Stephanie Jean News

Husband and wife duo Ida Mae (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean), have announced new U.S. tour dates opening for Greta Van Fleet this May. 'We were a little shocked when we were invited to play with them, but then it quickly made sense,' Turpin says. 'Their dad was in a blues band, plays harmonica. They grew up with Stax and Otis Redding, all the same blues things I did. A lot of their heroes are British rock 'n' roll bands, who during the 60s fell in love with blues coming out of Chicago. So it makes sense that Greta would be into us, and those shows really work out well.' Ida Mae are currently on the road with Blackberry Smoke on their Break It Down tour. See below for a full list of 2019 U.S. dates. The group will release their debut album Chasing Lights for June 7th via Thirty Tigers. 

Husband and wife duo Ida Mae (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean), have announced the upcoming release of their debut album Chasing Lights for June 7th viaThirty Tigers. Today they have also released a new video for their single 'Reaching', directed by Tim Hyland. The video is currently streaming via Billboard who describes it as 'an impressionistic pastiche featuring the two of them driving a friend's snazzy sports car... around the English countryside.' 'This was all filmed on the wilds of the Norfolk countryside,' the group writes about the video. 'The song captures moments of our travels in the Deep South of the US... and the sense of adventure and abandon that we've had to embrace in our lives to begin Ida Mae.'  Pre-order Chasing Lights https://ffm.to/chasinglights.

Blackberry Smoke will perform a series of stripped down shows this spring as part of their “Break It Down Tour,” the band's first-ever acoustic tour. The tour, featuring Ida Mae, includes a stop in Easton at the State Theatre on Friday, April 5th.

Husband and wife duo Ida Mae (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean), have released an enticing new video for their single 'If You Don't Love Me', directed by Tim Hyland and Luke Courtenay Smith with LNT productions. The video is currently streaming via Clash Magazine who writes, 'The duo cast a spell with their opaque Americana, with their folk-hewn, countrified harmonies, blending two voices as one.' Filmed in one take at a 17th century old shoe maker's mansion in the band's hometown of Norwich, the duo said of the video, “We wanted to capture a sense of late night / early morning, the quiet moment before the sun comes up with a hint of 'Exile on main street'!'

New York-based free jazz organization Arts for Art collaborates with The Kitchen to present free jazz ensembles in a multidisciplinary program of improvisation over the course of three evenings, March 7-9, 2019, at The Kitchen. From jazz, dance, and poetry to political discourse, these concerts consist of musical and discursive interjections among participants, which segue into conversations that are inclusive of audiences. The events aim to foster and celebrate new interrelationships among participants and audiences as they revolve around our conceptions of social justice. Titled IDENTITY: FREEDOM, the project declares liberation in both self-possession and movement.

Husband and wife duo Ida Mae (Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean), have shared their new single 'If You Don't Love Me', produced by Ethan Johns and released via Thirty Tigers today. Starting off simply with Chris' sweet vocals accompanied on guitar, the song gradually builds into a crescendo of pure bliss. Stephanie's vocals beautifully weave over the top of Chris' falsetto resulting in a balanced, elegant sound. Ida Mae will be joining Blackberry Smoke on their Break It Down tour this spring. See below for a full list of 2019 dates.

Last night, fifteen Broadway stars were featured in Broadway Sings Alanis Morissette, the latest concert in the Broadway Sings concert series. The tribute concerts take the music of well-known music icons and create new, unique arrangements and orchestrations by twisting the style to fit the strength of the performer. Previous seventeen concerts have included Adele, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake, and Rihanna. On December, the Highline Ballroom series will continue with Broadway Sings John Legend.

You oughta know that Broadway Sings Alanis has just added more stars to its lineup! Diana Degarmo (Hair), Alysha Deslorieux (Hamilton), Derek Klena (Anastasia), and Wesley Taylor (SpongeBob SquarePants) will join the lineup for the next installment of the acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series, Broadway Sings Alanis Morissette. Cast members from Broadway shows including Pretty Woman, Dear Evan Hansen, Once on this Island, and Waitress will sing completely new arrangements of the hits of the pop superstar, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations of her music.

The acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series will continue on August 20 at 8pm, honoring singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette with a cast of Broadway stars including Alex Boniello (Dear Evan Hansen), Lauren Patten (Fun Home), Ben Thompson (Waitress), and American Idol Season 7 winner David Cook (Kinky Boots). The one-night-only concert will feature completely new arrangements of the hits of the iconic multi-instrumentalist, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations of her music.

Less Than Rent Theatre will present a staged reading of Gracie Gardner's I'M REVOLTING at New Ohio Theatre on November 7th, 2017. It will be directed by Tony nominee Moritz Von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God).

Less Than Rent Theatre will present a staged reading of Gracie Gardner's I'M REVOLTING at New Ohio Theatre on November 7th, 2017. It will be directed by Tony nominee Moritz Von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God).

The 52nd Street Project makes a difference in the lives of countless Hell's Kitchen (Clinton) kids by pairing them with theater professionals who mentor them through the creation of original theater. Perhaps the most poignant presentations made by the Project are those in its semi-annual Playmaking series, which features the Project's youngest Hell's Kitchen menses - 9- and 10-year-olds who have just begun their theatrical education - writing for accomplished professional actors and revealing their work to a public audience for the first time. 

Elm Shakespeare Company brings magic to Edgerton Park for it's 21st summer season with Shakespeare's most beloved comedy, presenting 16 free outdoor performances of A Midsummer Nights Dream directed by Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company, Lennox, MA.

Simply Theatre! Play Readings by The Armonk Players presents LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS, by Steven Banks, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th at 8PM.

Teens ‘N' Theater will present the 15th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring six original plays, in the Hitchcock Studio Theater at The Rose, May 6 to 9. An ensemble cast of 30 actors, directed by Rose educator Kevin Ehrhart, will perform the works by teen playwrights who have participated in a year-long class at The Rose.

Teens ‘N' Theater will present the 15th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring six original plays, in the Hitchcock Studio Theater at The Rose, May 6 to 9. An ensemble cast of 30 actors, directed by Rose educator Kevin Ehrhart, will perform the works by teen playwrights who have participated in a year-long class at The Rose.

Teens ‘N' Theater will present the 15th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring six original plays, in the Hitchcock Studio Theater at The Rose, May 6 to 9. An ensemble cast of 30 actors, directed by Rose educator Kevin Ehrhart, will perform the works by teen playwrights who have participated in a year-long class at The Rose.