Usher News

New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler today announced the musical productions in development as part of the next chapter of the longstanding Tony-honored Encores! series, all of which will be explored in-depth as part of the 2020-2021 season in a new digital series Encores! Inside the Revival.

Today, Grammy-winning songwriter and R&B artist Eric Bellinger releases a feel-good love song entitled “FLOTUS.'

On 20 August, the Rob Guest Endowment announced the 30 semi-finalists for this year's scholarship. Due to the lack of racial diversity of the semi-finalists, the endowment received criticism for not doing enough to attract black, Indigenous and people of colour applicants.

International superstar DJ Black Coffee has joined forces with exciting young UK singer-songwriter Celeste on new single ‘Ready For You’, out 17th September.

VOS is a vocal quartet comprising two retired and two active members of the U.S. Army: Caleb Green, Ron Henry, Christal Rheams, and Jason Hanna, respectively.

Veteran stage manager Cody Renard Richard (Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme), in partnership with the Advocacy Coalition, announced The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program to honor, uplift, and support the next generation of Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) theatre-makers working behind the scenes.

Craft Recordings announces the vinyl debut of Plain White T’s’ best-selling third album, All That We Needed.

The Drama League has opened the applications for its 2021 Directors Project Fellowship and Residences, offering unique opportunities for early and mid-career stage directors to advance their artistry, expand their careers, and develop and stage new work.  The deadline for completed applications is Noon (12 pm) US EDT on Monday, January 4, 2021.

Comedian Nate Bargatze is back on the road and making his only Connecticut tour stop at The Ridgefield Playhouse! 

The Ridgefield Playhouse and ROAR (Ridgefield Operation Animal Rescue) are partnering to bring an afternoon of family fun  under the a?oebig topa?? with TWO outdoor performances on the field next to the Playhouse on Sunday, September 27 at 2pm and 4:30pm. 

Global megastar and eight-time GRAMMY Award-winner Usher today releases a brand new single and video “Bad Habits” to be featured on his forthcoming studio album via RCA Records.

The GALA Theatre has shared the procedures and policies they will be implementing in preparation for opening its season in October. These guidelines are in adherence with the Mayora??s plans for re-opening the city in three phases as well as the Homeland Securitya??s business re-opening requirements. 

To usher in their 63rd year, The Monterey Jazz Festival is going virtual, live on their YouTube channel. Friday, September 25th through Sunday, September 27th from 5-7pm PST each day. Festival participants will be treated to never-before-seen archival footage plus exciting new performances and personal messages from the MJF family of artists, volunteers, patrons and board members.

International advocacy organization Global Citizen and voter registration organization HeadCount today announced the launch of the Just Vote campaign.

Big Telly Theatre presents Macbeth, adapted and directed by Zoe Seaton, 14th a?" 31st October.

Global megastar and eight-time GRAMMY Award-winner Usher will headline a Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, opening Friday, July 16, 2021. 

GDE/Island Prolific/Atlantic’s R&B/soulpop songstress has announced the official music video for “Pick A Side,” shortly after the song’s release last week.

Orange County School of the Arts will present its fifth annual Season Premiere - virtually! Highlighting the best of previous Season Premiere shows, this year's event features new, never-before-seen professionally recorded performances by all four of OCSA's past guest artists.

The 2018 critically acclaimed stage musical A Knights' Tale - written and directed by John Caird (LES MISERABLES, Jane Eyre, Nicholas Nickleby, Daddy Long Legs), music and lyrics by Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, Daddy Long Legs), Japanese translation by Maoko Imai Caird, and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Brad Haak.

On July 20th, 2020, composer Gordon Getty's new opera Goodbye, Mr. Chips would have had its world premiere at Festival Napa Valley. But like so many other events, it became a casualty of COVID.