On Saturday, May 21, 2016, Keep Memory Alive will host its extravagant 20th annual Power of Love gala at the new Las Vegas Arena honoring Tony Bennett with a spectacular 90th birthday celebration. True to its now-legendary style, the Power of Love gala will feature one-of-a-kind performances, exciting live auctions, remarkable wine and cocktails and exquisite cuisine by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. Now in its 20th year, the gala continues to raise funds in support of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Electric Youth (EY) 2016, the international touring ensemble of talented singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), headlines at THE BLACK BOX in downtown Franklin on Saturday, January 9, debuting two shows at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Birdland Jazz Club has just announced its January 2016 schedule, featuring Stacey Kent, Jeff Lorber Fusion, The Birdland Big Band, Musette Explosion, Showbiz After Hours with Frank DiLella, Mack Avenue Superband, Birdland Jazz Party, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and more. Scroll down for details!
?The Palmer House Hilton is proud to announce that it will once again host one of Chicago's premier New Year's Eve events Big Night America's Chicago New Year's Eve Party: Big Night Chicago, tonight, Dec. 31, from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. with host, from HBO's Entourage, Kevin Dillon, at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe Street.
Critically acclaimed jazz trumpeter and vocalist Brian Newman will headline a concert with his Brian Newman Quintet as part of the Xavier University Music Series in Cincinnati on Sunday, January 24.
Lady Gaga was recently named the Woman of the Year at Billboard Women in Music 2015. At the special Billboard ceremony, Gaga performed 'Til It Happens to You.'
On Sunday, December 13, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present Broadway star and concert singer Daniel Reichard in his new holiday show, UNDER THE MISTLETOE!. Below, watch a clip of the performer singing Christmas classic, 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town.'
Producers Daniel Nardicio and Andy Brattain will honor Edith Piaf, the iconic French songstress on her actual 100th Birthday with PIAF: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION with stars from Broadway, London's West End, Jazz, Cabaret and Rock 'n' Roll.
The Winter Park Playhouse kicks off ?the new year with a Central Florida Premiere - I Left My Heart: A Salute To The Music Of Tony Bennett. The production runs January 22 - February 27, 2016. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. and select Wednesday, Friday and Sunday matinees at 2: 00 p.m. The preview performance is Thursday, January 21 at 7:30p.m.
LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - the award-winning performing arts series that for more than 40 years has showcased the best of the wide-ranging programming from the world's leading performing arts center - today announced the national broadcast presentation of SINATRA: VOICE FOR A CENTURY, airing tonight, December 18, 2015 on PBS* (*check local listings).
On Monday, January 11, the legendary Donald Pippin will bring his popular show A Maestro's Memoirs to historic Guild Hall for a special performance benefiting New York actors in financial crisis.
Birdland Jazz Club has just announced its January 2016 schedule, featuring Stacey Kent, Jeff Lorber Fusion, The Birdland Big Band, Musette Explosion, Showbiz After Hours with Frank DiLella, Mack Avenue Superband, Birdland Jazz Party, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and more. Scroll down for details!
On Sunday, December 13, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present Broadway star and concert singer Daniel Reichard in his new holiday show, UNDER THE MISTLETOE!. He will return to the historic stage on Sunday, December 20, with a show at 6pm. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!
Cape Town City Ballet's smash hit production, NIGHT & DAY, returns to the Artscape Theatre this festive season from 31 December 2015 to 10 January 2016. With a special opening night performance scheduled for New Year's eve, the sparkling ballet celebrates the extraordinary life and music of Cole Porter, one of the 20th century's most prolific and successful song writers.
SiriusXM hosted a weekend-long celebration of Frank Sinatra's 100th Birthday, which included a live broadcast from Patsy's Italian Restaurant in New York City hosted by Steve Tyrell. Check out BroadwayWorld's coverage of the event below!
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Andrea Burns at 54 Below; Darius de Haas: Come a Little Closer - The Holiday Show; Michael Feinstein at 54 Below; Daniel Reichard's 'Under the Mistletoe'; and Norm Lewis Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas.
On what would have been Frank Sinatra's actual 100th birthday, celebrated jazz artist Jonathan Poretz, who starred in the long-running Las Vegas production The Rat Pack is Back, makes his Feinstein's at the Nikko with HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRANK! Jonathan Poretz Salutes Sinatra at 100 for one performance only - tonight, December 12 at 7 p.m.
