Rick Smith News

One week ahead of its official release date, Underworld premiere 'Border Country' from their upcoming album Drift Songs, out October 25, 2019. 'Border Country' is the second collaboration with friend of Underworld and DRIFT community member Ø [Phase]. It's the final part of DRIFT Episode 4 and will be available on all DSPs July 4. Lithe and restless, it edges and darts through unmapped spaces into a place where grimy nocturnal electronics are driven hard by fizzing hi hats and multiple voices ricochet in from the peripheries. 

Live Source Theatre Group unveiled its next three productions at its recent Spring Gala event, celebrating its 8th season, held on June 18th at The Spanish Benevolent Society (239 West 14th Street). 

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, will return for Week Four of their sixth anniversary season on The CW with two 30-minute episodes airing back to back on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.7:00 p.m. Central, with one Original episode and one Encore episode. MASTERS OF ILLUSION features amazing magic performed by 40 cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers.

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, will return for Week Three of their sixth anniversary season on The CW with two 30-minute episodes airing back to back on Friday, June 21, 2019 at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central, with one Original episode and on Encore episode. MASTERS OF ILLUSION features amazing magic performed by 40 cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers.

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, will return for a sixth season on The CW Network with back to back episodes on Friday, June 7, 2019 (8:00-8:30 p.m. and 8:30-9:00 p.m. ET).

Cumberland Valley School of Music (CVSM) presents the 11th Annual Neighborhood Chefs Walk, a celebration of food and drink, music, and community, taking place on June 1, 2019, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m..

Awe-inspiring talents, unusual objects, strange phenomena and mind-boggling feats are explored in Travel Channel's reboot of the iconic series, “Ripley's Believe It or Not!” premiering on Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted and executive produced by actor Bruce Campbell, the 10-episode, hour-long series is inspired by Robert Ripley's obsession with the awesome and his keen eye for what keeps viewers mesmerized. Seventy years after Ripley hosted the first eponymous series, we still can't resist his challenge to, “Believe it, or not!”

Get a first look below at Good Theater's production of Lucky Stiff by Lynn Ahrens (book & lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music), directed by Brian P. Allen.  The production wraps up on April 28 at Good Theater's home the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. 

Get a first look at Good Theater's production of Lucky Stiff by Lynn Ahrens (book & lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music), directed by Brian P. Allen. 

A ragtag team of newsboys go on strike and take on notorious publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, when the price of "papes" surges and they're hung out to dry. Based on the classic Disney film, this new musical features catchy songs and a posse of newsboy underdogs you can't help but root for.

Everything's bigger in Texas, including the folks and family we all know and love! It's Christmas Eve in the Lone Star state and radio station personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report local news on the Yuletide activities that have gripped their little whistle-stop of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion's Club is too liberal, and Patsy Cline never dies. What's to be done about Joe Bob Lipsey's disastrous Christmas Carol pageant, a sabotaged yard-decorating contest, and a mysterious phantom on the loose and spreading havoc? With quick-change zaniness and quicksilver one-liners, CTC all-star actors Scot Friedman and Rick Smith introduce us to twenty-two of the wildest citizens of one zany town bringing all the "joy to the world" that make the holidays so special. Oh, holy night!

Ring in the holidays with the Texas-sized holiday comedy!

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, now celebrating its fifth anniversary on The CW returns for Week Twelve with two 30-minute episodes airing back to back on Friday, September 14, 2018 at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central.

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature THE KING AND I, NEWSIES, and More!

Miami noise rock/alt metal powerhouse WRONG announce Fall 2018 headlining tour dates throughout November with Texas' Portrayal of Guilt. WRONG will be touring in support of the recently released sophomore full-length album Feel Great. All confirmed tour dates are available below.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is a jukebox musical that uses the recording of an impromptu jam session that involed Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash as its basis. The recording was discovered in the vaults at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee in 1981. The recording itself was made on December 4, 1956. This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll. The musical opened on Broadway in 2010, after several tryouts and regional productions, and spawned a 2011 West End production. It uses 23 songs,not all of which are from the Sun Records catalog.

Plays through the 1st of September, 2018

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, now celebrating its fifth anniversary on The CW returns for Week Eight with two 30-minute episodes airing back to back on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central.

MASTERS OF ILLUSION, produced by Associated Television International and hosted by Dean Cain, now celebrating its fifth anniversary The CW returns for Week Six with two 30-minute Encore Presentation episodes airing back to back on Friday, August 3, 2018 at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central.

In 1998, in partnership with Smith Music Group, led by Rick Smith, Sr., Billy Bob's Texas began recording live performances from select artists taking the stage of the award-winning nightclub to be part of their Live at Billy Bob's Texas series. The series launched with back to back recordings of Pat Green and Merle Haggard. Now, in 2018, the famed series is celebrating its 20th Anniversary.