Duke Ellington News

The American Tap Dance Foundation will be celebrated at Lincoln Center on July 11 with special honors.

The New York Philharmonic has announced updates to its 2024–25 season.

A fabulous string of numbers from what is known as The Great American Songbook.

TAKING NOTES is a cabaret show with laughs and lessons learned in life and school. with a lot of pop and musical theatre along the way. Andrew Bova is the student taking it all in. The May 31st show was a promising NYC cabaret debut by a gregarious guy with teachable moments.

There are no adjectives that can effectively describe the level of greatness in which Samara Joy delivers the sounds of Jazz. She is phenomenal and an 'old soul' in a beautiful contemporary body. She is on the frontline of bringing jazz to a new generation of followers.

The debut of Studio Theatre's innovative new revival of George C. Wolfe's classic play The Colored Museum, including some returning stars from Studio's blockbuster production of Fat Ham earlier this season, will begin rehearsals soon.

From hundreds of applicants nationwide, 40 high school students from 14 states have been selected to participate in this year’s Songbook Academy®, aweeklong summer intensive that immerses young performers in America’s musical heritage and helps them develop as artists under the guidance of Broadway stars and other entertainment professionals and music educators. 

BMOP/sound will release Vijay Iyer's debut orchestral recording, 'Trouble,' conducted by Gil Rose with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and soloist Jennifer Koh. Learn when you can purchase the album!

Cantus has announced their 2024-25 season featuring five new programs in fourteen Twin Cities venues and a nationwide tour of Wanting Memories.

The Allen Center in Newton, MA, will celebrate Juneteenth with Forever Free, a  concert of music that honors freedom and equality on June 19th with performances at 2 pm and 6 pm.

Composers Concordance presents its fifth annual concert at the historic Howland Cultural Center on June 23rd, featuring the CompCord Ensemble with local musicians, vocalists, poets, and a variety of instrumentalists.

What did our critic think of JOE JACKSON at At Davidson Theatre?

On Saturday, June 23rd at 6pm, Composers Concordance will present its fifth annual concert event at the historic Howland Cultural Center, the first building in Beacon, New York to receive the distinction of being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Join the Montgomery County Juneteenth 2024 Celebration for a day of cultural festivities, live performances, and community activities honoring the significance of Juneteenth.

Award-winning vocalist Natalie Douglas will perform her third annual Juneteenth concert, 'A Juneteenth Jubilee – The Women,' at Birdland. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

SMOKE Jazz Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary in July with performances by Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, Ethan Iverson, Bill Charlap, and Cyrus Chestnut. Learn how to purchase tickets.

LA TI DO Productions (LTD), present Under the Influence on Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 7:00PM at Angolo Ristorante Italiano.

Center Theatre Group, in collaboration with The Fire This Time Festival and Watts Village Theater Company, will present a second season of Not A Moment, But A Movement, an initiative created to amplify, center, and celebrate Black voices.

Following numerous sold-out shows, Susan Mack will return to Birdland Jazz Club with her new show, 'No More Blues'.

Samm-Art Williams' Home is coming Broadway, in a production directed by Kenny Leon.  Previews begin tonight, May 17, at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Meet the cast of Home here!