Usher News

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 8/4/2022 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See Jason Robert Brown & Shoshana Bean, John Lloyd Young and more.

Playwrights Foundation has announced the special events for this summer's 45th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF), allowing audiences members and theater industry leaders additional opportunities to engage with new theater; connect with the playwrights, directors, and artists participating in 2022 BAPF; and mingle with fellow theater lovers.

Hamlet-911, a brand new play by famed Canadian author Ann-Marie MacDonald, begins previews at the Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre on Thursday, July 28.

3rd Act Theatre Company in Oklahoma City opens Season 4: REGENERATE. The first show in Season 4 is the Noire production of Cyrano De Bergerac, and stars Taylor Reich as Cyrano and Holly McNatt as Roxane. Season tickets are on sale now.

Watch a new visual from Ne-Yo, the three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning R&B hitmaker, iconic songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, has sold a cumulative 20+ million adjusted albums worldwide. His debut single, 2005’s “So Sick,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified quadruple Platinum.

The cast and crew of A STRANGE LOOP celebrated 100 performances at the Lyceum Theater over the weekend, Saturday July 23rd, with special cookies from 42nd Sweet by Marissa Gonzales. Check out photos from their celebration here!

Quick to follow her hit 'Nothing Hurts Better', which illustrated the emotional roller coaster of a big life change, the illustrious indie pop artist Lorelei Marcell is back with perhaps her most contemplative EP yet 'Stranger'.

Dylan Joshua delivers a modern twist on musical inspiration from musicians like Usher, Ginuwine and Diddy with 'Wishing You Were Still Here'.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 7/21/2022 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

TCG Entertainment, producer of one of the top Cirque-style shows in the industry, has  announced the all-new Cirque Musica: Holiday Wonderland -- a must-see holiday event to usher in the magic of the season. Igniting joy and wonder to Washington Pavilion on November 11th.

Being Future Being will have its world premiere at BroadStage at Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, September 8–10, 2022, followed by performances at New York Live Arts, October 20–22.

Inkblot Theater Co. has announced its fall 2022 audio play season, which will include productions of 'Little Women' and 'The Poe Anthology.'

The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announced that Jamila Ponton Bragg has been awarded The Prince Fellowship and Cynthia L. Dorsey has been awarded the Prince/TTLP Fellowship. 

Buzzworthy indie rock artist Michigander, the sonic alter ego of Michigan native Jason Singer, has released his new single 'Stay Out Of It' via C3 Records and announced a fall headlining run, The It Will Never Be The Same Tour, with support from friend Abby Holliday. 'Stay Out Of It' follows Michigander's recent single 'In My Head' with Manchester Orchestra which first premiered on SiriusXM Alt Nation's Advanced Placement.

Tickets for A STRANGE LOOP, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Award winner for Drama and Tony Award winner for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, are now on sale through Sunday, January 15, 2023.

Serving as the focus track for Sean Paul’s latest LP, Scorcha, “Light My Fire” fuses the talent of three international superstars. The unexpected pairing of vocals from pop icon Gwen Stefani and Jamaican dancehall stronghold Shenesea is a testament to Paul’s supreme ability to produce global hits. Watch the new music video now!

HBO Max, Lion Forge Animation, and Cartoon Network announced plans to adapt the popular Dark Horse Comics/YouNeek Studios graphic novel series, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, into a 2D children's animated series.

Brandon Easton (Transformers: War for Cybertron: Seige, Marvel’s Agent Carter) is heading the writers' room, with Roye Okupe serving as the executive producer, writer, and director on multiple episodes. Lion Forge Animation’s Head of Production, two-time Emmy® winner Saxton Moore (Rise Up, Sing Out), will serve as supervising director.

AT THIS PERFORMANCE…  returns to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys, Understudies and Alternates from A Strange Loop; MJ The Musical; Company; Into The Woods; Funny Girl; Beetlejuice and Between The Lines   on Monday, July 18th at 7 PM.