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The concert marked the first live performance in the New Amsterdam Theatre since all of Broadway shut down in March of last year. The concert benefits The Actors Fund, who have provided support to members of the entertainment industry throughout the pandemic.

Spring Arts Awakening features nine weeks of entertainment, outdoors under a tent in the venue's parking lot.

Today (March 19) in live streaming: a Little House on the Prarie reunion on Stars in the House, Jackie Hoffman visits Backstage Live, and more!

Watch as Richard chats with Disney on Broadway favorites Ashley Brown, Michael James Scott, Kissy Simmons and Josh Strickland, who will all appear in 'The Music of Disney on Broadway'- a live, theatrical concert at Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center's Frontyard Festival this Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21.

Actor, Writer and Producer Dedrick Weathersby, who owns Weathersby Production LLC and Superbad Theater Company, toured with his new Jukebox musical titled 'Remembering James-The Life and Music of James Brown' from February 2019 to March 2020 of the result of Mass Gatherings ban.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Weathersby Productions in conjunction with Super Bad Theater Company is restarting their 2020-2021 tour Theatre season, in Meridian Mississippi at the Historic Temple Theatre of The Performing Arts. The new musical REMEMBERING JAMES- The Life and Music of James Brown will perform Nov. 21, One evening show with a possible matinee show to be added.

Broadway for Biden's weekly phone banking initiative continues tonight, Monday, September 14, 2020, from 7-9pm EST. The evening's theme is Spotlight on Amplifying Black Voices.

Lucille Lortel Award winner George Salazar (Be More Chill, The Lightning Thief), Austin Scott (Girl From the North Country, Hamilton), and James Brown III (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) are the latest stars to chat with Connor & Dylan MacDowell on their podcast DRAMA.

Urban Legends, a division of UMe, Universal Music Group's global catalog company, is celebrating 50 years of funk, soul, hip-hop, and R&B with a month-long celebration of that includes live DJ sets, new mini-documentaries, new episodes of the docu-series Through the Lens, and new releases of re-mixes of classic songs.

Multiplatinum country artist Kane Brown, viral superstar Doja Cat and music icon and Season 18 Mega Mentor James Taylor are set to perform on “The Voice” Top 9 remote performance show airing Monday, May 11 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on NBC.

The new musical Remembering James is creating its own history: From being commissioned by San Francisco's Boxcar Theatre, to now a national tour running for 13 months to date. The Legendary Apollo added to the June 2020 Calendar marks a bevy of amazing things happening for the show.

We're heading to the Pridelands to get a behind-the-scenes look at the three hyenas of Disney's smash hit musical The Lion King: James Brown-Orleans (Banzai), Enrique Segura (Ed), and Bonita Hamilton (Shenzi) as the trio celebrates 5000 performances together on Broadway. Check it out with this video!

Weathersby Productions is continuing their 2019-2020 tour Theatre season, in Los Angeles at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre. The new musical REMEMBERING JAMES- The Life and Music of James Brown will perform Oct. 26 and Oct. 27, Two shows only.

As a very young man, Dedrick Weathersby a Longview TX native learned early on about the magic of the genre called 'soul music.'

A bevy of musicals, such as 'Jersey Boys' and a love of Motown, inspired actor Dedrick Weathersby to tackle the role of the great singer James Brown.

In this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by the star of Oklahoma!, James Davis! Check out the recipe for Katie's Oklahoma! Brown Butter Cornbread below.

Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for Star Time?!? Broadway favorite, Nick Rashad Burroughs (Kinky Boots) returns from touring in the acclaimed production of Something Rotten and recently being featured singing "Ordinary Day" on Todrick Hall's number one selling visual album, "Forbidden," to celebrate the work of the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One, and the amazing Mister Please Please Please himself; James Brown and the Famous Flames.

When James Corden checks in with his guests before they come out for chat, Sterling K. Brown gives off some serious James Bond vibes, only to be outdone by James Marsden, only to be outdone by Brian Tyree Henry. Watch the clip below!

When Sterling K. Brown has to pause chat to comment on James Marsden's head-turning looks, James can't help but propose the four create a boy band and immediately get to work. Watch the clip below!

See the popular Disney movie come to life on Broadway as you & a guest enjoy Frozen in New York City! Following the show take an exclusive backstage tour with King Agnarr, James Brown.