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13th Annual Mario Lanza and Elaine Malbin Vocal Competitions Set for 5/26

Legendary opera star, Elaine Malbin, will be among a panel of experts judging the 13th Annual Mario Lanza and Elaine Malbin Vocal Competitions which will be held on the main stage at Broadway and 86th Street from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. Other judges will include Bill Ronayne, President of the Mario Lanza Society; Lewis Ehlers, noted opera agent and an associate with Robert Lombardo and Associates; and Cristina Necula, an opera singer and author of My Life in Opera. A total of 29 singers -- nine tenors and 20 sopranos - have registered as of this date and will compete for prizes. The competitions are the largest outdoor competitions in the country. (more...)

ANIKAI Dance Theater and More Set for Green Space, May 2013

Green Space presents Take Root with ANIKAI Dance Theater tonight, May 18 and Fertile Ground New Works by various artists on May 19. (more...)

Clarinetist Thomas Piercy Brings TOKYO TO NEW YORK Today

NYC and Tokyo-based clarinetist, Thomas Piercy performs two concerts of new music by contemporary Japanese composers based on their thoughts about NYC and works by non-Japanese composers influenced or inspired by Japan. The concerts will be visually backed by projections of photos of New York City by photographer Christina Boers and photos of Tokyo by Thomas Piercy. Many of the pieces have been composed for and premiered by Mr. Piercy. Several of the pieces include the combination of Western classical instruments with traditional Japanese instruments (shakuhachi and hichiriki). (more...)

Camp Broadway Hosts 2013 Gershwin Awards at CAP21 Tonight

Camp Broadway and CAP 21: America's Musical Theatre Conservatory & Theatre Company in partnership with The Broadway Education Alliance presents the 3rd annual Gershwin Awards to celebrate outstanding achievement in musical theater performance by students attending public and private high schools throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area. (more...)

Julien's Music Icons 2013 Auction to Feature Bette Midler Awards and More Today

Julien's Auctions returns to the Big Apple for the music memorabilia auction of the year at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square today, May 18, 2013. Items will be available in person and online for an incomparable auction featuring items from Bette Midler, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, David Cassidy, and all of the icons of music past and present. (more...)

Art Gallery Tours New York Hosts Upper East Side Gallery Tour Today

'Art Gallery Tours New York' announces an Upper East Side gallery tour for today, May 18 at 1:30 PM. Meet at 5 E. 82nd St. near 5th Ave. Cost of the tour is $25. (more...)

DanceAfrica Tributes Ancestors at African Burial Ground National Monument Today

African Burial Ground National Monument, in partnership with the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM), cordially invites the public to the launching of the 36th Annual DanceAfrica Festival with a special tribute to the ancestors who are buried at the African Burial Ground cemetery in Lower Manhattan. The event will take place today, May 18, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (more...)

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Presents Lucie Arnaz Tonight

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC) continues its 2012-2013 Season with An Evening with Lucie Arnaz tonight, May 18, 2013 at 8pm. Tickets are $36 and can be purchased by phone at 718-951-4500 (Tues-Sat, 1pm-6pm), or online at www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org. (more...)

Guns N' Roses Tribute Band Mr. Brownstone Appears at Brooklyn Bowl Tonight

Guns N' Roses tribute band Mr. Brownstone are appearing for a special one-time-only show at Brooklyn Bowl tonight, May 18. (more...)

Principal Dancer Irina Dvorovenko Gives Final Performance with American Ballet Theatre Tonight

Irina Dvorovenko, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2000, will give her final performance with the Company tonight, May 18, 2013 at the Metropolitan Opera House in the role of Tatiana in Onegin. Dvorovenko will dance opposite Cory Stearns in the role of Eugene Onegin. (more...)

Theatre 'Kids Go Free' Wednesdays thru June 2013 at Madame Tussauds New York

Setting the stage as the perfect preshow for a Broadway matinee, Madame Tussauds New York (234 W. 42nd Street between 7th & 8th Avenues) is offering theatergoers free admission to the wax attraction for kids (ages 12 and under) when accompanied by a full-paying adult and presentation of a Broadway show ticket. The offer starts Wednesday, May 22, and can be redeemed each Wednesday until June 26. (more...)

The Church of the Transfiguration to Present BACHFEST: CANTATA 147, 6/7

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan, presents Bachfest: Cantata 147 ('Hertz und Mund und tat und Leben') and Brandenburg Concerto No.5 on Friday June 7th at 7:30pm. (more...)

BY Experience Donates Projector to Lillian Booth Actors Home; National Theatre Live's THE AUDIENCE to Screen, 6/14

BY Experience announces the donation and installation of high tech digital projector equipment for their partners at The Actors Fund. The equipment will allow the residents of The Lillian Booth Actors Home to enjoy all National Theatre Live theatrical programming, beginning with The Audience on Friday, June 14. (more...)

Vy Higginsen's Gospel for Teens to Perform End-of-Semester Concerts, 5/18

Vy Higginsen's Gospel for Teens will present two special end-of-semester concerts for this acclaimed musical education program, offering instruction in forms of Gospel, Jazz and R&B music to local young people between the ages of 13 and 19 at no cost, providing desperately needed support to musically gifted children and replacing arts programs taken out of many inner city schools. (more...)

Gianni Russo to Be Honored as Little Italy's 'Man of the Year' at Mulberry Street Mall Ribbon Cutting, 5/25

Summer in Little Italy will officially start on Saturday, May 25, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12 Noon marking the opening of the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall, it was announced by Ralph Tramontana, President of the Little Ital Merchants Association (LIMA) which has operated the Mall since its creation 25 years ago. The ceremony will take place at the corner of Mulberry and Canal Streets. (more...)

No Name to Welcome The Summer Replacements and Comic Liam McEneaney, 5/31

No Name' Comedy and Variety Show house band THE SUMMER REPLACEMENTS will bring their mix of old school R & B and rock and comedian Liam McEneaney (Comedy Central's 'Premium Blend'), will bring the laughs to Brooklyn's Williamsburg Music Center (WMC) at a special show on Friday, May 31st. (more...)

Cornelia Street Cafe to Present THE LIFE I'M LEADING: MUSIC OF DANIEL FELSENFELD, 6/2

Cornelia Street Cafe presents CCi's Serial Underground featuring The Life I'm Leading: Music of Daniel Felsenfeld including several premieres on Sunday, June 2nd at 6pm. Guest Artists include flutists Meerenai Shim (California based), Jessica Schmitz and Sarah Carrier, pianists Blair McMillen and Mila Henry, cellist Rose Bellini, soprano Marcy Richardson and violist Stephanie Griffin. (more...)

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement Presents the 2013 Season in September

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement presents the 2013 Season at Danspace Project, September 19-21, 2013 at 8pm at the St. Mark's Church, 131 East 10th Street, NYC. Tickets are $20 ($15 for students and seniors) and can be purchased at www.danspaceproject.org. The evening is part of DANCE: Access, a self-production series administered by Danspace Project that serves independent choreographers and dance companies. (more...)

Rebeca Tomás and Company Bring CINCO POR CINCO to Theatre 80 St. Marks, Now thru 5/19

With a new program of innovative and edgy repertoire, Rebeca Tomas will bring her A Palo Seco Flamenco Company back to Theatre 80 Saint Marks tonight, May 17 to 19 in a new production, 'Cinco Por Cinco.' Tomas, a fierce and feminine NY-based Flamenco artist, will direct her company of five dancers, two singers and three musicians in a show that promises to be true to her vision of upholding Flamenco's traditions while also pushing its boundaries and giving it a distinctive New York City feel. (more...)

Rennie Harris' RHAW Grooves at New Victory Theatre, Now thru 5/26

Dr. Rennie Harris, Alvin Ailey Award recipient and renowned choreographer, returns to the New Victory stage (Legends of Hip-Hop, New Vic 2004, 2006; Puremovement, New Vic 1999) to inspire the next generation of hip-hoppers with Rennie Harris Awe-Inspiring Works-RHAW. Featuring a hip-hop dance theater company of talented young dancers, RHAW delivers straight- up Philly soul and fresh spins on classic street dance styles, creating depictions of city life and young love. Rennie Harris' RHAW, will run at The New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street from tonight, May 17 through the 26th. (more...)

Sybil Gage Returns to NYC Tonight at Stage 72

New Orleans jazz and blues vocalist and composer Sybil Gage will return to NYC tonight, May 17th for one performance only at The Triad/Stage 72 at 9:30 PM. Sybil will be accompanied on Piano by Mr. Leon Olguin. (more...)

Quincy Jones, Elvis Costello and More Set for A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM at the Apollo Theater Tonight

Join Quincy Jones, Elvis Costello nad more this Friday for the Jazz Foundation of America's A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM, tonight, May 17th, 7:30 PM at the Apollo Theater. (more...)

The Children's Acting Company of New York Presents BYE BYE BIRDIE, Now thru 5/19

The Children's Acting Company of New York will present its production of 'Bye Bye Birdie,' the Broadway musical hit with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by lee Adams and book by Michael Stewart, for four performances at the leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, ss' Street and Broadway in Manhattan, from May 17 -19,2013. There will be performances today, May 17, at 7:30 PM, Saturday, May 18, at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM, and Sunday, May 19, at 12 Noon. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by contacting Symphony Space at 212-864-5400 or at www.symphonyspace.org. (more...)

Joe's Pub Makes Brooklyn Debut at Great GoogaMooga Festival Today

Joe's Pub at The Public will make its debut in Brooklyn as a co-presenter at the second annual Great GoogaMooga Festival in Prospect Park. The three-day outdoor food, drink and music festival is produced by Superfly Presents and will take place today, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, 2013. The Joe's Pub Stage will host eight performances on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19. (more...)

Photo Flash: Wayne Brady and Drummer Camille Gainer Jones at BBKings

At his recent standing room only appearance at BBKings on 42nd Street on May 14th, comedian and television personality Wayne Brady took time to pose with his drummer, Camille Gainer Jones, who will be returning to BBKings for the launch of her new album, A Girl from Queens, on July 12th. Camille was last on the road with Alicia Keyes. Check out a photo of Brady and Jones below! (more...)