(New York) August 18, 2015 — The Ailey Extension welcomes three of the hottest dancers and choreographers in the commercial industry for a weekend-long Heels Intensive Friday, August 21 – Sunday, August 23. Viral video sensation Yanis Marshall comes all the way from Paris to lead a weekend of high heels dance workshops with Danielle Polanco and Aisha Francis. Students at the Advanced Beginner level and higher are invited to attend this fierce and dynamic intensive. Heels required!
Thomas 'Nephew Tommy' Miles has built a career that encompasses radio, television, film and more. Thomas' role as co-host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show puts him in front of a live radio audience of more than 8 million listeners daily. Nephew Tommy provides a key role in the morning show, lighting it up with his own cast of colorful characters and zany humor. Thomas also has a loyal following as a stand-up comedian and has earned a reputation for wowing crowds. For three years, he served as the exclusive opening act on the Luther Vandross tour. Thomas is the exclusive Mainstage host for the Essence Festival in New Orleans typically held every July 4th weekend, which draws over 250,000 fans and features acts such as Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Usher, and Kanye West. In October 2010, Thomas recorded his one-hour special at the famed Motor City Casino in Detroit. He continues to keep the crowds laughing as he tours nationally to sold out crowds across the country.
Starz is currently offering multi-platform, nationwide sampling of its upcoming comedy block featuring the first two episodes of its new Original series “Blunt Talk” and the entire six-episode first season of “Survivor's Remorse.”
En Garde Founder Anne Hamburger, a Pioneering Producer of Site-Specific Theater in New York, Returns with New Festival Challenging 26 Emerging Artists to Think Big
Stephen Sondheim's macabre musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street receives its highly anticipated San Francisco Opera premiere in a production featuring a cast of notable operatic stars and performed with Sondheim's original score for the lyric stage.
Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records are pleased to announce that they have signed Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist Batrice Martin, known by her stage name Coeur de Pirate (Heart of a Pirate), to the roster. Cherrytree will release Coeur de Pirate's debut album, Roses, on August 28 th. The album will be available for pre-order beginning August 21 st via all participating digital retailers. The first track to be released, 'Carry On,' is currently No. 1 for a fourth week at Canadian radio. Watch the official video here.
Teal Wicks (Finding Neverland, Wicked) and Carole Demas (Grease, The Baker's Wife) will join host Natalie Weiss (Les Miserables, Everyday Rapture, 'American Idol') and the selected cast of musical theater writing team Sam Carner and Derek Gregor's 7th Annual 'Barely Legal Show-Tune Extravaganza' in performance on Monday, August 17th at 7:30pm at New York's Monday, August 17th at 7:30pm at premier New York music venue (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street in Manhattan.
World Music Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Gaby Sappingtonas Executive Director. Gaby brings substantial experience in the corporate and non-profit sectors to her new role at the start of WMI's upcoming 30th Anniversary Season.
The Edinburgh International Festival opened last night with The Harmonium Project, a free outdoor animated performance that lit up the city's key concert hall, to celebrate 50 years of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Approximately 19,500 watched a series of projected artworks, designed by 59 Productions, on the Usher Hall whilst listening to John Adams' mesmerising choral work Harmonium. Scroll down for photos!
Break The Floor Productions and the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) are pleased to announce that North America's hottest new dance show -- SHAPING SOUND -- will perform one night only at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7:30P.
World Music Institute has announced the appointment of Gaby Sappington as Executive Director. Gaby brings substantial experience in the corporate and non-profit sectors to her new role at the start of WMI's upcoming 30th Anniversary Season.
ABC Family bolsters its executive ranks to successfully meet the demands of a modern media enterprise and to maintain its leadership position in providing original, groundbreaking content and deep fan engagement in a quickly changing media environment.
Recently, Chronicle Books published Lists of Note: An Eclectic Collection Deserving of a Wider Audience, compiled by Shaun Usher. Usher's 125 lists, with facsimiles or illustrations, will intrigue and amuse, and sometimes surprise: Einstein, as his first marriage deteriorated, imposed conditions on his wife if they were to stay together, including 'I will receive three meals regularly in my room.... You will stop talking to me if I request it.' Predictably, she left him soon after. In 1951, then-starlet Marilyn Monroe came up with 17 'dream lovers' she'd like to bed if there were no strings attached. Albert Einstein made the cut. She must not have known about his predilection for control.
The return of the Spiegeltent lends greater diversity to the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, and may usher in a new maturity in time for its 21st birthday.
AMERICAN TITANS premieres tonight, August 4 at 10/9c, only on American Heroes Channel. 'Without the doggedness and foresight of these visionaries, pathways would not have been cleared to usher in modern-day moguls like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and entrepreneurs on the brink,' said
Break The Floor Productions and the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) are pleased to announce that North America's hottest new dance show -- SHAPING SOUND -- will perform one night only at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7:30P.
AMERICAN TITANS premieres Tuesday, August 4 at 10/9c, only on American Heroes Channel. 'Without the doggedness and foresight of these visionaries, pathways would not have been cleared to usher in modern-day moguls like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and entrepreneurs on the brink,' said
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