Quincy Jones News

Natalie Cole is confirmed to make a special guest appearance at the The Hollywood Bowl's presentation of the rhythms and sounds of Cuba on Wednesday, August 24 at 8:00 PM, part of the 2011 Jazz at the Bowl series. Cole is set to perform two songs with Arturo Sandoval & the L.A. All-Star Big Band. The evening also includes performances by the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club® featuring Omara Portuondo and Ninety Miles featuring Stefon Harris, David Sanchez, and Christian Scott. This Cuban-themed event brings together the sights and sounds of Cuba with projections of selected photos from the Getty's new photography exhibition, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now.

The Hollywood Bowl proudly presents Joni's Jazz, a concert featuring special guests performing works from the jazz-based recordings of the iconic singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.* Artists include Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Glen Hansard, Aimee Mann, Chaka Khan, Wayne Shorter and Cassandra Wilson. Backed by an all-star ensemble with arrangements by drummer Brian Blade and pianist Jon Cowherd, Joni's Jazz takes place on Wednesday, August 17 at 8 PM and includes a complete performance of her 1975 masterpiece The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

North American tour of COME FLY AWAY will launch at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, on August 2, 2011.

The Hollywood Bowl proudly presents Joni's Jazz, a concert featuring special guests performing works from the jazz-based recordings of the iconic singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.* Artists include Herbie Hancock, Kurt Elling, Glen Hansard, Aimee Mann, Chaka Khan, Wayne Shorter and Cassandra Wilson. Backed by an all-star ensemble with arrangements by drummer Brian Blade and pianist Jon Cowherd, Joni's Jazz takes place on Wednesday, August 17 at 8 PM and includes a complete performance of her 1975 masterpiece The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

COME FLY AWAY launches its North American tour today at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Direct from the original Broadway cast of COME FLY AWAY and the Las Vegas production of Sinatra Dance With Me are principal dancers Matthew Stockwell Dibble, Cody Green, Laurie Kanyok, Marielys Molina, John Selya and Ron Todorowski.

STOMP - the multi-award winning, international hit show - celebrates its 20th birthday this autumn with special events throughout London on Monday 14th November, culminating in a thrilling and unique performance of the show.

BONNIE & CLYDE, which will open this fall on Broadway, has just launched its official website! Additionally, the new site features song previews from the show including: 'Bonnie,' 'Made in America,' 'Dyin AInt So Bad,' 'What Was Always Good Enough,' 'You Can Do Better,'You're Goin Back to Jail,' 'You Love Who You Love,' and more! The production will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. BONNIE & CLYDE has direction by JEFF CALHOUN, music by FRANK WILDHORN, lyrics by DON BLACK, book by IVAN MENCHELL and music supervision/orchestrations/arrangements by JOHN McDANIEL. Visit the all new website by clicking here!

Sparks fly when Amanda and Elyot, formerly married to each other, find themselves in adjoining hotel honeymoon suites - each with a brand-new spouse in tow. Private Lives, Noël Coward's stylish, savvy comedy about the people we can't live with - or without - opens at International City Theatre in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on August 26.

HBO and Comcast are proud to announce the return of a favorite Washington summertime tradition, Screen on the Green.

The Razz Room announces its schedule of upcoming events. For tickets and more information, please call 800.380.3095 or visit: www.therrazzroom.com Tickets are not on sale at: http://therrazzroom.com/eventlist11.html

Following a heartfelt and entertaining memorial for Sidney Lumet at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall with speakers and performers including Lauren Bacall, Walter Bernstein, Bobby Cannavale, Glenn Close, Jonathan Demme, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jenny Lumet, David Mamet, Phylilis Newman and Christopher Walken among others, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the details today for a retrospective of the admired and beloved director's work, Prince of the City: Remembering Sidney Lumet which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater July 19 - 25.

Musical director Rickey Minor (American Idol, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), Stevie Wonder and friends take the Hollywood Bowl on a tour of soul sounds across cultures, genres and generations, Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the KCRW World Festival series.

THE WORD BEGINS now runs Thursdays - Sundays at 8pm through August 7, 2011. ROGUE MACHINE is located at 5041 W. Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019 (in Theatre Theater). Tickets are $20-$35.Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com

The new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, will open at DeVos Performance Hall on Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, will open at DeVos Performance Hall on Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Hollywood Bowl presents an evening of performances by seven-time Grammy winner Gladys Knight and three-time Grammy award-winner and Oscar nominated James Ingram.

A free matinee performance of The Word Begins for up to 100 young, artists and organizers from all over Los Angeles and Sylmar will be offered on Thursday, July 21st.

The producers of the new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, announced the cast today for the North American tour of the show, launching at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, on August 2, 2011.

The new Broadway musical, COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, will open at Detroit's Fisher Theatre on Tuesday, September 13.

The multi-faceted Quincy Jones brings his quintessential mix of genres from big band, pop, R&B and hip-hop to the Hollywood Bowl in a rare, one-off performance, September 7, 2011 at 8 p.m.