Vincent News

After his hit production of King Charles III, David Muse returns to Shakespeare Theatre Company to direct Shakespeare's Richard the Third, a mesmerizing chronicle of the megalomaniac's rampage to the throne. The production will play at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) from February 5-March 10, 2019.

Broken, a new play by Devlin Elliott, will have an industry presentation today, February 8, in New York City. Directed by Teddy Bergman (KPOP, Empire Travel Agency), the cast is led by three-time Emmy and Tony Award winner Stockard Channing and Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard who star as a birth-mother and son reunited after decades apart.

The Broward Stage Door Theatre is slowly but steadily growing into its new Lauderhill home. The Producers is a show that can challenge any major regional theatre with its performance and technical demands. The Stage Door has taken on said challenge with grace. Throughout the show's month-long run, audiences have laughed at the show's timeless Mel Brooks humor and were moved by some high-quality performances.

'Cinderella' is a thrilling and evocative love story, set in London during the Second World War. Bourne's interpretation of the classic fairy tale has, at its heart, a true war-time romance.

Goodman Theatre proudly announces the casts for its Chicago premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat by Lynn Nottage, directed by Ron OJ Parson, as well as its world premiere of Lottery Day-Ike Holter's final work in his seven-play "The Rightlynd Saga," directed by Lili-Anne Brown. Tickets are now available for both productions at GoodmanTheatre.org, by telephone 312.443.3800 or at the box office (170 N. Dearborn).

Deadline reports that NBC's This Is Us, which features younger versions of a variety of central characters, adds Randall's wife Beth to the mix.

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director will present Sing Me the Universal, a Walt Whitman Bicentennial Concert on March 2 at 8:00 PM at the Church of St. Francis Xavier, 46 W. 16th St., between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan. This event celebrates the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth.

Honeyblood's third album sees Stina Tweeddale finding her most ambitious form and steely focus yet. Three albums in she has stepped forward to finally claim the mantle of the project she birthed seven years ago as a her sole vision. Stina takes the reigns in collaboration with none-other than producer John Congleton (Angel Olsen, St Vincent) for the most definitive Honeyblood LP to date, consolidating the Glasgow-born band as one of the most important UK names.

In celebration of Women's History Month, Guilty Pleasures Cabaret presents, The Femme Fatale an evening of music and dance paying homage to fierce females.  This show blends a variety of acts including vocal group - The Sirens, dance, circus arts, and burlesque to fully capture the beauty, strength, and intellect of the female dynamic. 

In celebration of Women's History Month, Guilty Pleasures Cabaret presents, The Femme Fatale an evening of music and dance paying homage to fierce females. This show blends a variety of acts including vocal group - The Sirens, dance, circus arts, and burlesque to fully capture the beauty, strength, and intellect of the female dynamic. To quote theatre critic DB Frick from Stagebiz.com, 'Guilty Pleasures Cabaret, a high energy modern cabaret act run by women who know what they are doing.'

 An eclectic all-star lineup of artists, musicians, actors, and comedians will take the stage as presenters at the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards®. This year's presenters include current GRAMMY®nominees Kelsea Ballerini, Leon Bridges, Luke Combs, and Charlie Wilson; GRAMMY winners Alessia Cara, Eve, John Mayer, Bob Newhart, Smokey Robinson, Swizz Beatz, and Meghan Trainor; recording artist Kane Brown, South Korean pop sensation BTS, past GRAMMY nominee Cedric The Entertainer, actress Nina Dobrev, professional football player Julian Edelman, actress Anna Kendrick, actress Jada Pinket Smith, and actor Wilmer Valderrama.

 Clay Epstein's Film Mode Entertainment is thrilled to unveil a first look at a range of films to entice buyers at EFM, including the World Market Premieres of two feature films from Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman's Yale Productions; the exhilarating crime-thriller, CRYPTO and the new thriller, BURN.

Keep Music Alive is excited to announce the 5th Annual Teach Music Week will be celebrated Monday March 18th through Sunday March 24th.  This annual week-long holiday invites musicians, music schools, music stores and other music organizations to offer a free lesson or class to new students (kids and adults).  For this milestone anniversary, an estimated 750 locations in a dozen countries will participate including the US, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Switzerland, UAE, UK.

Urban Stages, will close its 35th season with the World Premiere of Will Snider's DEATH OF A DRIVER directed by Kim T. Sharp.  This limited engagement at Urban Stages (259 West 30th Street) begins performances on Friday, March 1st, opens on Monday, March 4th and will run through Sunday, March 24th 2019.

Irish artist Talos -- aka Eoin French -- will release his sophomore album, Far Out Dust, on BMG this Friday. In celebration, Talos are debuting the title track from the album today.

Netflix has acquired the North American rights to I Am Mother out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival after previously locking several international territories.

If standing ovations are one of the major parameters of a successful play, Hattie's Big Night would be deemed a crowd pleasing hit. The new show by Houston Playwright Vincent Victoria and produced by his company Vincent Victoria Presents, had its World Premiere on February 1 and has had audiences on their feet during the curtain call for each performance.

Great Comet Broadway alum and underground accordion rock chanteuse Mary Knapp a.k.a. Toot Sweet released her third studio album DISCO ECLIPSE on February 1. The record reflects Knapp's experience of the past two years as a Brooklyn musician jumping headfirst into a hit Broadway show, sustaining an injury on the job and facing a paranoid convalescent comedown. Several of the tracks on the album make their official music video debut in Knapp's surreal musical comedy web series, “Toot Sweet's Variety Show,” which Knapp wrote, co-directed, co-edited, produced, and self-released alongside the album. Featured on Bust Magazine in January, the series which tells the story of a musician's circuitous journey to success.

LEON, the U.K.-based Naturally Fast Food chain, is introducing the plant-based LOVe Burger to its U.S. menu. This 'hug in a bun' is made of 100% plants and is the first of many vegan additions for 2019, a year that will be filled with dishes that center around nourishment and comfort; that are kind to our bodies as well as kind to the planet.

Music's Biggest Night just got a whole lot bigger, as a fresh batch of artists have been added to the already stellar lineup for the 61st GRAMMY Awards. Current nominees Chloe x Halle, GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga, GRAMMY winner Mark Ronson, and GRAMMY nominee Travis Scott are set to perform on Music's Biggest Night. Additionally, current nominee Dua Lipa will perform with GRAMMY winner St. Vincent. In what is sure to be a GRAMMY Moment to remember, GRAMMY winners Yolanda Adams, Fantasia, and past GRAMMY nominee Andra Day will honor the legendary Aretha Franklin.