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Tickets go on sale today for the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 21-23 at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Arena Package Tickets are on sale now at montereyjazzfestival.org or by calling 888.248.6499.
Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's award-winning professional theatre company, continues the 25th Anniversary Season with 'I Left My Heart... A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett.' This jazzy new tribute to the man Frank Sinatra called the greatest singer in the world is from David Grapes and Todd Olson, creators of MTC's sold-out hit 'My Way,' and runs April 20- May 6 at MTC Studio Theatre in Westport.
To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) Historic House Tours will highlight one-of-a-kind portraits featured in Louis and Lucille's home by noted artists: Calvin Bailey, Tony Bennett, Samuel Countee and LeRoy Neiman throughout the month of April.
Vocal group Spectrum will join Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for "Music of Motown" May 4-5, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of Broadway and Hollywood star, JANIS PAIGE for two nights only on May 20 and May 21. For her one-woman show, Paige shares favorite songs and recounts tales from her lifetime in show business -- from achieving a dream of Hollywood stardom to her leading roles on Broadway, the famous people who influenced her life and career, her personal and professional triumphs, and the losses and laughs of a long and highly-successful career. Ms. Paige will appear for two shows only at the Loews Regency Hotel.
Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of Broadway and Hollywood legend, Janis Paige for two nights only on May 20 and May 21.
"Stand By Me," the song written by Leiber & Stoller and Ben E. King will receive the Towering Song Award at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) Gala Event to be held at the Marriott Marquee Hotel in New York City on Thursday, June 14, 2012, Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman, Jimmy Webb, announced today. Mike Stoller will accept the award along with Ben E. King, who will also be honored with the Towering Performance Award for his performance on the Leiber & Stoller produced recording of "Stand By Me."
'Eine solche Karriere wird es wohl nicht wieder geben.' - The New York Times
Tickets for the bergenPAC show lineup are now available: Gilda's Club Presents "Pumps and Punchlines" (May 19th), Hot 97 Presents: Salt-n-Pepa (July 20th), The B-52s (August 8th), and Rock and Blues Fest (August 14th) on sale Friday, March 23rd at 11:00am. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or bergenPAC.org or by calling the box office at 201-227-1030.
Vocal group Spectrum will join Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for "Music of Motown" May 4-5, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.
Broadway Theatre Project (BTP), which has spent the past two decades helping thousands of young, aspiring actors, singers and dancers to realize their potential in the performing arts, gets a taste of another vehicle with a similar purpose, FOX's American Idol, when the television series' Associate Musical Director, Michael Orland, and Vocal Coach, Peisha McPhee, visit the Tampa-based summer musical theatre intensive this summer.
Tickets for the bergenPAC show lineup are now available: Gilda's Club Presents "Pumps and Punchlines" (May 19th), Hot 97 Presents: Salt-n-Pepa (July 20th), The B-52s (August 8th), and Rock and Blues Fest (August 14th) on sale Friday, March 23rd at 11:00am. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or bergenPAC.org or by calling the box office at 201-227-1030.
Catalina Bar & Grill will present "A Birthday Tribute To Billie Holiday" starring Billie Holiday's pianist Corky Hale and singer Freda Payne, with Special Guest, singer Tricia Tahara for One Night Only!!! The performance will be presented on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. at Catalina Bar & Grill; 6725 West Sunset Boulevard (just east of North Highland Avenue); Los Angeles, CA 90028. There is $20 Cover Charge. Valet Parking is available.
The Bergen Performance Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey is proud to present Three-time Grammy winner Ramsey Lewis on Thursday March 15th 2012 at 8pm.Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com or by calling (201) 227-1030. Tickets are $79, $60, $69, $59, $49, $39.
On Sun. Mar. 25, 2012 @ 7:00 PM Sarasota Favorite Tony Bennett returns to the Van Wezel.
The cast features Tony Award nominee Keith Carradine (Nashville, Broadway's The Will Rogers Follies) as "JD Drew," Allison Case (Hair revival on Broadway) as "Kelli Mangrum," Tony Award winner Jarrod Emick (Broadway's Ring of Fire) as "Mike Ferris," Hunter Foster (Playhouse's Little Miss Sunshine; Broadway's Urinetown) as "Benny Perkins," Jay Armstrong Johnson (Broadway's Catch Me If You Can) as "Greg Wilhote," David Larsen (Broadway's Good Vibrations) as "Chris Alvaro," Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone (Legally Blonde national tour) as "Heather Stovall," Mary Gordon Murray (Broadway's Little Me) as "Virginia Drew," Connie Ray (author/performer, Smoke on the Mountain, Broadway's Next Fall) as "Cindy Barnes," Jon Rua (Broadway's In the Heights) as "Jesus Pe?a," Keala Settle (Broadway's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) as "Norma Valverde," Dale Soules (Grey Gardens) as "Janis Curtis," Jacob Ming Trent (Lincoln Center Theatre's On the Levee) as "Ronald McGowan," Scott Wakefield (Broadway's It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues) as "Frank Nugent" and William Youmans (Playhouse's Dracula, Twelfth Night) as "Don Curtis/Dr. Stokes."
Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman announced the festival's 2012 season, which offers more than 100 separate events exemplifying most musical genres, including the 77th residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The summer boasts a variety of music's legends from Philip Glass to James Taylor, along with 43 debuts, including Glee and Wicked star Idina Menzel, reggae master Jimmy Cliff, classic rocker Santana, Grammy-and-Oscar sensation Esperanza Spalding, and Musical America's "conductor of the year" Jaap van Zweden. Ravinia Music Director James Conlon celebrates the 35th anniversary of his own festival debut as his contract is extended through 2014.
Los Angeles-based Grammy Award winning songwriter Mike Stoller and his wife, pianist, harpist and singer, Corky Hale Stoller, will appear as the inaugural guests kicking off a new "In Conversation" Speaker Series at the Museum at Eldridge Street; 12 Eldridge Street (between Canal and Division Streets); New York, NY 10022, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The Series is part of an ongoing 125th Anniversary celebration of Jewish life and culture in the museum's landmark home, the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue.
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts will present Tony Bennett: Live In Concert as part of the continuing series Marcus Center Presents. The 15-time Grammy Award winning singer will be at the Marcus Center's Uihlein Hall for one night only on Tuesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale on this Monday, January 9 at 12:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center Box Office.
The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts has announced Tony Bennett: Live In Concert as part of the continuing series Marcus Center Presents.
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