Carole King News

Chris Isaacson has announced that Upright Cabaret’s AMERICAN ICON Series ends another stunning season with VIVA LAS VEGAS - a presentation of personality and pop that honors the flashiest performers of all time: Elvis, Cher and Elton John. Joining the group of all-star performers will be Patrick Cassidy. (more...)

Landmark on Main Street welcomes back Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway in their hit show BOOM! as a special Father’s Day weekend celebration at 8 PM on Saturday, June 16 in the Jeanne Rimsky Theater. (more...)

Feinstein's at Loews Regency will continue its Spring 2012 season with the return engagement of pop music legend Peter Asher and his multimedia show “A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” from June 19 through June 23. When the program made its New York debut at Feinstein’s last year, it played to packed houses and critical acclaim. The two-time Grammy Award winner for “Producer of the Year” first rose to international acclaim through the global smash "World Without Love" as one half of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon, Peter moved effortlessly to Music Executive with The Beatles' Apple Records, then famously to producer and manager, handling the careers of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and a host of others. Among his more recent projects is the upcoming Dreamworks movie Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. In addition to producing the soundtrack, he performs the film’s only original song “Love Always Comes As A Surprise,” co-written with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, which he will also perform at Feinstein’s. (more...)

Feinstein's at Loews Regency continues its Spring 2012 season with the debut of multi-award winning singer Jennifer Sheehan in her new show “I Know A Place.” Sheehan and her trio traverse the vast spectrum of music that was the sensational soundtrack of the '60s. Plus, she shares how younger generations are falling in love with these classic songs just as their parents did. Brimming with songs and stories, “I Know A Place” features music by songwriters such as Burt Bacharach, The Beatles and Antonio Carlos Jobim and songs made famous by Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, Carole King and more. The show opened last night, May 23 and runs from May 23 through June 2 at the Loews Regency Hotel. Check out photos of the concert below! (more...)

Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB), the renowned Off-Broadway company known for its productions that integrate able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities, presents MORE OF OUR PARTS – its second annual festival of short plays about disabilities and the people affected by them, featuring world premieres by Neil LaBute, A.R. Gurney, Bekah Brunstetter, Bruce Graham, Samuel D. Hunter, and Jeffrey Sweet – with performances to run June 21 through July 1 at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre (410 West 42nd Street). TBTB artistic director and founder Ike Schambelan, Tony-nominee Pamela Birch, Christopher Burris, TBTB company member Christina Roussos, and Russell Treyz, and direct. (more...)

They are three of the most revered female singers of all time and now The Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd, Manalapan, will pay tribute to these living legends in Don’t Rain On Our Parade – A Tribute to Barbara Streisand, Bette Midler, and Carole King. (more...)

Upright Cabaret’s AMERICAN ICON Series ends another season with VIVA LAS VEGAS - a presentation of personality and pop that honors the flashiest performers of all time: ELVIS, CHER & ELTON JOHN. (more...)

Atlantic recording artist Rumer has announced the U.S. release of her new album, "BOYS DON'T CRY." The collection -- which follows recent domestic release of the British singer/songwriter's acclaimed debut, "SEASONS OF MY SOUL" -- arrives on these shores on September 25th. (more...)

On June 8th at The HighLine Ballroom in New York City, Hudson Thames Partners and High Fidelity Music will present A Tribune to Delaney & Bonnie and Their Famous Friends. The one-of-a-kind event will benefit TheatreWithin.org, and will feature the music of Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Derek & The Dominos, George Harrison, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Little Richard, and more. (more...)

Immediately following Taj Mahal's 70th birthday celebration at the Boulder Theater, TheBluesMobile.com, 97.3 KBCO, Daily Camera & Colorado Daily present the 2nd Annual Boulder Roots & Blues Summit at the Fox Theatre & Boulder Theater Friday, May 18th through Saturday, May 19th. Ladies of the Blues Night, ft. Treasa Levasseur, Hope Waits and Fredericks Brown ft. Deva Mahal, daughter of legendary blues musician, comes to The Fox Theatre for a free show on May 18th. (more...)

Acting Up Stage enjoyed a tremendously successful season last year, and they're aiming to top it with their latest offering which was announced a few weeks ago. Featuring a new Canadian musical and a much loved classic, Acting Up Stage's new season has something for everyone. BWW spoke to Artistic Director Mitchell Marcus about how he went about programming the season, how his company hopes to appeal to the next generation and what the secret to their success is. (more...)

The King Center's upcoming events have been announced. (more...)

The New York Youth Symphony’s Jazz Band Classic concludes its tenth season on Wednesday, May 23, 2009, at 7:30pm with “Sounds From The City,” featuring soloist Ann Hampton Callaway at The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Under the direction of Matt Holman, director, the group will perform songs from New York City with music by Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and Frank Sinatra, as well as a big band salute to Broadway. The Adjacent Possible by Evan Weiss, commissioned through the New York Youth Symphony’s acclaimed First Music program, will receive its world premiere. (more...)

One of the best of the recent dynamic duos to hit the New York cabaret scene may be the songwriting/performing team of Mary Liz McNamara and Ritt Henn, who recently brought their cheeky and charming show Take That! back to The Duplex after debuting last November. (more...)

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of multi-award winning singer JENNIFER SHEEHAN in her new show “I Know A Place.” Sheehan and her trio traverse the vast spectrum of music that was the sensational soundtrack of the '60s. Plus, she shares how younger generations are falling in love with these classic songs just as their parents did. Brimming with songs and stories, “I Know A Place” features music by songwriters such as Burt Bacharach, The Beatles and Antonio Carlos Jobim and songs made famous by Barbra Streisand, Petula Clark, Carole King and more. It will run from May 23 through June 2 at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street). (more...)

Goody Goody, the American Classics resident female vocal trio of Valerie Anastasio, Mary Ann Lanier (Somerville) and Heather Peterson, with pianist Robert Humphreville, performs a unique concert saluting the popular girl groups of American popular music, from the jazzy stylings of the Boswell Sisters, the tight harmony of the Andrews Sisters, the 50s sounds of the McGuire Sisters and the Chordettes, and the classic ensembles of the 60s with the Shirelles and the Supremes, through to the Roches and solo singers like Carole King. Featured hit songs include Bei Mir Bist Du Schön, Lollipop, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time, On the Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe, and Baby Love. Performances are Friday, May 18 at 7:30pm at Pickman Concert Hall of the Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Sunday, May 20 at 3 pm at Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts. (more...)

The Capitol Center for the Arts today announced an exciting lineup of performances for its seventeenth season. (more...)

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced an additional presenter and some artists who will perform at the 2012 inductions. The 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place Saturday, April 14 in Cleveland and debut Saturday, May 5 (9:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. In addition, HBO Signature will present a 24-hour marathon of the HBO special, beginning at midnight that same day, and concluding Sunday, May 6 at midnight. (more...)

CHRIS ISAACSON announces the performers for UPRIGHT CABARET's AMERICAN ICON SERIES' third show of their 3rd Season, RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT, starring Olivier Award-Winner LESLI MARGHERITA, American Idol’s DAVID HERNANDEZ (Thousand Oaks and Hollywood Shows only) & LEXI LAWSON, (Rent, In The Heights)) and ROGELIO DOUGLAS, JR. (In The Heights, The Little Mermaid)) celebrating the music of Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Santana! (more...)

On Sun, April 1, 2012, Upright Cabaret and Chris Isaacson presented An Evening with Yvette Cason starring Yvette Cason singing hits like "My Funny Valentine", Beyonce's "Love On Top" and more, at the Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 West Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. (more...)