Tangerine Records Announces Remastered Re-Release of 'Ray Sings, Basie Swings'
by Michael Major - July 25, 2022 Originally released in 2006, the uniquely inspired album mixes previously unreleased Ray Charles vocal performances from the seventies with newly recorded instrumental tracks by the contemporary Count Basie Orchestra, and will be available on all streaming services for the first time in over a decad...
Review: THE BALLAD OF HATTIE AND JAMES, Kiln Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - April 19, 2024 Somewhere in King’s Cross, a middle-aged woman sits at a piano and plays an original piece with surprising fluency. There begins Samuel Adamson’s tumultuous tale of two teenage musical prodigies whose lives become thoroughly entangled....
BWW Review: SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES at Downtown Cabaret Theatre
by Sean Fallon - April 23, 2022 On Friday, April 22, 2022, I had the pleasure of seeing another phenomenal production at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, CT. I have been looking forward to SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES since I first heard of it, and even more when I found out that it has the same stellar cast as their previou...
Billy Porter Releases 'Black Mona Lisa Vol. 2: The Cookout Sessions'
by Josh Sharpe - September 06, 2024 Global powerhouse and visionary iconoclast Billy Porter proudly presents his anxiously awaited new EP, Black Mona Lisa Vol. 2: The Cookout Sessions, out now. Listen to the album here!...
MATILDAPALOOZA, Ann Hampton Callaway, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - August 05, 2023 Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club and 2022 Tony Awards Honoree for Excellence in the Theatre, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their...
SPOOKY DOG AND THE TEEN-AGE GANG MYSTERIES Announced At Cumberland Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - October 25, 2022 The Cumberland Theatre will present Spooky Dog and the Teen-age Gang Mysteries for a limited run of four performances this Friday and Saturday at both 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm. ...
Photos: Inside SPIRIT OF THE 60S Musical Rehearsals at Downtown Cabaret Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 30, 2022 The Downtown Cabaret Theatre is well into rehearsals for their all-new musical Decades in Concert: Spirit of the 60s. The production opens Friday, April 15th and runs through May 15th at Connecticut's most historic Cabaret Theatre. ...
Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Stratford East
by Cindy Marcolina - September 13, 2024 The Seventies were a time for cheesy pineapple, bellbottom jeans, Elton John, and ABBA. Written in 1977, Mike Leigh’s darkly comic picture of the English middle class turns out to be an evergreen classic. Revived some ten miles from the story’s real-life setting, this is Nadia Fall’s last show as Ar...
Florida Studio Theatre Announces Lineup For Its 49th Winter Season
by A.A. Cristi - September 13, 2022 Florida Studio Theatre has announced the lineup for its 49th Winter Season, featuring a four-show Mainstage Series and a three-show Cabaret Series....
Review: THE WIZ at ASU Gammage
by Herbert Paine - January 04, 2024 BroadwayWorld Guest Contributor, David Appleford, gives high marks to the pre-Broadway tour of THE WIZ at ASU Gammage through January 7th....
Downtown Cabaret Theatre Announces Cast For DECADES IN CONCERT: 1980s
by Stephi Wild - February 14, 2023 The Downtown Cabaret Theatre in partnership with Family Entertainment Live has announced the cast and creative team for their new show Decades in Concert: the 1980s....
French Duo Papooz Release 'Resonate' From MGMT's Patrick Wimberly
by Michael Major - August 24, 2023 The French duo PAPOOZ released their newest track “Resonate”, co-produced and mixed by Patrick Wimberly (MGMT, Lil Yatchy, Joji, Chairlift) and co-written with Jesse Harris. PAPOOZ’s Ulysse Cottin and Armand Penicaut share the accompanying video snippet (artist/director Moodoïd) shot in the proverbi...
Fujiya & Miyagi Share 'Slight Variations' Single
by Michael Major - August 31, 2022 British experimental electric outfit Fujiya & Miyagi shares 'Slight Variations,' the title track and second single off their forthcoming LP. 'Slight Variations' features the backing vocals of Everything Shook. Inspired by disco and house, the track’s bassline nods specifically to Charanjit Singh’s p...
Music Review: Ann Kittredge Finds New Ways To FEEL THE EARTH MOVE With Her New Single
by Erin Samms - November 16, 2023 Well, there's good news, and there's bad news......
Review: THE INSTRUMENTALS, Little Angel Theatre
by Charlotte Bois-Pursey - February 20, 2023 A moving exploration of loss and grief for ages 4 to 8, infused with funky beats from the seventies....
Review: SANDRA BERNHARD Invites Us to Her Upbeat, Spontaneous and Irreverent SPRING AFFAIR at City Winery
by Cary Wong - June 07, 2023 Bernhard held nothing back. SPRING AFFAIR was two-thirds comedy show and one-third concert, the balance she has perfected to sate fans ever since her 1988 Off-Broadway show “Without You, I’m Nothing.”...
DISCO INFERNO - IN CONCERT Will Embark on UK Theatre Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2023 After delighting thousands up and down the country bringing back that disco fever, Disco Inferno - In Concert will be touring the UK throughout 2024. Learn more about the show here!...
Music Review: Ann Kittredge Finds New Ways To FEEL THE EARTH MOVE With Her New Single
by Erin Samms - November 16, 2023 Well, there's good news, and there's bad news......
Music Review: Benny Benack III Proves This THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM With His New Album
by Bobby Patrick - June 30, 2023 With Benny Benack at the head of the project, there is a reasonable expectation of good jazz, good music, good entertainment because he has been at this for a minute, and he really is one of the best....
Review: HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre
by Paul Batterson - March 19, 2023 What did our critic think of HITS! THE MUSICAL at Southern Theatre?...
New SPIRIT OF THE 60S Musical Opens At Downtown Cabaret Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - April 22, 2022 The Downtown Cabaret Theatre ipresents their all-new musical Decades in Concert: Spirit of the 60s. The production opens Friday, April 22nd and runs through May 15th at Connecticut's most historic Cabaret Theatre. The Downtown Cabaret in partnership with Family Entertainment Live presents this secon...
Photos: ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY SINGS THE SEVENTIES Opens At 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - August 10, 2023 One of the industry's great singer-songwriters (arrangers-musicians) is honoring the great singers and songs of the Seventies....
Ben Vaughn to Release New Covers EP in August
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023 To some that might seem a bit strange. While Ben is known as a musician, performer, record producer, TV and film composer, and syndicated radio show host, his initial success in the business came from his first love, songwriting. From an early age he found himself analyzing the tunes coming out of s...
THE WHITE BLACKS Returns To Center Stage at Theater For The New City This Month
by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2022 Following a highly-successful run that was halted in its final days by the outbreak of COVID in March 2020, The White Blacks triumphantly returns to the stage for a limited time, bringing their Production back to Theater for the New City....
Festival of the Arts BOCA, Boca Raton Historical Society, and The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum Present Music From The Seventies
by Grace Cutler - July 01, 2022 Festival of the Arts BOCA, Boca Raton Historical Society, and The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum today announced the second concert in the SUMMER SIPS & SOUNDS. Scheduled for Wednesday, July 20, at 6 pm, it will feature Music from the Seventies, and will be held in the museum’s lecture hall.... |