Steven Reineke, Music Director and conductor of the New York Pops greeted concert goers at a party at The Red Eye Grill after the 'On Broadway' concert at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway is an evening which celebrated some of Broadway's most unforgettable hits from the past and present. The sold out concert featured Stephanie J. Block and Andrew Rannells with The New York Pops Orchestra. Check below for photos as BroadwayWorld takes you inside the party!
Two time Tony Award winning Broadway legend, opera and concert soloist Judy Kaye opened the Cabaret Series at Helsinki on Broadway in Hudson New York March 22nd. BroadwayWorld was there for the event- check below for photos!
Tonight, March 21, 2014, The New York Pops continues its 31st season at Carnegie Hall with On Broadway, an evening celebrating some of Broadway's most unforgettable hits from the past and present, featuring Tony Award nominees Stephanie J. Block and Andrew Rannells. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside rehearsal below!
After two consecutive sold out concerts in January and February, Will & Anthony Nunziata performed a'double encore' performance of their critically-acclaimed concert 'Broadway, Our Way' last night at 54 Below. Broadwayworld takes you to the concert. The singers, actors and recording artists have won acclaim for their concert and symphony performances throughout the country and around the world putting their fresh take on pop standards and Broadway showstoppers.
Powerhouse vocalist and former American Idol Finalist, Melinda Doolittle, performed her latest live show 'It Must Be Love' last night at New York's 54 Below. In an intimate evening featuring Melinda with her three-piece band, audiences saw Doolittle as never before. Bringing her soulful tones and bright spirits in tow, Doolittle's latest offering ran the musical gamut from Blues to Broadway, reminding audiences why they fell in love with her on 'America's Most Watched Stage'. Miss Doolittle's next performance is tonight March 20th at 9:30
John Pizzarelli once again expertly switches (musical) hats at Cafe Carlyle with his new concert of bossa nova music. The evening is titled "Strictly Bossa Nova" and it features Daniel Jobim, grandson of the seminal Antonio Carlos Jobim and an ensemble of Brazilian musicians.
54 Below has presented the phenomenally entertaining Fyvush Finkel in a show that is a musical celebration of the 91 year old's long career. It is fitting that "broadway's nightclub" feature a masterful entertainer who 80 years ago was a star in the pre broadway Yiddish Theater. Check out a look back at his recent concert below!
The Amanda McBroom Project, conceived and directed by Eric Michael Gillett and Arthur Masella, with musical direction by Jeff Cubeta is playing at The Laurie Beechman Theatre for 3 nights only, March 14th, 15th & 17th. Starring in the production are, Karen Akers, Aisha de Haas, Terese Genecco, Mandy Gonzalez, Carolyn Montgomery-Forant and Kt Sullivan. Also appearing are Alison Grace Bradbury, Leah Jennings, Eva Kantor, Lauren Stanford, Erin Wegner Brooks and Melanie Vaughan. BroadwayWorld was there at the opening, check below to see photos from the performance!
In her 2nd of four shows at the Metropolitan Room, Karen Wyman continues her return to the singing stage after a 25 year absence. In this performance Kenny Ascher noted pianist/composer/arranger was at the keyboard subbing for her musical director John Oddo. Her new show, "The Second Time Around", also features Jay Leonhart on bass, and Eddie Caccabale on drums. Dennis Deal is her stage director. Her next shows are March 19th and 26th at 7 PM.
Check out photos from the concert below!
Nearly six decades into her career, Academy Award-winning singer and actress Shirley Jones makes her Cafe Carlyle debut with a two-week run of An Evening with Shirley Jones, continuing through March 15. Actor-composer Ron Abel (Happily Divorced, I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special) accompanies her for performances March 11-15. She'll perform the songs of Rogers, Hammerstein and Hart. Her son, Patrick Cassidy, visited her at last night's show and you can check out photos below!
The dance music of the 20's and 30's is currently being featured at the IGUANA at 240 w 54th street. Grammy -winners Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks appear there every Monday & Tuesday from 8-11 PM.
Norm Lewis gave a 'once in a lifetime' sold out concert on Saturday Night for the AMERICAN SONGBOOK Series at Lincoln Center. The evening featured a dazzling combination of story-telling and extraordinary vocal expertise, spanning from showtunes to pop, to R&B, church and just about everything in between.
Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook continues to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. Featured over the weekend was Jim Caruso's Cast Party Goes to the Movies, with Billy Stritch, featuring Marilyn Maye, Jane Monheit, Christina Bianco & Jeffry Denman.
One of the icons of the music world, Jimmy Webb, appeared at The Iridium last night, March 6, and will follow up with a performace tonight, March 7. Tonight, there will be a 8:30 & 10:30 show. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at Webb's performance from last night!
Nearly six decades into her career, Academy Award-winning singer and actress Shirley Jones makes her Cafe Carlyle debut with a two-week run of An Evening with Shirley Jones, continuing through March 15. Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winner John McDaniel (Annie Get Your Gun, Patti Lupone: Live!, The Rosie O'Donnell Show) will serve as Music director and will accompany her on piano March 4-8; actor-composer Ron Abel (Happily Divorced, I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special) will take his place for the performances March 11-15. She'll perform the songs of Rogers, Hammerstein and Hart. Check out photos from her first performance below!
The combination of fine dining and wonderful music continues at the world famous Le Cirque's Musical Mondays. This week it was Australian Jazz Pianist Matt Baker and his trio along with New York's own award winning vocalist Marissa Mulder. Matt Baker tied 5th place in the 2003 Montreux International Solo Jazz Piano competition and was a semi-finalist in 2004 and 2005. The Montreux Jazz Festival also engaged The Matt Baker Trio as their exclusive in-house band 2 years straight. Marissa Mulder has recently received the Julie Wilson Award at the Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention and is a favorite of New York audiences.
This past Tuesday evening Maude Maggart, a celebrated young veteran of the cabaret scene, started her debut run at the Cafe Carlyle (which ends tonight with shows at 8:45 pm and 10:45 pm) and her new show certainly didn't disappoint, at least not in the singing department. Throughout a 16-song set, this attractive and willowy brunette from a performing family that now spans three generations was a delightfully dreamy enchantress conveying retro-romantic songs she delivered with the ethereal mezzo soprano style of an early Disney movie heroine of pre-Little Mermaid vintage, only one more worldly wise and seductive.
MAUDE MAGGART - the acclaimed vocalist, made her debut at the Cafe Carlyle with a special engagement from February 25 to March 1. Check out photos from the engagement below!
This week at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach Florida, Rob Russell entertainment director is presenting Amanda McBroom. Appearing with Amanda, is her long time collaborator and music director pianist/composer Michele Brourman.
Martin Charnin & Shelly Burch celebrate romance this week at Handle With Care. Talkbacks are set for each Tuesday in February (and the first Tuesday in March prior to the show concluding its run on March 9). At each talk, one of four romantic duos will wax poetic on their life and love. Details below!
