It's 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He's a bad boy with a good cause -- truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock and roll.
Magic Mike Live Las Vegas, which recently celebrated its 1,000th performance, will complete its celebrated introductory run at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Nov. 24, 2019, and re-open at SAHARA Las Vegas in Spring of 2020.
Academy Award-nominated actor/writer/director CHAZZ PALMINTERI brings his personal story to life in his one-man show, A BRONX TAL,E heading into the Mimi Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square March 22 for one 7 pm performance.
This Month, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.
In the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, cartoonist Alison Bechdel starts every scene by saying a?oeCaption,a?? followed by a description of what is about to happen. Fun Home was adapted into a musical by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori and is based on Bechdel's memoir of the same name and subtitled a?oeA Family Tragicomic.a?? So let's just say, Caption: Encore Theatre's production of Fun Home is not to be missed.
As America approaches the 10 year anniversary of the “Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,” Oxygen, the destination for high-quality crime programming, explores how far the country has come with the emotional and poignant two-hour special “Uncovered: Killed by Hate” on Sunday, October 20 at 7pm PT/ET. With hate crimes on the rise, this newest installment of “Uncovered” explores some of the nation's most brutal cases, by taking an in depth look at the cases of Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr., the Charlottesville riots, Blaze Bernstein and the Portland train attack.
Fred Armisen came on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' to describe the history behind a famous piece of art by Vincent van Gogh titled The Potato Eaters. Watch the clip below!
As America approaches the 10 year anniversary of the 'Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,' Oxygen, the destination for high-quality crime programming, explores how far the country has come with the emotional and poignant two-hour special 'Uncovered: Killed by Hate' on Sunday, October 20 at 7pm PT/ET. With hate crimes on the rise, this newest installment of 'Uncovered' explores some of the nation's most brutal cases, by taking an in depth look at the cases of Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr., the Charlottesville riots, Blaze Bernstein and the Portland train attack.
A SOULFUL CHRISTMAS, the holiday musical revue for lovers of Gospel, R&B and Soul music, from the creative team behind the hit musicals Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical and An Evening With Phyllis Hyman, returns to New York City for the third year this December.
Cyndi Lauper - the Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning icon and advocate - has announced that her annual benefit concert, Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays will take place in Los Angeles for the first time. The ninth edition of this star-studded evening benefiting True Colors United features Cyndi, her band, and a host of special guests. The concert will happen at The Novo at L.A. Live on Tuesday, December 10. The artist line-up will be announced soon and tickets will go on sale on Friday, October 18th at AXS.com.
Signature Theatre presents Assassins with music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Gigi, Follies). John Weidman stopped by the show recently and posed for a photo with the cast.
MAMMA MIA! THE PARTY, the new immersive entertainment experience, has now opened at specially adapted venue at The O2 in London. Let's see what the critics had to say!
The STRAY CATS--Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals)--came back strong this year with red-hot shows and the critically acclaimed 40. It's their first new album in 26 years and one celebrating the iconic American rock and roll trio's 40th anniversary. Issued by Surfdog Records and distributed by BMG (CD, vinyl, digital), the album spun off four singles: 'Cat Fight (Over A Dog Like Me),' 'Rock It Off,' 'Cry Danger' and the latest, 'Desperado,' described by the Washington Post as an 'instrumental that could have been plucked from one of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns' (5/21/19).
Peak Performances presents Lena Herzog's Last Whispers, an immersive AV experience dedicated to vanishing languages, accompanied by panel discussions on select days, October 16-20 at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University. Trained in linguistics and philosophy, Herzog, also as an acclaimed photographer, has taken an ongoing interest in indigenous languages, which are disappearing at an astonishing rate. By 2050, half of roughly 7,000 languages spoken around the world will fall silent. Herzog's a?oehaunting and singulara?? (The New Yorker critic Alex Ross) immersive oratorioa?"situated at the intersection of installation art, music, and filma?"features spoken and sung recordings of more than 40 endangered or lost languages. www.lastwhispers.org
Bluegrass wunderkind Jaelee Roberts' newest single, 'One's Real Life,' originated in a dream. Roberts recalls, 'In this dream, Harley Allen and I were writing a song. When I woke up, I could vividly remember the melody and the hook ... 'one's real life' ... and a few other lines. It was enough to get me thinking about the differences between what we see in people's photos and the reality of their lives, so I had a pretty good start on it from the beginning.'
David Alan Thornton makes his Greenroom 42 debut in Acting Out! The Songs of David Alan Thornton. Nora Schell (Jagged Little Pill), Emily Behny (Wicked [national tour]), Bill Coyne (The Deuce [HBO]) and more bring new energy to Thornton's music in a one-of-a-kind evening of intimacy, fun, and feeling. All proceeds from the concert will go to benefit Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company's Little Creatures Act Out program, which brings performing arts opportunities to underserved children in NYC. It promises to be a night of addictive melody and laugh-out-loud humor, all for a great cause. Don't miss it!
59E59 Theaters is now presenting the NYC premiere of Michael Tucker's Fern Hill, splendidly directed by Nadia Tass. It is an authentic tale about the ups and downs of marital relationships and people's individual concerns about aging. Funny, heartfelt, and spirited, the current production features an all-star cast.
This October, Everyman Theatre's next show is Radio Golf, the final play in renowned playwright August Wilson's 10-play opus, THE AMERICAN CENTURY CYCLE. Radio Golf brings the a?oecrackle of a comedy with old-fashioned melodramaa?? (The New York Times) and highlights the challenges faced by modern-day African-Americans straddling the line between monetary success and cultural assimilation.