Sage News

The Times Square Alliance announced today the first ever Songs for Our City, a songwriting challenge commissioning new original music from Broadway actors and composers in response to the current COVID-19 crisis, in order to both support artists during this time and provide a unique and interactive way for audiences to enjoy new music.

TRAIN STOP, a short film about a romantic chance encounter in a train station, will screen at this year's Ashland Independent Film Festival, that will stream online from May 22nd - June 14th. The festival's mission is to celebrate the diversity of human experience through the art of independent film by enriching, educating and inspiring all audiences. To that end, Train Stop can be viewed online throughout the duration as part of a group of shorts, called Short Stories 1: Couples.

YES announce re-scheduled UK dates, due to the coronavirus pandemic, for The Album Series 2021 Tour. The tour was originally scheduled to kick off this month in Liverpool – it will now begin on 16th May 2021 in Manchester.

Legendary guitarist and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Beck, one of the great collaborators in music history, recently released his latest collaboration with Johnny Depp: a re-imagining of John Lennon's classic track “Isolation.”  

Last week, Atlantic Records announced SCOOB! THE ALBUM, the official musical companion to Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Animation Group's animated Scooby-Doo action adventure motion picture for the whole family, SCOOB! 

Feinstein's/54 Below continues their #54BelowAtHome series tonight with A Very Broadway Mother's Day!

In two virtual commencement celebrations earlier today, Boston Conservatory at Berklee Executive Director Cathy Young presented honorary doctorates to Tony, Emmy and Grammy winner André De Shields and dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov.

New Date Announced for THE JERRY DANCE PARTY at Boulder Theater

With book printers now up and running, New Star Books is delighted to announce The Smallest Objective is available May 28, currently online for pre-order and as an eBook. The emotional and physical impetus for Montreal author Sharon Kirsch's newest book stems from a sequence of loss, and recovery.

New musical theatre event SIGNAL ONLINE is being live-streamed around the world once again on Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 7.30pm GMT (2.30pm EST) via YouTube. This fourth edition of the hit online series features a series of international award-winning composers performing new musical theatre live from their living rooms into yours.

'Superhero Cooking School,' a new web comedy series, has been generating laughs around the world. Featured exclusively on YouTube, Superhero Cooking School was created by Gina Nemo, an award-winning actress and filmmaker, and founder of G Plan Media, and has earned acclaim for its unique comedic style and Saturday Night Live vibes, where actors create characters and parody famous comic book personalities.

Feinstein's/54 Below has added two original shows to #54BelowatHome, a series of streamed performances to provide theater fans everywhere with artistic content from their favorite artists.

As California continues to remain a?oeSafer at Homea?? and follow social distancing guidelines, The Music Center announced today that its 32nd annual Music Center Spotlight Grand Finale (Spotlight) performance will take place as a virtual event and benefit, premiering on May 30, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on The Music Center's website at musiccenter.org/spotlightfinale.

The Las Vegas entertainment community has banded together and recorded a new song, a?oeNeeding Each Other,a?? along with an accompanying video. The song and video can be seen online on YouTube and was created as a fundraiser to assist the entertainment community.

Today, Showtime Networks Inc. announced that Erin Calhoun has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Communications, the company's top communications post. She will assume her new role on May 4. The announcement was made by David Nevins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Showtime Networks Inc., to whom Calhoun will report.

The second installment of Up Close, The Shed's new digital commissioning program, features Reggie 'Regg Roc' Gray and the D.R.E.A.M. Ring in Revelation of Proverbs, a dynamic street dance performance within the confines of home. Revelation of Proverbs premieres on Sunday, May 3 at 6 pm EDT on The Shed's social media platforms (@theshedny) and its website at theshed.org.

Civic Ensemble's ReEntry Theatre Program will be presenting a recording of their performance of Streets Like This, which was originally scheduled for ten performances in mid-March, and was shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The current production is a remount of the 2018 production of Streets Like This.

A team of New York based entrepreneurs, including executives at Scout Lab, Jump450 and Teressa Foglia, announced the launch of the #InMyScrubs Challenge last week, which has quickly gained widespread appeal; raising 42,000 in just over 96 hours.

It's time to laugh this Friday, with Shakespeare's comedy of two pairs of separated twins! Hear the cicadas, watch the antics of some of our best comic actors, and lose yourself for just a little bit in the magic of Kentucky Shakespeare in the park.

Today would have been Willy Burmann's 81st birthday. In celebrating his life, I felt that it was essential to speak with Miro Magloire, the artistic director of New Chamber Ballet. Miro was Willy's friend, confidante, and preferred pianist for class.