Reba McEntire News

Having regaled audiences in over 50 countries as featured headliner, principal performer or co-lead singer – including a 14 country tour of “Sophisticated Ladies” - Sonya Hensley is equally at ease singing jazz, R&B, Broadway, pop, Latin and blues – and has long been driven by her desire to keep expanding her horizons and bring a fresh twist to the world's most beloved songs.

Below, watch a new excerpt from the new documentary American Masters -- Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl, premiering nationwide Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS

Here's a question you may have asked yourself about Tosha Pendergrast: When does she sleep? Mundane, perhaps - but it's a question that comes to mind when you realize that she's always working, whether she's teaching students at Lauri Gregoire's Bellevue Dance Center, choreographing her latest show (Dreamgirls opened just last week at Murfreesboro's Center for the Arts, Street Theatre Company's production of In The Heights opens in a couple of weeks), performing onstage (she was among the cavalcade of stars in the Music City Theatre Collective's debut production Showstoppers), doing television appearances (The Dance Network is calling) or just living life with her handsome and charming husband Benjamin Pendergrast (together they are the perfect couple, each devoted to the other)…

Without doubt, excessive exaggeration or hyperbole, Nashville is a veritable 'city of dreams,' a place where creativity thrives and collaboration is a way of life. Perhaps in no other way is this synergy expressed more artfully than in Nashville Ballet's Attitude series - playing through Valentine's Day at TPAC's James K. Polk Theatre - which captures the very essence of Music City, encapsulating it in the music of local songwriters and then translating it for an audience via the ephemeral nature of dance.

Four country music and bluegrass artists who have written hundreds of hits and/or performed with some of country music's biggest stars are teaming up to raise money for a humanitarian program sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Nashville Ballet's acclaimed Attitude series will shake up its annual performance - slated for this weekend at TPAC's James K. Polk Theatre - to feature a collaboration with Music City's world-famous Bluebird Cafe for a unique series of dances.

Nashville Ballet's acclaimed Attitude series will shake up its annual performance - slated for this weekend at TPAC's James K. Polk Theatre - to feature a collaboration with Music City's world-famous Bluebird Cafe for a unique series of dances.

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl, premiering Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) during Women's History Month as part of the 30th anniversary season of THIRTEEN's American Masters series.

The LA Phil's 2015/16 Songbook Series continues with Brian Stokes Mitchell at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, February 6, 2016, at 8:00 PM. The Tony®-winning singer, actor, arranger and musician joins long-time pianist and collaborator,Tedd Firth, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, led by conductor Kevin Stites, for 'In Character,' an evening of Broadway tunes filled with beauty, joy, whimsy, romance, and Stokes' signature, inspired vocal interpretations. Expanding on his most recent album, Simply Broadway (which USA Todaydeemed as 'one of the best albums of 2012'), Stokes will perform such Broadway classics as 'I, Don Quixote,' 'Feeling Good,' 'Wheels of a Dream' and 'It Ain't Necessarily So,' among many others.

Four country music and bluegrass artists who have written hundreds of hits and/or performed with some of country music's biggest stars are teaming up to raise money for a humanitarian program sponsored by the Church of the Good Shepherd in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Nashville Ballet's acclaimed Attitude series shakes up its annual performance by collaborating with the world-famous Bluebird Cafe. A Valentine's Day evening performance has been added to the original schedule due to popular demand, with a total of four performances February 12-14, 2016, at TPAC's Polk Theater.

On Thursday, January 21 at 8PM, Jai Rodriguez presents his new show, 'Tales of An Aging Twink' at Martinis Above Fourth. He calls this show 'the R-rated GLEE version of his life.' Rodriguez, best known for his role as the culture guide on Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, is also a well-known Broadway singer/actor and TV/movie performer. Tickets for this one-night only event are $20-$25 and are available at www.martinisabovefourth.com.

?San Diego Musical Theatre announces the first production of their 2016 season, RAGTIME, February 5-21, 2016 (press opening on Saturday, February 6th) at the Spreckels Theatre.

Still going strong after more than 50 years, 'The Queen of Country Music' is now the subject of the new documentary American Masters -- LORETTA LYNN: STILL A MOUNTAIN GIRL premiering nationwide Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS

Grammy-winning® music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood is celebrating 2016 with new episodes of the Emmy-winning® series Trisha's Southern Kitchen, premiering Today, January 2nd at 10:30am ET/PT.

On this year's DISNEY PARKS UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION on ABC, pop star Ariana Grande performed a cover of "Zero To Hero" from the animated film HERCULES.

This Christmas, Disney Parks celebrates not only the joy of the holiday season but the unforgettable family moments it has helped guests create over the past sixty years.

Today, December 8, Palm Beach Dramaworks launches the third season of its highly successful Dramalogue - Talking Theatre! series with Paul Gemignani: Musical Theatre's Master Maestro. The program features the esteemed Broadway musical director in conversation with Sheryl Flatow. Gemignani, recipient of the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, will discuss a remarkable career still going strong after more than 40 years, and talk about how he helps shape a show and bring a score to life. The program will be presented twice, at 2pm (limited seating available) and 7pm at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre.

Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan is taking the stage today at AT&T Stadium to kick off The Salvation Army's 125th Red Kettle Campaign with a LIVE nationally televised halftime performance

On Monday night, the Broadway at Birdland concert series kicked off a four-night run starring Tony Award-winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole and Grammy Award-winning composer/pianist/singer Billy Stritch in OUR FAVORITE THINGS. The show will run through Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, with shows nightly at 6pm. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!