Tina Turner News

Back on Broadway after performing regionally and on tour, Tracee's hoping to transition into principal roles.

Multi-Grammy Award nominee and pop instrumentalist/saxophonist extraordinaire Dave Koz returns to Columbus with his smooth jazz hits, holiday favorites, and a special reunion of the original tour lineup. Rick Braun, David Benoit, Brenda Russell, and Peter White, who recorded 'A Smooth Jazz Christmas by Dave Koz & Friends' in 2001, will perform hits from their respective catalogs and join together with Koz on a variety of holiday standards.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 - Upright Cabaret proudly presents Ty Taylor and Nalle Colt of Ghosthounds (www.ghosthounds.com) making Vintage Trouble. TY TAYLOR, star of CBS' Rockstar: INXS and PIPPIN at the Mark Taper Forum, mixes his soulful vocals with the intensity of Old Blues Rock and Soul band VINTAGE TROUBLE to create an evening people are sure to be howling about! For this very special Halloween engagement, Upright producers will clear the tables and chairs and open the floor for dancing, sweating and carrying on. This is the not-to-be missed Halloween event in LA. Leave the crowds to West Hollywood and come party with Vintage Trouble. TY TAYLOR & VINTAGE TROUBLE Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 at 9pm Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, (310) 652-5252 Tickets: $20 Main, Available online or $25 at the door (if available) Table minimums apply. For more info about Upright Cabaret including show times, tickets and scheduled performers, please visit us at www.uprightcabaret.com More about TY TAYLOR: TY TAYLOR is an artist whose soulful rock style is a compilation of singing at the age of five in St. Paul's Baptist Church, listening to 8 track tapes of James Brown, Bill Withers, and Tina Turner as a child, and his love for The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Born and raised in Montclair, NJ, Ty began playing in n nightclubs in Manhattan while still underage. His previous band, DAKOTA MOON, recorded two albums, toured the world twice over and had two Top 10 hits in the U.S. and internationally. His intoxicating and electro-magnetic stage performances have also given him the honor of sharing stages with Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Slash, Scott Weiland, Rob Zombie, Fiona Apple, and Macy Gray to name a few. Best known for his rise to fame as a finalist on Mark Burnett's CBS mega-series ROCKSTAR:INXS. He can be heard on the original cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's Songs For A New World. Ty is also a very accomplished stage performer. Broadway: Joseph, Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert, Cats, Grease. Taylor recently starred alongside Ken Page and Lillias White in the Reprise! Production of DAMN YANKEES directed by Jason Alexander, CHESS at the Ford Amphitheatre and most recently protrayed the Lead Player in the Def West production of PIPPIN directed by Jeff Calhoun at the Mark Taper Forum. His band, Ghost Hounds, just released their debut CD and their songs can be played already on Rockband 2 video games. www.ghosthoundsmusic.com

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 - Upright Cabaret proudly presents Ty Taylor and Nalle Colt of Ghosthounds (www.ghosthounds.com) making Vintage Trouble. TY TAYLOR, star of CBS' Rockstar: INXS and PIPPIN at the Mark Taper Forum, mixes his soulful vocals with the intensity of Old Blues Rock and Soul band VINTAGE TROUBLE to create an evening people are sure to be howling about! For this very special Halloween engagement, Upright producers will clear the tables and chairs and open the floor for dancing, sweating and carrying on. This is the not-to-be missed Halloween event in LA. Leave the crowds to West Hollywood and come party with Vintage Trouble. TY TAYLOR & VINTAGE TROUBLE Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 at 9pm Upright Cabaret on Vermont, 1714 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027, (310) 652-5252 Tickets: $20 Main, Available online or $25 at the door (if available) Table minimums apply. For more info about Upright Cabaret including show times, tickets and scheduled performers, please visit us at www.uprightcabaret.com More about TY TAYLOR: TY TAYLOR is an artist whose soulful rock style is a compilation of singing at the age of five in St. Paul's Baptist Church, listening to 8 track tapes of James Brown, Bill Withers, and Tina Turner as a child, and his love for The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Born and raised in Montclair, NJ, Ty began playing in n nightclubs in Manhattan while still underage. His previous band, DAKOTA MOON, recorded two albums, toured the world twice over and had two Top 10 hits in the U.S. and internationally. His intoxicating and electro-magnetic stage performances have also given him the honor of sharing stages with Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Slash, Scott Weiland, Rob Zombie, Fiona Apple, and Macy Gray to name a few. Best known for his rise to fame as a finalist on Mark Burnett's CBS mega-series ROCKSTAR:INXS. He can be heard on the original cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's Songs For A New World. Ty is also a very accomplished stage performer. Broadway: Joseph, Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Concert, Cats, Grease. Taylor recently starred alongside Ken Page and Lillias White in the Reprise! Production of DAMN YANKEES directed by Jason Alexander, CHESS at the Ford Amphitheatre and most recently protrayed the Lead Player in the Def West production of PIPPIN directed by Jeff Calhoun at the Mark Taper Forum. His band, Ghost Hounds, just released their debut CD and their songs can be played already on Rockband 2 video games. www.ghosthoundsmusic.com

Marion J. Caffey's 3 Mo' Divas announces a back by popular demand concert at the world famous Apollo Theater! The Divas had audiences literally dancing in the aisles during their New York debut concert in June 2009.

LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS & UPRIGHT CABARET are thrilled to announce the performers for their very first UPRIGHT CABARET experience at the NEW Cabaret Lounge at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the New York debut MELINDA DOOLITTLE in her first-ever nightclub engagement from November 17 - 21. The 'American Idol' finalist will perform an intimate evening of jazz standards, pop hits and Broadway classics, in addition to selections from her CD, Coming Back To You. All shows are at the Regency Hotel.

The Sheldon presents Tommy Emmanuel with special guest Rick Price, Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Called 'one of the greatest guitar players in the country' by Chet Atkins, two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel has a professional career that spans over four decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world.

The world's best impersonators are putting their best faces forward and coming together on the Berlin stage 'Stars in Concert - Las Vegas Live', a unique live show that features the biggest hits of the music businesses. The concert runs from September 9 to December 30 at the Estrel Festival Center in Berlin.

Every woman will experience it but only a handful of women can sing, dance and laugh their way through it. Yes, welcome to Menopause The Musical.

SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES, which unfolds entirely through song, reunites GrooveLily with Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin, perhaps best known for her book to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. They previously collaborated on the inventive holiday tale STRIKING 12(inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl), which came to Edison Theatre in 2007.

SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES, which unfolds entirely through song, reunites GrooveLily with Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin, perhaps best known for her book to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. They previously collaborated on the inventive holiday tale STRIKING 12(inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl), which came to Edison Theatre in 2007.

YOUNG ELVIS PERFORMS TO BENEFIT LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER Event: Young Elvis: Live! featuring Joseph Hall When: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.

American Stage Theatre Company recently announced that famous Hollywood actress and St. Petersburg native, Angela Bassett, has been named the theatre's honorary chair for their August Wilson Century Cycle Consortium.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Pet Shop Boys on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

While hosting Thursday night's 'VH1 Divas', Paul Abdul donned a blond wig and did an impersonation of her 'American Idol' successor Ellen DeGeneres.

A superstar diva in her own right with sales of over 50 million records and six number one hits, multiple Emmy and Grammy awards winner Paula Abdul is set to host the 'VH1 Divas' live concert event.

Kathy Griffin, Jennifer Hudson and Cyndi Lauper are among the performers who grace the stage at the VH1 Diva's Live Concert tomorrow, September 17 at 9:00 pm on VH1.

SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES, which unfolds entirely through song, reunites GrooveLily with Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin, perhaps best known for her book to The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. They previously collaborated on the inventive holiday tale STRIKING 12(inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl), which came to Edison Theatre in 2007.

The Sheldon presents Tommy Emmanuel with special guest Rick Price, Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Called 'one of the greatest guitar players in the country' by Chet Atkins, two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel has a professional career that spans over four decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world.