Robinson News

Brook Arts Center presents the Motor City's Revue's Motown Holiday on Friday, December 3, 2021.

Preemo Productions presents a live concert event featuring 25-year member of The Delfonics, Garfield Fleming, and Long Island's own That Motown Band called MOTOWN MEMORIES at Landmark on Main Street.

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess will return to the Met for 13 performances, October 31–December 12, 2021. The classic American opera features many artists from the triumphant 2019–20 production’s Grammy Award-winning cast. Eric Owens and Angel Blue star as the title couple, with conductor David Robertson on the podium.

Beginning a year of celebration until Summer 2022, the 50-year-old theatre will debut two new productions: a new retelling of the infamous Buck Ruxton case, Belle & Mary (18-20 November), and this year's annual in-the-round Christmas production, Beauty & the Beast (3-31 December).

For the first time in 21 months, Merrimack Repertory Theatre will return to The Nancy L. Donahue Theatre for indoor performances when it presents a world premiere holiday comedy, The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge by Trista Baldwin, from November 26 to December 12, according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

Mila Jam, the transgender singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and LGBTQ activist, joins the cast of  I Put a Spell on You: The Sanderson Variant, Jay Armstrong Johnson’s annual love letter to the cult-classic film Hocus Pocus.

Nominations for the 2021 People's Choice Award include Anthony Ramos for 'In the Heights', Jennifer Hudson for 'Respect', 'Cinderella', Britney Spears, Olivia Rodrigo, Kandi Burruss, Lisa Rinna, Emily Blunt, Emma Stone for 'Cruella', Wandavision, Only Murders in the Building, Sterling K. Brown, and more. Check out the full list now!

For over 50 years, Little Feat has fused California rock, funk, folk, jazz, country, rockabilly, and New Orleans swamp boogie into a unique musical gumbo all their own.  Little Feat comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 13 at 8 pm. Tickets are $59-$99.

Outback Presents has announced comedian Leanne Morgan's first national headlining tour will continue across the United States in 2022.  Morgan will perform at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Friday, February 4, 2022.

Outback Presents has announced comedian Leanne Morgan's first national headlining tour will continue across the United States in 2022.  Today, the rising star revealed The Big Panty Tour will bring her hit stand-up comedy routine to the masses in 37 new cities. 

The musical stars Edred Utomi as Alexander Hamilton, alongside Josh Tower as Aaron Burr, Zoe Jensen as Eliza Hamilton, Bryson Bruce as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Jon Viktor Corpuz as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Tyler Belo as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and more.

The fifth annual Tipping Point all-star benefit concert, presented by Tulane University, will return on November 12, headlined by Chaka Khan. The evening will also include performances from the New Orleans house band.

On October  24, 2021, Los Angeles Opera presented Wagner’s Tannhäuser live online for patrons who cannot get to the theater at this time. Director Louise Muller revived the Ian Judge production of the opera’s Dresden version. A second live streamed performance will be available from LA Opera on October 27. 

Classic Stage Company presents John Doyle's highly anticipated staging of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins November 2, 2021, through January 8, 2022. The production officially opens on November 14.

On Thursday, October 28, Community Conversations will examine “Corporate & Community: The Relationship,” discussing constructive steps companies can take to build positive relationships within the community and achieve shared goals.

Hadestown, the 2019 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, officially opened its North American Tour on October 15, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Kicking off at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC, the tour will visit over 30 cities in its first year. Check out all the reviews...

Killing It is a comedy about class, capitalism and one man’s quest to achieve the American dream. And also about hunting really big snakes. The project reunites Craig Robinson with “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredici.

The West End production of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, which opened last week at the Lyric Theatre, has extended its booking period until 18th September 2022. Hailed as a major cultural event the landmark production about Bob Marley's life began performances at the Lyric at the start of the month.

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Jazz at Princeton University, helmed by trailblazing saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, will return to live performances on Saturday, November 6 with a concert featuring Mahanthappa’s internationally renowned Hero Trio performing with Princeton’s Small Group I.