Motown the Musical rocked into Overture Center in Madison on Tuesday night with an abundance of talent and energy delivering the memorable Hitsville, USA classics. This Berry Gordy biopic covers his life as a young boy striving for more, to a man borrowing money from his family to build a recording empire that changed history. The production culminates with the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Motown.
Due to popular demand, The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Hidden Beach Experiences announce the addition of a second free Unwrapped Live! concert, taking place on Saturday, March 12 at 10:30 p.m. in the Walt Disney Theater. The first concert of the night remains at 7:30 p.m at the venue in Downtown Orlando. Both performances will be broadcast live on the Dr. Phillips Center lawn. Guests arriving after the Walt Disney Theater capacity is reached for each show are invited to watch these live outdoor broadcasts.
The West End production of Motown the Musical is now in previews at the Shaftesbury Theatre, with press night on 8 March 2016. With music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and book by Motown founder Berry Gordy, Motown the Musical is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. The show recently released a further 200,000 tickets for sale taking bookings to 18 February 2017. Check out a first look below!
Broadway Sessions is known for bringing audiences up close and personal with Broadway's best. This last Thursday night, however, Broadway Sessions opened it's door and it's microphone to up and coming performers with a song in their heart. And HOLY COW do these folks have voices!
Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) presents Broadway In Franklin: A Weekend with the Stars on February 26-28, featuring Broadway headliners Jenn Colella and Michael James Scott in a Broadway Revue of show-stopping numbers from the Great White Way.
The President and First Lady will invite top contemporary artists to the White House as part of its “In Performance at the White House” series.
The New Stew is a 'super group' of a handful of fine musicians from all genres of music that features Corey Glover (Living Colour, Galactic) on vocals, Roosevelt Collier (The Lee Boys) on Lap Steel/ Pedal Steel, Yonrico Scott (Derek Trucks Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood) on percussion, Dave Yoke (Susan Tedeschi Band, Dr. John, Scrapomatic) on guitar, Jared Stone (Stone's Stew) on drums, and Matt Slocum (Oteil and the Peacemakers, Col. Bruce Hampton & Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Lee Boys) on piano.
Columbus got their groove on at the Ohio Theatre on opening night when an iconic era of social change and racial integration was celebrated through soul, pop, and classic hits such as 'My Girl', 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough', 'ABC', Cruisin', 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', and so many more.
Playwright and actress Danai Gurira, who portrays Michonne on AMC's 'The Walking Dead' stopped by last night's LATE SHOW to talk about her new Broadway play ECLIPSED
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents an evening with Motown's greatest hits! The U.S. premiere of Dancing in the Streets, direct from London's West End, is a non-stop celebration of Motown's greatest songs, performed by an electrifying cast of singers, dancers and an onstage band. Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:00 PM at Prudential Hall. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)
The new American play ECLIPSED by Danai Gurira just began Broadway previews last night, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah and Saycon Sengbloh. ECLIPSED, directed by Liesl Tommy, will open on March 6, 2016 on Broadway at the Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th Street). ECLIPSED marks a historic moment on Broadway: the first time the cast, director, and playwright are composed entirely of female artists, fitting for a production that so stunningly chronicles the experiences of a group of very resilient women. To celebrate, the show hosted some of the industry's other trailblazing and history-making women for the first preview. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos below!
ECLIPSED is a Broadway rarity; a story about African women written by an African woman.
The complete original cast from The Public Theater's acclaimed, sold-out production of the new American play ECLIPSED by Danai Gurira are reprising their roles on Broadway this spring. ECLIPSED, directed by Liesl Tommy, begins previews tonight, February 23, 2016, with opening night set for March 6, 2016 on Broadway at the Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th Street).
Global Green will roll out the green carpet for the eco-conscious stars and allies at its 13th annual pre-Oscar party on Feb. 24 at the Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel that will feature an opening act by Charlie Puth
The President and First Lady will invite top contemporary artists to the White House as part of its “In Performance at the White House” series.
The Morrisson Theatre Chorus, under the musical direction of Cesar Cancino, will present its Spring Concert: american favorites: a celebration of america's popular MUSIC on March 18 and March 19 at 8:00pm and March 20 at 2:00pm. AMERICAN FAVORITES: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S POPULAR MUSIC will feature the music of Stephen Foster, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Elvis, Stevie Wonder, Simon and Garfunkel, and many more of our best songwriters.
World Music Institute concludes the inaugural season of its Masters of African Music series tonight, February 19 at 8:00 p.m. with South Africa's legendary all-male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, marking the group's first Town Hall performance in nearly a decade.
It should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone that on Tuesday night, February 16, Music City officially fell in love with Motown. Berry Gordy's musical is the stuff of legend and, as it takes us from 1983 all the way back to 1938 and back again, you can't help but be impressed by the ambitious young man's rise to preeminence; his story is the American dream come true and Gordy's impact on pop culture and the very fiber of our nation's history cannot be overstated - it's a story that resonates in Nashville to be certain.
Following a live performance of the show's opening number 'Alexander Hamilton' telecast live via satellite from the Richard Rodgers theater, presenter Seth MacFarland announced that the hip hop musical was the winner of a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
This year, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk', Taylor Swift's 1989, Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' and Meghan Trainor topped the 2016 honorees. Scroll down for all the winners!
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