: THE COMPLETE SERIES (1971-72)

The Hollywood Reporter writes that David Mamet's BLACKBIRD, starring Cate Blanchett, will begin filming in Australia in January 2014. The Solution Entertainment Group also announced today that it will promote the film to buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival this week and next.

The jukebox musical of Ellie Greenwich hits closes the 2013 season for Totem Pole with the roar of motorcycles and the harmonies of the Shirelles

The Casting Society of America (CSA) announced today the nominees for the organization's 29th Annual Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting, given in 22 categories including film, television and theater.

You may not recognize her name, but if you know anything about rock and roll in the mid 1960s, you'll know her songs. Ellie Greenwich wrote or co-wrote many of the songs that became hit records for popular vocal groups produced by Phil Spector and his famous Wall of Sound technique and the legendary production team of Lieber and Stoller. Greenwich's rise from aspiring singer-songwriter and college student from Long Island to writing some of rock and roll's most iconic hits is portrayed in the musical Leader of the Pack, playing at Totem Pole Playhouse from August 20 through September 1.