Usher News

Synetic Theater invites you to the annual Vampire's Ball tonight, October 31.

Terrence Spivey, the dynamic artistic director of Cleveland's historic Karamu House theatre, will deliver the keynote address at USITT's 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati next March.

BREAK THE FLOOR PRODUCTIONS and Broadway Series South are pleased to announce that North America's hottest new dance show -- SHAPING SOUND -- will perform one night only at A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater located in the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh, tonight, October 29th at 8 p.m.

The board of directors of The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to announce the hiring of Oliver Dow as Managing Director, effective November 3.

The 44th season at Kumu Kahua Theatre continues with a world premiere of a new Susan Soon He Stanton play. Susan also wrote Whatever Happened to John Boy Kihano' and The Art of Preservation, both of which also premiered at Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Toronto based R&B newcomer KiKi Rowe has announced the release of her debut self-titled mini album today, October 28th.

The kids from Florida Studio Theatre's Kids Komedy Club are back, performing their knee-slapping sketches on the Goldstein Cabaret stage on select Saturday mornings at 11:00am. The Kids Komedy Club (KKC) Season opens today, October 25 and will leave you in pain from side-splitting laughter. Tickets are $6 and include lunch and a drink.

Molotov Theatre Group's latest production, "Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe," by Eric Coble, opens November 6. Opening weekend features several additional Molotov activities to kick off the company's new Season of the Supernatural - including beer from Baltimore's Raven Beer brewery opening night and the prize-laden Hellraiser Fundraiser the following night, November 7.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today announced it has signed a long-term worldwide deal with Grammy-winning rapper, songwriter and record producer T.I.

The cast is Katie Emery, Laura Spineti, Jake Pouilos, Braiden Sunshine, Abby Xenelis and Madeleine Carney. The band is Dave Anderson, Alex Rubin and Mike Lunoe.

Back by popular demand, be prepared to be scared on this haunting tour of the Theatre Royal Glasgow. An empty auditorium, a lifeless stage, out of hours, after dark - is your mind playing tricks or have you caught a glimpse of the resident ghost? Theatre Royal Ghost Tours is an atmospheric experience of stories and suggestion that will bring you out in goose-bumps.

Break the Floor Productions and Hennepin Theatre Trust have announced that North America's hottest new dance show, SHAPING SOUND, will perform one night only at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 at the State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.

WWE (NYSE: WWE) and Nickelodeon today announced that WWE Slam City, WWE's kids property that includes an original animated short-form series

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

This Halloween, TV One will treat viewers to an anthology of three short films of deadly romance with the premiere of The Fright Night Files airing tonight, October 18, 2014 at 8:00 PM/ET.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Broadway on 22nd Street, Joanna Gleason with Well Strung, Coven - The Music of Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac, presented by Brad Simmons, Deborah Silver and Special Performing Guests Tom Wopat and Marilyn Maye, and Aspects of Andrew: Lloyd Webber @54.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will feature renowned violinist Nicola Benedetti in "Isle of the Dead," a BNY Mellon Grand Classics subscription weekend on October 31-November 2.

Broadway veteran Phyllis Newman has not only graced the stage with performers such as Bernadette Peters and Donna McKechnie, and worked directly with other Broadway greats such as Leonard Bernstein, but she was even nominated for a Tony Award against Barbra Streisand- and won! Despite her extensive career and success, she finds her greatest joy and pride in the work of her husband, the late Tony Award-winning lyricist Adolph Green. In light of his upcoming 100th birthday and the opening of his first masterpiece, ON THE TOWN, Newman graciously shared with us her experiences as a Broadway veteran and wife of a lyricist.

The kids from Florida Studio Theatre's Kids Komedy Club are back, performing their knee-slapping sketches on the Goldstein Cabaret stage on select Saturday mornings at 11:00am. The Kids Komedy Club (KKC) Season opens on October 25 and will leave you in pain from side-splitting laughter.

The Bushwick Starr has extended Dave Malloy's Ghost Quartet. Performances now run through November 8th, 2014.