Usher News

In addition to Cooper and Yurco, Hot Sass also features Cooper’s longtime bandmates and collaborators Joe Bisirri (bass), Ryan Usher (drums, percussion) and Michael Libramento (guitar, synthesizer). 

BroadwayWorld is checking in with theaters around the country as they prepare to reopen this summer. Next in our series we check in with Chicago's Drury Lane Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew D. Carney!

Waterparks recently released their long-awaited fourth album Greatest Hits which features notable singles 'Just Kidding', 'You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)', 'Numb' and 'Snow Globe'.

Central Florida Community Arts today announced that founder and Executive Director Joshua Vickery will depart in October 2021 to take on the position of CEO of Encore Creativity, headquartered in Washington D.C.

Producers Nelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenneth Teaton announced today that Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown will direct the upcoming production of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf on Broadway in 2022. This will mark Brown’s directorial debut on Broadway.

Long Beach Opera has announced an audacious 2022 season that seeks to usher in a new era for the company. In addition to the recent announcements of James Darrah as Artistic Director and Derrell Acon as Associate Artistic Director, LBO has announced the appointment of conductor Christopher Rountree as its new Music Director, beginning immediately. 

Beginning in 2010, A Will Away found their footing through years of rigorous touring -- starting in basements and moving their way up to large venues and festival stages. 

As the Broward Center for the Performing Arts prepares for the coming season, getting ready for the curtains to rise once again on all of its stages, it is seeking volunteer ushers to serve as community ambassadors for the Broward Center and its affiliated venues: The Parker, the Rose & Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center at Nova Southeastern University and the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center.

Crossroads Comedy Theater, home to some of Philadelphia's most recognized comedy shows and programs, is coming to the 25th Annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival with their first ever 'Comedy Hub.'

Citi Taste of Tennis is serving up its signature combination of great food and tennis this summer with its first ever Food Truck Tour. The tour kicks off in Washington D.C. on Monday, August 2, at the Citi Open and will be making stops throughout D.C. followed by New York City to celebrate the return of tennis. 

In BLINDNESS, people resort immediately to cruelty and selfishness. Not only have they lost their decency, Stephens’ script has deprived them of everything else that makes us human: culture, religion, art, and love have been stripped away from the story, leaving nothing but animalistic urges.

TimeLine Theatre Company announced today that Managing Director Elizabeth K. Auman will be transitioning her responsibilities away from day-to-day management of the company in order to focus exclusively on the project management necessary to guide TimeLine’s new home development in Uptown.

With these twelve new songs, including previously released tracks “Slice of Life” and “Getting Closer,” Cooper comes into her own—both musically and as a person—embracing a newfound sense of independence, honesty, maturity and creativity. 

Lincoln Center has tapped Shanta Thake with spearheading Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ artistic strategy as the organization builds greater connections with its constituent organizations and the entirety of the City of New York.

Playwright Donja R. Love has announced the first annual WIO! Prize for playwrights living with HIV. In its inaugural year, the $5,000 award will be funded by Emmy Award-winning actor Billy Porter, known for his roles on the hit TV show Pose and the musical Kinky Boots, and the LGBTQ media nonprofit GLAAD. National Queer Theater, The Lark, Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI), and The Each-Other Project have partnered to coordinate the submission process.

This fall, the star soprano takes her acclaimed interpretation of Elle from the stage to the screen in a new film adaptation of the French monodrama, streaming on the Opera Philadelphia Channel beginning on Friday, September 24.

Summertime fun continues as The Music Center launches The Music Center's Summer SoundWaves, a new outdoor music series that will take place on its Jerry Moss Plaza on two Saturday nights, August 21 and September 4, 2021.

The role of Elle, the lone character in Francis Poulenc's La voix humaine, has been called a true tour de force for Patricia Racette, who has brought her characterization of the one-act opera to life in productions in Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities over the past five years.

These six shows are the first to be performed inside the auditorium since the pandemic forced our temporary closure in March of 2020.  Tickets for this schedule are now on sale at The Paramount Theatre Box Office, by phone at (802) 775-0903 or via The Heritage Family Credit Union Online Box Office.

The new record follows Cooper’s 2018 full-length debut album, Window Flowers, which was released to widespread critical acclaim.