Algonquin Announces New Concert, Jazz & Orchestra Series
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2023
Algonquin Arts Theatre has announced a stellar lineup of concerts for their 2023-2024 season. Highlights of the new concert schedule include a Jazz Series, an Orchestra Series, Yacht Rock, Big Band, Short Films and tributes to Patsy Cline, Earth Wine & Fire, Burt Bacharach, Barry Manilow, Louis Armstrong, Chicago, Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and more.
Flint Repertory Theatre Presents RAGTIME, June 9-25
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2023
Flint Repertory Theatre presents Ragtime June 9-25. Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime has a book by Terrence McNally (Master Class, Love! Valour! Compassion!) and a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once On This Island, Anastasia, Seussical).
Review: ALANIS MORISSETTE'S JAGGED LITTLE PILL Will Leave You Breathless At Straz Center
by Drew Eberhard - May 17, 2023
Jagged Little Pill, is the latest “Jukebox Musical,” in a rather long line of “Jukebox Musicals,” to make it on Broadway and then tour in recent years. With music by Alanis Morissette, book by Diablo Cody, and additional music by Michael Farrell and Guy Sigsworth, the show traverses the iconic landscape of songs represented on Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, and touches on topics of pain, healing, and empowerment.
Plano Symphony Orchestra Announces New Programs For The Upcoming 2023/2024 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2023
Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Music Director Héctor Guzmán and Executive Director Gregory Patterson have announced several new program initiatives for the 2023/2024 Season designed to advance the PSO's strategic plan to provide more opportunities for North Texans to experience high quality music.
Lori McKenna Returns With New Album '1988' in July
by Michael Major - May 12, 2023
Ahead of the album, new song, “Killing Me,” featuring McKenna’s longtime collaborator, Hillary Lindsey, and written by McKenna, Lindsey and Luke Laird, is out now. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell) and recorded at Cobb’s studio in Savannah, GA, 1988 serves as a love letter to her family and friends.
Angela Davis, A.B. Spellman & More to Join BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: THEN AND NOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2023
Harlem Stage has announces details for the Black Arts Movement: Then and Now Conference, curated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Artist-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux and exploring the legacy of the groundbreaking, influential, and controversial movement of the 1960s and ‘70s.
Bright Eyes Announce Third Wave of Companion Releases
by Michael Major - May 9, 2023
This new wave comes with artist contributions from Johanna and Klara Söderberg of First Aid Kit (“JeJune Stars,” “Coatcheck Dream Song,” “Wrecking Ball”), Gillian Welch (“Napolean’s Hat”) and Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff (“Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed),” “Firewall,” ‘When You Were Mine”).
Review: SHE LOVES ME at Palm Canyon Theatre
by Stan Jenson - May 8, 2023
It seems like only a few weeks ago that Palm Canyon Theatre (PCT) began their 26th Season with the magnificent Titanic. Now that season is coming to an end with a delightful little jewel box called She Loves Me. Canyon Theatre?
The Smashing Pumpkins Release Final Act of Trilogy Album 'Atum'
by Michael Major - May 5, 2023
The sequel to 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000’s Machina/Machine of God, ATUM features 33-tracks in 3 acts and was written and produced by Corgan over the past 4 years. Act 3 arrives with a special edition boxset featuring all 33 album tracks plus 10 additional unreleased songs.
Rufus Wainwright Shares 'Harvest' Featuring Andrew Bird And Chris Stills
by Michael Major - May 3, 2023
Folkocracy sees Wainwright joined by a spectacular lineup of friends, family members, and other special guest artists including Brandi Carlile, John Legend, David Byrne, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Chaka Khan, Andrew Bird, ANOHNI, Susanna Hoffs, Van Dyke Parks, Madison Cunningham, and many more.
Broadway Legend Baayork Lee to Direct and Choreograph CATS at City Springs Theatre Company
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 28, 2023
For the final show of its acclaimed 2022-2023 PNC Bank season, City Springs Theatre Company (CSTC) will bring Tony Award-recipient Baayork Lee back to Atlanta to helm the renowned Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, CATS. Ms. Lee directs and choreographs the production, running May 5-21, 2023, in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center.
Ashley Blanchet, Ben Crawford, and More Will Lead BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at The Muny
by Stephi Wild - Apr 27, 2023
The Muny has announced that Ashley Blanchet, Ben Crawford, Claybourne Elder, Ann Harada, Kelvin Moon Loh, Eric Jordan Young, Holly Ann Butler, Tommy Bracco, Harrison White, Debby Lennon and Michael Hobin will star in the magical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, June 22 - 30, 2023.