Created in 1985 as a non-profit arts organization, The Mabel Mercer Foundation serves to both perpetuate the memory and spirit of its legendary namesake and to promote public interest in cla… Read More
The 2023 New York City Ballet Fall Gala
New York City Ballet 2023 fall gala raised $3.75m in celebration of the company’s 75th anniversary featuring:
Choreography by George Balanchi… Read More
A Scandal in Paris 1946 A loose biography of Napoleonic era career criminal Eugène François Vidocq who later became Paris’ prefect of police. Directed by Douglas Sirk. Bo… Read More
It’s that time again. Cabaret denizens congregate in New York like snowbirds in winter. Come watch your favorites and perhaps add a few new ones to a listening roster and/or club atten… Read More
Margo Seibert‘s “Can’t Help Singing” proffers lyrics like satin ribbons whirling around her. Infectious exuberance warms, welcomes and buoys the room. (With EY Harbur… Read More
Lorelei was a flashback, take-off on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Lee Roy played Henry Spofford, a rich Olympic athlete. “When I showed up in a sport coat the first day, Charles (Carol Ch… Read More
Norm Lewis makes his entrance in top hat and tails. “Too much?” he asks grinning. Lewis is playful tonight calling the venue his “living room,” our audience gue… Read More
When it came to music, pianist Peter Nero had little use for labels. For more than a half-century, the Juilliard-educated conductor, composer and musician seamlessly bridged pop, jazz a… Read More
Heads up producers! This accessible, entertaining show was made for a tour.
“Strange how potent cheap music is,” Billy Stritch quotes (Amanda – Noel Coward’s Priva… Read More
Broadway stars Skylar Astin, Norm Lewis and Brian Stokes Mitchell will complete the glittering cast of Broadway luminaries for Everybody Rise! A Sondheim Celebration on Sunday, July 30, 2023… Read More
In the early 1960s, leading channel CBS made it their business to take down the popular NBC western, Bonanza, for a clean ratings sweep. After several failed attempts, Judy Garland was invit… Read More
Un sito straordinario, potente, un vortice di storia e di storie millenarie. E un Festival acuto, che guarda al futuro e costruisce nuove pagine di questa lunga storia, con la certezza che q… Read More
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Today, Vancouver-hailing jazz singer Mathew V releases the original song “My Boy,” a Marilyn Monroe-inspired track and fan favorite on tour, compel… Read More
Most songs are recorded once. Often, they fail to make much of an impression, thus resulting in them sinking back into oblivion. A smaller number receive covers.
Generally speaking, they re… Read More
What is Michael Feinstein’s Net Worth?
Michael Feinstein is a pianist, music archivist and singer who has a net worth of $50 million. Michael Feinstein began working in local bars as… Read More
“Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith.” Harvey Fierstein
“Something’s Coming” (Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim –West Side Story)… Read More
It's January, right? Where's the snow (besides Buffalo)? Not to worry, we'll get ours.... After the fold you will find the listings for live jazz gigs in and around Rochester for the n… Read More
Hosts Kate Baldwin and Georgia Stitt have been friends, peers and frequent performing partners for 20 years. The two co-conceived and mounted this Lyrics and Lyricists production… Read More
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
State Sens. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, and Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, are introducing an urgency bill to ensure that Californians who qualify for federal student loan forgive… Read More
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Rapper Eminem and country icon Dolly Parton are among the 2022 class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Los Angeles (AFP) – The music world descende… Read More
Mary Rodgers (1931-2014), the daughter of Richard Rodgers, was herself an accomplished composer and author who was surrounded by some of the most notable personalities of American musical th… Read More
www.NYTimes.comBy Jody Rosen
Listen to article, or read it and see amazing photographs by Phillip Montgomery here.
Willie Nelson has a long history of tempting, and cheating, deat… Read More
Ari Axelrod wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s also a showman. That these two qualities don’t contradict one another is a testament to the power of authenticity. With this very… Read More
Ronny Whyte makes it all seem effortless. Like a magician after privately practicing thousands of hours, onstage performance flows without hesitation, stress or self-consciousness. He’… Read More
For the past ten years, On Site Opera (OSO) has been producing immersive, site-specific operas in various non-traditional venues throughout New York City, bringing audiences right into the c… Read More
I'm an artist. I've never really believed those words, but I am. I always have been. First was ballet. I was never going to be the best ballerina. I have a barrel rib cage, a short neck… Read More
“The First Lady of Song” is the title held by jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. She had a voice of crystal clarity, from which rivers of gossamer flowed without effort. Indeed, her… Read More
Our story starts with two radio announcers born only a few years apart with similar names, both working as radio announcers on national networks. Donald Harlow "Don" Wilson and John Donald W… Read More