According to Contact Music, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is currently collaborating with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart to write a musical. Starr told Mojo magazine: 'Me and Dave wrote a musical, a complete thing - characters, story, a lot of songs. We wrote it for Broadway, but it will more likely end up (as) a movie... and I'm not telling you anything else. It's about other people.'
JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater, reopened October 4th, 2011 from a top to bottom renovation, debuted in October 1998 and quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists. Check out the full November schedule below!
Forty seven years ago, The Beatles kicked-off their first ever U.S. tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. John, George, Paul and Ringo return to the City by the Bay for five performances only - October 28 - 31 - in 4 Lads from Liverpool - A Tribute to The Beatles at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor). Tickets range in price from $35 to $75 and go on-sale tomorrow, Friday, August 26, at noon at the Marines' Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at marinesmemorialtheatre.com.
Forty seven years ago, The Beatles kicked-off their first ever U.S. tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. John, George, Paul and Ringo return to the City by the Bay for five performances only - October 28 - 31 - in 4 Lads from Liverpool - A Tribute to The Beatles at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor). Tickets range in price from $35 to $75 and go on-sale tomorrow, Friday, August 26, at noon at the Marines' Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at marinesmemorialtheatre.com.
Beyond the Music, a new musical with original book and direction by Tony Award winner Andy Sandberg (Hair; The Last Smoker in America) and a fresh and exhilarating pop-rock score by multiple Emmy Award-winner Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz, will have invitation-only readings in New York on October 17 and 18th, 2011.
Beyond the Music, a new musical with original book and direction by Tony Award winner Andy Sandberg (Hair; The Last Smoker in America) and a fresh and exhilarating pop-rock score by multiple Emmy Award-winner Cliff Downs and Katie Kahanovitz, will have invitation-only readings in New York on October 17 and 18th, 2011.
Producers of London's new rock & roll show BACKBEAT, which opens at the Duke of York's Theatre on 10 October, have revealed the principal roles cast for this production.
Forty seven years ago, The Beatles kicked-off their first ever U.S. tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. John, George, Paul and Ringo return to the City by the Bay for five performances only - October 28 - 31 - in 4 Lads from Liverpool - A Tribute to The Beatles at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St., 2nd floor). Tickets range in price from $35 to $75 and go on-sale tomorrow, Friday, August 26, at noon at the Marines' Memorial Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and online at marinesmemorialtheatre.com.
Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that Joe's Pub at The Public Theater has been approved for a grant to support New York Voices at Joe's Pub, a series celebrating New York City's diversity in performance and culture, presenting collaborations between artists from sound and stage.
George Harrison's GRAMMY-winning Concert for Bangladesh album makes its exclusive digital debut on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com) today, 40 years after the historic concert event on August 1, 1971.