Usher News

Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, has begun its final 12 weeks of performances at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. See how to purchase tickets!

To be certain, Cabaret (in every iteration I have ever seen), represents the awesome power of live theater to challenge preconceived notions while creating a world audiences can only visit when in the thrall of a talented cast of actors inspired to indulge in fantasy while maintaining an earthbound realism that illuminates the human condition at any possible time in human history.

Unlike the cheeky confidence she exuded in her viral hit “she calls me daddy,” KiNG MALA is softening her edges on “dirty dishes” to share a vulnerable narrative about putting someone else first – the sunny vocals, nostalgia-inducing basslines, and ethereal guitar chords are Cascade bright.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 4/6/2023 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Matthew Davies announces Not Standard. This project discusses the experience of being different from the world around you. Original covers from a diverse group of artists such as Ariana Grande, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sara Bareilles, and Stephen Sondheim with a jazz twist!

Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide stage licensing rights to Michael R. Jackson’s Best Musical Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop.

On April 29, 2023, Capitol Hill Concerts will have their season finale, a multi-genre concert by composer/ violinist Edward W. Hardy.

As Westport Country Playhouse prepares to launch its 2023 Season on April 11, the historic theater is seeking volunteer ushers to greet patrons, scan tickets, distribute programs, answer audience questions, and direct patrons to their seats.

Equipped with renewed energy, newfound creative freedom and glowing determination, MisterWives are ready to re-introduce themselves with their unapologetic anthem, 'Out Of Your Mind' and reignite the five-piece in a completely new way to propel them into 2023. The latest track sees the band step out of their feelings and take more artistic risks.

Following the release of their debut single “Essence Fest,” Grammy® Award-winning producer, songwriter, and rapper, Jermaine Dupri, and New Orleans-based rapper and founder of Jet Life Recordings, Curren$y, announced their upcoming concert at The Eastern in Atlanta, GA on April 7th in support of their EP For Motivational Use Only.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 3/30/2023 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Lakeside Pride, Chicago’s premiere music groups for the LGBTQ community members and allies is currently under the direction of its first BIPOC Board Chair, Jonathan Alvares. This is all a part of an initiative to create the most diverse and representative board in all of Chicago. 

Ebony Repertory Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning musical AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ as its 15th Anniversary Season Opening Production. 

Due to my interest in the performing arts, I started working as a house usher in a Korean theater this year. In this article, I would like to share my experience working as a house usher in a Korean musical theater.

With strong choruses, smooth beats, and radio-ready appeal, inspiration from the likes of Jamie Fox, BB King, Usher is evident. He seamlessly transitions between belting and controlling his voice, bringing the listener on a sonic journey. Head shares that the track was written with, “fun, confidence, and women empowerment” in mind. 

John Lloyd Young, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning original star of Jersey Boys, returns to the Café Carlyle, March 28 through April 1, with an all-new set of Golden Era classics.

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Barry Hughson, Executive Director, has announced that the company’s annual fundraising gala MAD HOT BALLET returns June 6, 2023 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. #MADHOTBALLET  

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is presenting Oswaldo Vigas: Paintings Between Latin America, Africa, and Europe (on view through May 21), a collection of works by the Latin American master which he created in Paris in the 1950s, and in Venezuela from 1969-1976. 

Your favorite podcast hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo are back with the mega talented, charming and kind actor Alex Joseph Grayson, who is currently playing ‘Jim Conley’ in Broadway’s hottest musical revival Parade. Watch the full video!

New Jersey Theatre Alliance has announced their inaugural cohort of Career Accelerator Fellows: Amoria Burks, Jamie Goodwin, and Dez Wesley.