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Miller Theatre At Columbia University School of the Arts 'turns up the heat' on its Jazz series with the Miller debut of Anat Cohen Quartet Saturday, February 11, 8:00 p.m.

They are a beloved American institution. Just off their 50th Anniversary, Preservation Hall Jazz Band-whose high-energy shows are dedicated to perpetuating traditional New Orleans jazz-celebrated their fifth decade in Carnegie Hall on January 7, 2012.

Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will perform in Storrs, CT with the Afro-Cuban Messengers on Jan 27 & 28, 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award winning album, Chucho's Steps.

Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will perform in Storrs, CT with the Afro-Cuban Messengers on Jan 27 & 28, 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award winning album, Chucho's Steps.

Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will perform in Storrs, CT with the Afro-Cuban Messengers on Jan 27 & 28, 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award winning album, Chucho's Steps.

They are a beloved American institution. Just off their 50th Anniversary, Preservation Hall Jazz Band-whose high-energy shows are dedicated to perpetuating traditional New Orleans jazz-celebrated their fifth decade in Carnegie Hall on January 7, 2012.

Miller Theatre At Columbia University School of the Arts 'turns up the heat' on its Jazz series with the Miller debut of Anat Cohen Quartet Saturday, February 11, 8:00 p.m.

PlayhouseSquare honored Broadway producer Margo Lion with its highest award, the PlayhouseSquare Star Award for Achievement in the Performing Arts, at its annual Chairman's Dinner on Tuesday night.

As Pulitzer and 9-time Grammy Award®-winner Wynton Marsalis eases into his 50th birthday on October 18, 2011, he casts his memory back a dozen years to 1998-99.

As Pulitzer and 9-time Grammy Award®-winner Wynton Marsalis eases into his 50th birthday on October 18, 2011, he casts his memory back a dozen years to 1998-99.

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 29, 2011 - Sunday, May 29, 2011.

The 2011 Tony Award nominees were announced live from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The next day, proud nominees gathered at the Millenium Hotel in Times Square to celebrate and meet the press. Broadway Beat was on hand, of course, to speak with all of the proud nominees. In anticipation of Tony night on June 12, 2011, BroadwayWorld will be bringing you new clips of the stars in conversation each week so be sure to check back! Below, we bring you George C. Wolfe, Best Director of a Play nominee for The Normal Heart. Wolfe gained national recognition with his 1991 musical Jelly's Last Jam, a musical about the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton; after a Los Angeles opening, the play moved to Broadway, where it received 11 Tony nominations and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical. Two years later, Wolfe famously directed Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches to great critical acclaim, as well as a Tony award. Wolfe also directed the world premiere of the second part of Angels, Perestroika, the following year. Wolfe served as artistic director and producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater from 1993-2004. During his tenure, he created the musical Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, which won him a second Tony Award for direction. Additional credits include Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change, The Wild Party, Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog,and a new translation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Austin Pendleton.

Savion Glover: Solo in Time plays February 23 & 24 at 7:00pm

Savion Glover: Solo in Time plays February 23 & 24 at 7:00pm

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) is thrilled to reunite two remarkable creative forces, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) and Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB), in an extraordinary world premiere event on February 4 at 8pm at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This exclusive one-night only performance marks the second time that NOBA, TMP and PHJB have teamed up to create a shared evening of music and dance.

The New Orleans Ballet Association (NOBA) is thrilled to reunite two remarkable creative forces, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) and Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB), in an extraordinary world premiere event on February 4 at 8pm at the Mahalia Jackson Theater. This exclusive one-night only performance marks the second time that NOBA, TMP and PHJB have teamed up to create a shared evening of music and dance.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will celebrate New Year's Eve with VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS in the Feinstein's at Loews Regency Ballroom. Recently featured on the acclaimed HBO program 'Boardwalk Empire,' the Giordano will feature early jazz favorites from the 1920s and 30s. The evening includes a three-course dinner, dancing and open bar. The celebration takes place at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

It's 1917 in the middle of Mardi Gras. Just two blocks from the French Quarter is Storyville, the red light district of New Orleans with its saloons, gambling joints and brothels.

SAUTER PIANOS presents NEW DIMENSIONS in LATIN JAZZ November 2 - December 2, 2010 at ZINC BAR, NYC

The Sauter Piano Company begins a nationwide piano partnership with significant venues of jazz, classical and alternative music with their presentation of Sauter Omega, 220 Firebird to Zinc Bar, a small but prestigious jazz club in Greenwich Village that until now has not had an acoustic piano. In conjunction with the installation of the piano, Sauter will sponsor the renowned performance series 'New Dimensions in Latin Jazz' at Zinc Bar from November 2nd through December 2nd 2010.

SAUTER PIANOS presents NEW DIMENSIONS in LATIN JAZZ November 2 - December 2, 2010 at ZINC BAR, NYC

The Sauter Piano Company begins a nationwide piano partnership with significant venues of jazz, classical and alternative music with their presentation of Sauter Omega, 220 Firebird to Zinc Bar, a small but prestigious jazz club in Greenwich Village that until now has not had an acoustic piano.

The Sauter Piano Company begins a nationwide piano partnership with significant venues of jazz, classical and alternative music with their presentation of Sauter Omega, 220 Firebird to Zinc Bar, a small but prestigious jazz club in Greenwich Village that until now has not had an acoustic piano. In conjunction with the installation of the piano, Sauter will sponsor the renowned performance series 'New Dimensions in Latin Jazz' at Zinc Bar from November 2nd through December 2nd 2010.

SAUTER PIANOS presents NEW DIMENSIONS in LATIN JAZZ November 2 - December 2, 2010 at ZINC BAR, NYC

It's 1917 in the middle of Mardi Gras. Just two blocks from the French Quarter is Storyville, the red light district of New Orleans with its saloons, gambling joints and brothels.