Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Artistic Director) has announced casting for their 3rd annual Virtual Festival of Short Plays; a festival set to shed light on stories written by BIPOC playwrights via Abingdon's YouTube channel.
Diplo is nominated for two awards at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Dance/Electronic Album for Diplo and Best Dance/Electronic Recording for "Don't Forget My Love" with Miguel. The self-title album was released earlier this year.
Brandi Carlile is nominated for seven awards at the 65th GRAMMY Awards: Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Americana Album, Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song, Best Rock Performance, and Best Rock Song.
When award-winning hip-hop artist Brinson Wright was just 4 years old, he was given a cassette tape containing the song "Bible Break" by Stephen Wiley (regarded as the godfather of Christian rap), and a seed was planted.
In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the beloved Rocky Mountain High album and song will be reissued on limited edition blue vinyl by Windstar Records and Secretly Distribution on September 16. Pre-order and purchase exclusive merchandise HERE.
John Mellencamp's new album Strictly A One-Eyed Jack is out now on Republic Records. Critically acclaimed throughout his career, his newest release speaks to the days, times, seasons, and events of life and how each is important.
Six-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer, and New York Times Best Selling author Brandi Carlile is nominated for five awards at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards: The live awards ceremony will be broadcast Monday, January 31, 2021.
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Chris Stapleton is nominated in three categories at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Country Album (Starting Over), Best Country Song ("Cold") and Best Country Solo Performance ("You Should Probably Leave").
Ten-time Grammy-nominee Brandy Clark is nominated for two awards at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards: Song of the Year ("A Beautiful Noise" performed by Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile) and Best American Roots Performance ("Same Devil" featuring Carlile).
Country superstar Luke Combs is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for his Platinum-certified, #1 single, "Forever After All." The live awards is set for Monday, January 31, 2021.
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, and musician Billy Strings is nominated in two categories at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Bluegrass Album for Renewal and Best American Roots Performance for "Love and Regret."
Multi-platinum producer and songwriter Ricky Reed is up for two nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards: Album of the Year for his production work on Jon Batiste's We Are, and Producer of the Year.
Nominated for her second Grammy Award in as many years, singer-songwriter, and guitarist Madison Cunningham was nominated in the Best Folk Album category at the 64th annual Grammy announcements for the album Wednesday Extended Edition.
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Mary Chapin Carpenter is nominated for Best Folk Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for her record, One Night Lonely (Live), which premiered on PBS over the summer.
Chicago, a staple at New York City's Ambassador Theater for twenty-five years, recently raised the curtain to once again dazzle audiences with its 1920s tale of murder, passion, and adultery, all set to jazzy sounds and sultry moves.
San Francisco's Landmark Musical Theatre (Jon Rosen, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full cast and creative team for the opening production of the Company's 2021-2022 season, the Tony Award®-winning THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.
Ten-time CMA Award winner Chris Stapleton leads nominees at the 55th Annual CMA Awards with nominations in five categories: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album, Single and Song of the Year for "Starting Over."
San Francisco's Landmark Musical Theatre (Jon Rosen, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the five award winning musical productions chosen for the Company's upcoming expected in-person 2021-2022 season beginning October and running through June 2022.
As Magic Theatre monitors the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and the continued rise of variant strains, the theatre and the playwright, Taylor Mac, have made the difficult decision to postpone the upcoming world premiere of JOY AND PANDEMIC.
Broadway Records announced today the release of Andy Karl, Orfeh and Andrew Logan’s new mash-up single YESTERDAY / TIME AFTER TIME / SHALLOW. The single is now available on BroadwayRecords.com and all other digital platforms.
Multi-Platinum selling and award-winning recording artist, Travis Tritt, gets back to 'No-Frills Classic Outlaw-Country Sound' with his upcoming release, Set In Stone, on May 7 and a new single, "Smoke In A Bar," on March 5, 2021.
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director), in collaboration with African-American Shakespeare Company is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the virtual world premiere of the new play STRANGE COURTESIES.
Broadway Records announced today the release of THE WELLSONGS PROJECT, a collection of sixteen new songs, focusing on inspiring children with special needs and their families, giving them a voice to empower them more fully.
DJing is hard work, and like any other talent it requires a preparation and boldness to be done properly. An aspiring DJ needs to learn the tricks of the trade, have knowledge of tunes that move, and marketing.
South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT), one of the first in the Bay area to reinvent itself for the COVID-19 era, has announced several new virtual events streaming through Zoom and social media in January and February 2021.
Magic Theatre has announced that Interim Artistic Director Sonia Fernandez will be leaving the organization in May 2021. Fernandez will be moving to Washington, DC to serve as Director of New Work at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Every party needs music, and you may think that an elegant dinner party calls for classical music in the background—but jazz, that synthesis of European, African, and New World traditions, is America's classical music.
Among the first community theatres to reinvent itself in the COVID-19 era by switching from traditionally staged musicals to a prolific schedule of online programming, South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT) has announced a dozen entertainment-related streaming events.
San Francisco's MoonSchool at 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) virtual fall musical theatre classes are on sale now. Classes are for all ages ranging from kids ages 4-17 to adults.
Magic Theatre (Loretta Greco, Artistic Director and Kevin Nelson, Interim Managing Director) announced today that the Company will host its first-ever Virtual Gala Fundraiser, Springing Forward, on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST.
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) is pleased to announce BEYOND THE BOARDS, a virtual series of conversations between our Artistic Director, Randall King and leading artists in our community and beyond.
Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Interim Managing Director Kevin Nelson are pleased to announce that Magic Theatre’s National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere Production of Ricardo Pérez González’s DON’T EAT THE MANGOS will be available exclusively at magictheatre.org.
Magic Theatre, Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Interim Managing Director Kevin Nelson, announced today that its 2020-2021 season will include the world premieres of either "Monument" or "Four Sisters" (A Sloth Play), both by acclaimed writer Sam Chanse.
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the third production of The Stage's 37th Season, Broadway's longest-running American musical CHICAGO.
San Jose Stage Company (Randall King, Artistic Director and Cathleen King, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the cast and creative team for the first production of The Stage's 37th Season, the beloved cult musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) announces the cast and creative team for the upcoming concert presentation of the Tony Award-winning TITANIC, showcasing 70 of the Bay Area's best singers and musicians.
The Play that Goes Wrong, the Broadway and West End smash hit, presents an award-winning comedy as The Cornley Polytechnic Drama society stages a 1920's murder mystery, and lives the adage the show must go on!
San Francisco’s 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) announces the full cast and creative team for their next production, the highly-anticipated Bay Area regional premiere of 2012’s Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" ONCE.
The 27th anniversary season of San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) has announced the complete array of programming for its upcoming 2019-2020 theatre season plus two new initiatives.
Producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, and Eva Price are thrilled to announce that, following a record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T), the acclaimed new musical Jagged Little Pill will open on Broadway this fall.
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) has announced the full cast and creative team for the opening production of its 2018-2019 season, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (nominated for seven Tony Awards).
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming special engagement of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical FOLLIES in Concert for two performances only.
Magic Theatre (Loretta Greco, Artistic Director and Jaimie Mayer, Managing Director) announced today the complete cast of Ashlin Halfnight's World Premiere The Resting Place, the first production of the 2018- 2019 season, directed by Jessica Holt.
Rich-Rey Productions LLC has announced the Bay Area Premiere of HATTIE MCDANIEL…WHAT I NEED YOU TO KNOW! starring Vickilyn Reynolds as Hattie McDaniel, the trailblazing Gone with the Wind Academy Award-winner will open for an exclusive limited engagement.
Bay Area Musicals (Matthew McCoy, Founder & Artistic Director, and AeJay Mitchell, Managing Director) has announced the show titles for its upcoming fourth season. The 2018-2019 season begins with Tony Award-winning Best Musical CRAZY FOR YOU.
San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo, Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors), celebrating its 25th Anniversary in continuous operation, has announced the company's 2018 Gala, JUBILATE!, will be headlined by Moon favorite Klea Blackhurst and will feature special guest star Liz Callaway.
Blondie & Garbage announced their North American tour will kick off on July 5th in Saratoga, CA and wrap on August 12th in Dallas, TX. John Doe & Exene Cervenka will provide support on the first leg of the tour and Deap Vally for the second.
We're delighted to be working with musician and One Tree Hill actor Tyler Hilton to secure airplay and arrange interviews ahead of his upcoming 30 city American tour. The focus tracks from the album and advance dates are enclosed! Support is hugely appreciated!
No matter how many times you’ve visited Vegas, no trip would be complete without taking in a show or two amidst the time you spend eating, gaming, clubbing, sunning and otherwise funing in Sin City.
Every year, thousands of people flock to church. The devotees pray in flower crowns and straw hats, fringe-laden vests and neon body paint. They are the congregation of music lovers, gathering from many different corners of the world to worship at the summer’s many music festivals.
A Shakespearean celebration, with readings by Dame Judi Dench, David Suchet, Emilia Fox and the late Jeffery Dench. Exits and Entrances commemorates the 400th anniversary on April 23rd 2017 of the death of the world's most celebrated playwright William Shakespeare.
Mick Jones of The Clash, one of the most established and respected figures in British pop music, has opened his Rock and Roll Public Library as part of the 56th Venice Biannale releasing a very limited edition of up tempo instrumentals called 'Ex Libris'.
Merging its funky desert style with an internationally acclaimed lineup of musical artists, this three day (and four night) family-friendly festival is truly a global music experience. The 13th Annual Spring Joshua Tree Music Festival melds the overwhelming spirit of desert freedom with powerful music from around the world to create a lighthearted oasis for music lovers.
Writing reviews to send out is actually quite difficult for me. The truth is, I’m a theatre snob, and I’m pretty hard to please. Without creative geniuses such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, or even Stephen Sondheim, it’s hard for me to give my endorsement. Not this time. You will love ‘Honeymoon In Vegas’.
Colossal. Stupendous. Epic. These Hollywood adjectives became clichés long ago. When used to describe the films of Cecil B. DeMille, they are accurate. This producer-director captured a worldwide audience with The King of Kings, The Sign of the Cross, The Greatest Show on Earth; Samson and Delilah, and The Ten Commandments.
San Diego, California, For Immedite Release - The San Diego Jazz Fest takes place November 26-November 30 and will feature over thirty bands and guest artists from across the U.S. playing for dancing and listening in seven venues.
I had seen the famed Blue Man Group Las Vegas show before albeit more than a decade ago. Even so, I recently proceeded to secure tickets to see what has since become a Vegas entertainment staple. I wondered how, or if, this show had evolved so it would seem fresh and new the second time around.
WaterTower Music today proudly announces the November 18 release of Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, with music by renowned composer Hans Zimmer, whose career has earned him Grammy, Golden Globe, Classical Brit, Academy, Tony, and American Music Awards.
Birdland, the legendary Manhattan Jazz Club, played host for two nights only to celebrate, one of Broadway's best and Hollywood's hottest talents, composer and musical genius Ron Abel.
Jayne Avaunt, Canada’s newest pop sensation, is now blazing the Americans musical charts with her hit single, “Hear Me.” Hear Jayne out with “Hear Me,” and see what bloggers are talking about.
On April 23rd, appreciators of soul, jazz & beat music alike rejoice as Coultrain releases his long-awaited new project, Jungle Mumbo Jumbo. Perhaps best known for his work as one half of Hawthorne Headhunters (alongside Black Spade), or as the once lead singer of Waajeed's Platinum Pied Pipers - this release marks Train's first proper solo album on a label
A.M.X. is a multi-talented R&B artist whose star is rising fast in the music industry with fans starting to take notice of his original sound. A.M.X., also known as Andre Mieux, is a singer, songwriter and music producer who has talent, charm and uniqueness as an artist.
Word Theatre’s Storytales: Featuring celebrities performing stories from acclaimed African-American author John Edgar Wideman’s literary anthology ‘Briefs’ at the Ford Amphitheatre Saturday October 6, 2012.
President Obama juggling the public outcry over his mishandling of the security, precautions and safety of the American people is facing a firestorm as new and possible confirmed Ebola transmission cases appear resulting in scrutiny of his motive and judgment.
Maggie, from Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions, brings to the screen a post apocalyptic thriller that begins strong teasing with potential moments of heightened suspense, exhilarating and terrifying encounters only to level quickly into lukewarm family drama.
Sultry. Sexy. Sophisticated. These are the words that come to mind when describing one of L.A.’s newest and most notable eateries: Sadie. Tucked comfortably in the heart of Hollywood, Sadie is poised to give the region’s entrenched eateries a run for their money with elevated, market-fresh New American cuisine conceived by Mark Gold, Sadie’s esteemed Consulting Chef, hailing from Eva Restaurant.
Curves, the German driving magazine has been on a road trip, sending Stefan Bogner, photographer and auto enthusiast, to the US to travel Highway 1, what they describe "without a doubt one of the most beautiful roads in the world."
The results of the September 17 elections in Israel are a statistical tie. Both Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz are tied within the margin of error constituting a tie. Each leader is now looking to make a deal with minority vote-getting Avigdor Liberman to form a coalition government with the needed 61-Knesset seat minimum.
Toast International Beer Day and join PT Entertainment Group’s celebration of ales, lagers and stouts on International Beer Day and enjoy 50 percent off import beers including Corona, Guinness, Heineken, Stella Artois, Dos Equis and many others.
