Fall 2018 - Articles Page 3

Broadway actor Bruce Sabath and the social media site Broadway Goes Viral will present the first in a series of virtual mini-concerts called Six at Six: Songs from my Driveway, premiering on Facebook Live on Tuesday, June 16th at 6pm.

Renowned singer Josh Groban has announced that he will host a special livestream concert June 27 on his website!

Josh Groban's Movie Night continues today at 8pm with 'Awake Live'. Josh will be chatting with fans and adding his own commentary live! Directly after Movie Night, the full audio from 'Awake Live' will be available on your favorite streaming service.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) have announced this year's six recipients of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Initiative commissions. The commissioned writers are Kate Attwell, Mia Chung, Noah Diaz, Julia Izumi, Ife Olujobi, and Stacey Rose.

Josh Groban's Movie Night continues today at 8pm with 'Awake Live'. Josh will be chatting with fans and adding his own commentary live! Directly after Movie Night, the full audio from 'Awake Live' will be available on your favorite streaming service.

During the current pandemic, KPFK's Arts in Review, Southern California's longest-running radio showcase on live theater and cabaret, will be airing short plays, produced by local small theatres, during the month of May. This week Arts in Review airs an excerpt from IAMA Theatre Company's 10th Anniversary Season premiere of Christian Durso's Redline, directed by Eli Gonda, playing Friday, May 8 (2 to 2:30pm) over KPFK 90.7fm, home of Pacifica Radio for Southern California.     

Josh Groban has posted the latest video in his #ShowerSongs series, singing The Rainbow Connection! Groban posted the video in honor of the Find Your Light Foundation, and asked his fans to donate.

Josh Groban's Movie Night  continues today at 8pm with 'Stages Live'. Josh will be chatting with fans and adding his own commentary live!

Josh Groban is taking singing in the shower to the next level with his newly-launched #ShowerSongs series, in which he takes a moment to dedicate a tune to those most in need of some musical inspiration.

NBC has tied for the weeklong win in the key adult 18-49 demographic for the primetime ratings week of April 13-19, averaging a 0.8 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.9 million viewers overall, according to “live plus same day” figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Josh Groban is taking singing in the shower to the next level with his newly-launched #ShowerSongs series, in which he takes a moment to dedicate a tune to those most in need of some musical inspiration.  Watch below as the Broadway veteran sings 'Hallelujah' and 'Remember When It Rained.'

As we hunker down and wait for the world to return to what it was, many have refused to remain stagnant or let discouragement overtake them. This is especially true for Valerie David, a playwright, performer and three-time cancer survivor who now shares her beautiful story and gives us a new perspective on life in the midst of temporary darkness.

FOX has renewed its top-rated drama series, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: LONE STAR, from creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, for the upcoming 2020-2021 television season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment. 

The social media site 'Broadway Goes Viral' announced yesterday that it would super-charge its fans' donations to the Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS COVID19 Emergency Assistance Fund, by matching them, dollar for dollar.

Four actors, each participating from a different remote location, will perform a live online reading of MOTHERS AND SONS on Thursday, April 16 at 7:00 pm.  Pride Films and Plays Executive Director David G. Zak will direct the reading of the play by Terrence McNally, who passed away at age 81 on March 24 of complications from COVID-19. This is an encore of the reading of the play the company presented in fall 2018 during the run of their production of McNally's IT'S ONLY A PLAY and is the first of several remote presentations the company is planning in order to maintain programming until performances can again be presented in-person in the theater.

Please be advised that Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show, scheduled to take place at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday, April 18, 2020 has been postponed to Monday, October 5, 2020. Tickets for the April 18 show will be valid for the performance on October 5.

Today, The Frights share the music video for “Kicking Cans” via Atwood Magazine. The track appears on their fourth studio album, Everything Seems Like Yesterday, which was released digitally last month. Vinyl and CD of the album is available for pre-order via the band's website and will be in stores everywhere on March 13.

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III brings Surviving Twin a scripted, one man show to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, March 5th at 8pm, in an evening of music and memories many years in the making. This 'posthumous collaboration' with his writer father, explores the question: What lives on between father and son? This event is part of the Doyle Coffin Architecture Singer Songwriter Series and Northern Trust Broadway & Cabaret Series with support from Teed & Brown. Visit TerraSole (3 Big Shop Lane, Ridgefield) for dinner before the show and get a free glass of house wine or dessert with your entrée when you present your tickets! Media partner for this event is WSHU - Connecticut Public Radio.

Josh Groban kicked off his residency at Radio City Music Hall last night with a sold-out performance of Josh Groban's Great Big Radio City Show. The show included multiple surprise special guest stars and performers from New York City and the world premiere of a brand-new song, “Empty Sky,” performed by Groban to close out the evening.

Nigerian choreographer/dancer Qudus Onikeku makes his U.S. debut, accompanied by Uruguayan artist Fernando Velazquez and musicians, with his work Spirit Child March 13 and 14, presented by the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S. Michigan Avenue.

Lynn University's College of Arts and Sciences invites guests to laugh, cry and come together as its Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in drama program presents Crimes of the Heart.

Currently in previews, a?oeUntil the Flooda?? will open at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre on Wednesday, January 29 at 8 p.m. Written and starring Dael Orlandersmith and directed by Neel Keller, a?oeUntil the Flooda?? will continue through February 23. 

Performances begin on January 24 for a?oeUntil the Flooda?? at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre. Written and starring Dael Orlandersmith and directed by Neel Keller, a?oeUntil the Flooda?? will continue through February 23. The opening is set for January 29.

Today, The Frights released their fourth studio album, Everything Seems Like Yesterday and announced a spring U.S. headline tour. Produced by bassist Richard Dotson, written and performed by vocalist and guitarist Mikey Carnevale with some sonic assistance from Dotson, it is the band's most emotionally direct body of work to date. Vinyl and CD of the album is available for pre-order via the band's website and will be in stores everywhere on March 13.

Amazon Studios announced today that Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) and Richard Madden (Bodyguard) will star in Citadel, the new multi-layered global series from the Russo Brothers' AGBO. Amazon also announced today that a local language production of the franchise will originate from Mexico, in addition to the previously announced versions in Italy and India. Madden and Chopra will star in the U.S. 'mothership' edition of the series.