Bobby Darin News

25 year-old pianist Eldar Djangirov will return to the Blue Note for the first time in three years with legendary guitarist Pat Martino. Eldar and Martino have been playing together frequently over the past year, both in quartet and duo settings. The pair initially teamed up in late 2009 for a tribute gig to guitar icon Les Paul at the Iridium in New York and later joined for the Lincoln Center "Generations in Jazz Festival" in 2010. Over the past months, they've been playing a mix of each other's originals and standards like "'Round Midnight" and "In Walked Bud." "Playing with Pat, you always have to be on your toes," Eldar told the San Diego Anthology. "This has been a great and very satisfying experience for me, and I think we'll keep playing together a few times each year." (more...)

In her timely and meaningful new show at Birdland, "Freedom Songs," MAC Award-winning singer Natalie Douglas provided a stirring reminder that the fight for political equality, personal rights, and economic fairness in America is never over. (more...)

Judy Garland Theatrical Tribute Concert Event comes to Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center April 27-29. Patrons can save up to $7 on tickets now through tomorrow, Sunday, April 22. (more...)

On Tuesday night at the Iridium Jazz Club, precocious, yet polished 20-year-old crooner Nicolas King conquered a packed room filled with freshly-minted MAC Award winners, veteran cabaret performers, a burgeoning legion of fans, beaming family members, and his mentor and friend Liza Minnelli (who attended the show with actor Tony Danza). (more...)

Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will play host this summer to the world premiere of The Nutty Professor, a new musical comedy directed by the King of Comedy himself, Jerry Lewis. The Broadway at TPAC Special Event will run from July 24 to August 19 in TPAC’s James K. Polk Theater. Featuring music by Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and a book and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), The Nutty Professor is based on the classic 1963 film in which Lewis starred and co-wrote. (more...)

Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will play host this summer to the world premiere of The Nutty Professor, a new musical comedy directed by the King of Comedy himself, Jerry Lewis. The Broadway at TPAC Special Event will run from July 24 to August 19 in TPAC’s James K. Polk Theater. Featuring music by Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and a book and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), The Nutty Professor is based on the classic 1963 film in which Lewis starred and co-wrote. (more...)

On Tuesday, March 20, acclaimed cabaret vocalist Terese Genecco celebrated the third anniversary of her monthly shows at Iridium Jazz Club with a launch party for her new CD release, "Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band: Live from the Iridium NYC." (more...)

Grammy-nominated recording artist, television, cabaret, and Broadway star, ILENE GRAFF, will be teaching a new Vocal Performance Workshop: MAKING THE SONG YOUR OWN, on Saturday, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24/2012 at 1 P.M. in Studio City. The sessions will cost $25 per class for this special introductory offer. ASCAP Award-winning composer Ben Lanzarone will be the Musical Director. (more...)

Grammy-nominated recording artist, television, cabaret, and Broadway star, ILENE GRAFF, will be teaching a new Vocal Performance Workshop: MAKING THE SONG YOUR OWN, on Saturday, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24/2012 at 1 P.M. in Studio City. The sessions will cost $25 per class for this special introductory offer. ASCAP Award-winning composer Ben Lanzarone will be the Musical Director. (more...)

Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory, has announced the full company for the new Broadway production of Mary Chase’s Harvey starring Jim Parsons (Elwood P. Dowd), Jessica Hecht (Veta Louise Simmons), Charles Kimbrough (William R. Chumley, M.D.), Larry Bryggman (Judge Omar Gaffney), Carol Kane (Betty Chumley), Peter Benson (E.J. Lofgren), Tracee Chimo (Myrtle Mae Simmons), Holley Fain (Ruth Kelly, R.N.), Angela Paton (Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet), Rich Sommer (Duane Wilson), Morgan Spector (Lyman Sanderson, M.D.) and directed by Scott Ellis. (more...)

Dory Previn Shannon died on Tuesday morning, February 14, at her home in Massachusetts, according to her husband, artist Joby Baker. She was 86 years old. (more...)

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South’s professional classical theatre, features legendary Broadway composer Charles Strouse in performance for its Third Annual Valentine’s Gala on Friday, February 10 at 6:00 pm at Germantown Performing Arts Centre. (more...)

As BroadwayWorld previously announced, Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri and Dorothy Berloni are developing BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, a new Broadway musical based on the popular 2000 novel by Kate DeCamillo. Casting for a developmental reading is currently underway and set to take place in early March. This is set to be followed by an out of town engagement and Broadway production, the timing of which will be confirmed at a later date. (more...)

The RRazz Room offers Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment. (more...)

The RRazz Room has announced upcoming performances for April-December 2012 which include Elaine Stritch, Ben Vereen, Ann Callaway, and more. (more...)

Nederlander Presentations, Inc. has announced that the JEKYLL & HYDE will return to Broadway in Spring 2013 following a 25-week National Tour starring Tony Award Nominee Constantine Maroulis in the dual title role of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. The tour will launch at San Diego's Civic Theatre in San Diego, California on October 2, 2012. (more...)

In response to requests from residents and visitors alike, the Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre will present a limited run of Song Man Dance Man, the widely acclaimed one-man show that played to enthusiastic audiences in its run at the theatre last year. (more...)

The Salerno Entertainment Group and Salerno Theatre, in association with the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center and Center Place Brandon, are pleased to announce the return of the smash hit theatrical tribute concert event, THE LEGENDARY Bobby Darin. (more...)

In response to requests from residents and visitors alike, the Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre will present a limited run of Song Man Dance Man, the widely acclaimed one-man show that played to enthusiastic audiences in its run at the theatre last year. (more...)

The Salerno Entertainment Group and Salerno Theatre, in association with the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center and Center Place Brandon, are pleased to announce the return of the smash hit theatrical tribute concert event, THE LEGENDARY Bobby Darin. (more...)