Usher News

The Randy Andys Holiday Fête brought sass and spirit in equal measure to Pangea last night. The 'girl group gone retro' is a singing trio of actresses (à la The Andrews Sisters) in rotating formations based on who is in town. They were in full swing last night with 9 of the Andys lending their voices, beauty, and charisma to the show, in addition to a couple of delightful holiday guests.

The Actorsingers of Nashua, NH will usher in the New Year at Concord's Hatbox Theater with the award-winning Broadway musical [title of show]. The show, with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and book by Hunter Bell, hilariously chronicles its own frantic creation for entry in the N.Y. Musical Theater Festival. 

Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac is freely adapted by Martin Crimp, directed by Jamie Lloyd. Joining the Golden Globe and Olivier Award nominated James McAvoy (Cyrano de Bergerac) to complete the cast are Michele Austin (Ragueneau), Adam Best (Le Bret), Sam Black (Armand/Priest), Nari Blair-Mangat (Valvert), Philip Cairns (Referee), Tom Edden (De Guiche), Eben Figueiredo (Christian), Chris Fung (Usher), Adrian Der Gregorian (Montfleury), Carla Harrison-Hodge (Denise/Medic), Seun Shote (Theatre Owner), Kiruna Stamell (Marie-Louise), Nima Taleghani (Ligniere), and Anita-Joy Uwajeh (Roxane) with Vaneeka Dadhria, Mika Johnson and Brinsley Terence.

Fans at CCXP in São Paulo, Brazil were given a first look of the highly anticipated second season of the Amazon Original series The Boys, coming to Prime Video in 2020. Cast in attendance included Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher and Karen Fukuhara.

San Diego Opera's 2019-2020 mainstage season continues with Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, which opens on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

The Broadway League has announced that Kids' Night on Broadway® tickets are on sale now at KidsNightonBroadway.com. The event will take place in New York City on Tuesday, February 25, 2020.

Postmodern Jukebox is coming to Sioux Falls, SD at the Washington Pavilion on Wednesday, April 1st, 2020. Tickets start at $26.50 plus applicable fees and go on-sale Friday, December 6th at 10:00AM. 

On the third anniversary of the fire that nearly destroyed the historic cinema, Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater team up to usher in the Holidays and celebrate the unique and festive spirit that is the Village of Sag Harbor. Bay Street throws open its doors for hot cider, mulled wine, and a visit from Santa at 6 pm, followed at 7 pm by a free screening of Giuseppe Tornatore's Academy Award winning film Cinema Paradiso.   At the conclusion of the screening, Hollywood screenwriter and local resident Bill Collage will discuss the film with SHC's Artistic Director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan.

The larger-than-life fantasy wizarding world of Harry Potter comes to life on the stage in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Curran Theatre, SF, now thru July 2020

Passion, precision, spellbinding virtuosity: international violin soloist Joshua Bell is quite simply one of the world's most accomplished, revered musicians.

Crossroads Theatre Company continues their exciting season with a holiday show for all. A Christmas Carol will be performed at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) in the Elizabeth Ross Johnson Theater from December 5 to December 15. Directed by the Company's Artistic Director, Marshall Jones III, the production promises to put audience members in the holiday spirit.

This December, following the smash success of Dickens' A Christmas Carol: The Opera, Gramercy Opera returns to Brooklyn's exclusive Montauk Club to usher in the holiday season with 'A Gramercy Opera Christmas.'

Malaysian artist Yuna is set for a series of intimate acoustic performances this winter. “An Acoustic Evening With Yuna” stops at City Winery locations across the U.S., concluding with four nights at the historic Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. “I wanted to bring you a stripped back performance of the songs held most dear to my heart,” says Yuna of the upcoming shows. A complete list of dates follows below.

The beloved Mickey Mouse and his pals; Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto; usher in the holiday cheer in new stop-motion on-air interstitials that begin rolling out on SATURDAY, NOV. 30 (9:25 a.m. EST), on Disney Junior, with subsequent airings on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW. A collaboration between Disney Junior and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the interstitials find the sensational six celebrating the holidays together with a visit to a wintery cabin where they are met with the magic of the season.

It is today announced that critically-acclaimed one-queen show, Smoke & Mirrors, from global drag superstar and theatre artist, Sasha Velour, will tour 9 cities in the UK and Ireland from the 2 - 14 of March 2020. The season 9 champion of RuPaul's Drag Race brings the highly-anticipated show to the UK and Ireland following sold out dates in London, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago, and more. Smoke & Mirrors has been widely praised as an astounding combination of drag, theatre, visual art, magic, and personal storytelling. Watch Velour explode into rose petals, vanish in a puff of smoke, saw herself in half, conjure a rainstorm and even transform into a tree - it's a spectacle that must be seen to be believed.

Are you a Broadway superfan? Do you dream about locking eyes with your favorite Broadway beltress? Do you fantasize about posing for a selfie with a future Tony winner? All of this is possible if you know where to look... the stage door! Visiting the stage door, or 'stagedooring' as it is commonly known, is a an increasingly popular tradition for fans who are looking for a 'cherry on top' experience after seeing a Broadway show. A great stage door experience can be had by all by simply following the rules below: 

The Mid-Manhattan Performing Arts Foundation announces its 2019-20 program for Great Music at St. Bart's, its concert series that for the past nine years has presented music in St. Bartholomew's Church, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Two seldom-performed plays: one by dazzling Irish storyteller Enda Walsh, one by Pulitzer-winning American playwright Tennessee Williams, plus a remounting of the IRC's 2017 Fringe success from the grandfather of Absurdism usher in the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's 2020 season, their 15th in the Philadelphia region.

Black Nativity by Langston Hughes will run December 5-15 with a special Community Night preview performance on Thursday, December 5 at the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall. 

The Kimmel Center Cultural Campus is pleased to announce a diverse array of holiday-themed programming & family-friendly events, including: returning favorites from the Kimmel Center's esteemed Resident Companies like The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pennsylvania Ballet, and The Philly POPS; FREE Gospel events; and opportunity for community outreach & city-wide celebrations like the FREE 15th annual New Year's Day celebration. This year, the Kimmel Center partners with Urban Affairs Coalition for 'Warmth for the Holidays 2019' donation drive, collecting new hats, scarves, mittens and gloves for children and adults. This collection supports Grand Central and Center For H.O.P.E.