Bill Cosby Comes to the Kentucky Center Tonight, 5/12
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2012 Comedian Bill Cosby has received countless awards and honors, including a Kennedy Center Honors Award (1998), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2002), and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2009)....
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 3/22- Sondheim & Lloyd Webber!
by Nicole Rosky - March 22, 2012 Sondheim is the winner of an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award. Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as 'the greatest, and perhaps best-known art...
Photo Coverage: Distinguished Guests & Broadway's Best at The Kennedy Center Honors!
by Walter McBride - December 05, 2011 Last night, The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts honored its 2011 recipients of their prestigious prize. The 2011 honorees include Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins & Meryl Streep. The gala will be broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT. Below, Br...
Kennedy Center Presents COME FLY AWAY, 4/18-29
by BWW News Desk - April 18, 2012 The Kennedy Center presents Come Fly Away in the Eisenhower Theater from April 18-29, 2012. Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award® winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out) and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, Come Fl...
Led Zeppelin Band Members Set for Rare TV Interview on DAVID LETTERMAN
by Caryn Robbins - November 30, 2012 In a rare television interview together, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, members of the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin, will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, Dec. 3 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT)....
Photo Flash: Barbara Cook, Meryl Streep, Neil Diamond Among Honorees at 34th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2011 Eminent artists, friends and peers of this year's five honorees converged in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2011 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 27 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Tel...
Jennifer Hudson Among Performers on TNT's CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON, Airing 12/16
by Caryn Robbins - December 12, 2011 TNT will be presesnting CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON on Friday, December 16th at 9:00 pm. Conan O'Brien hosts this annual holiday gala attended by the president and first lady. Performers Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria Justice and The Band Perry are set to come together in the na...
STAGE TUBE: Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Present the FELA! Cast in San Francisco
by Kelsey Denette - December 29, 2011 Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (better known as Mos Def) recently shared the stage with FELA! cast in San Francisco. Check out a video, via DDOTOMEN.com, by clicking below....
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - CBS's 34th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Airing 12/27
by BWW News Desk - December 27, 2011 Singer Barbara Cook, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins and actress Meryl Streep will receive honors for 2011 on THE 34TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, to be broadcast Tuesday, December 27 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....
STAGE TUBE: FELA! Opens at Center Theatre Group!
by Nicole Rosky - December 19, 2011 'Fela!,' the 2010 Best Musical Tony Award-nominated musical, opened on December 14th, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. The musical, filled with the exuberant music of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, will continue through January 22, 2012. Go inside opening night in the vi...
Kennedy Center Presents COME FLY AWAY, 4/18-29
by Harmony Wheeler - March 21, 2012 The Kennedy Center presents Come Fly Away in the Eisenhower Theater from April 18-29, 2012. Conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award® winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Twyla Tharp (Movin' Out) and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, Come Fl...
Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang to Perform at the Fox Theatre, 2/27
by Kelsey Denette - October 16, 2012 Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang will perform at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, February 27 at 8 p.m....
STAGE TUBE: KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Air on CBS Tonight!
by TV News Desk - December 27, 2011 Last night, The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts honored its 2011 recipients of their distinguished award. The 2011 honorees include Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins & Meryl Streep. The gala will be broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT...
STAGE TUBE: Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Present the FELA! Cast in San Francisco
by Kelsey Denette - December 29, 2011 Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (better known as Mos Def) recently shared the stage with FELA! cast in San Francisco. Check out a video, via DDOTOMEN.com, by clicking below....
Neil Patrick Harris to Host Smith Center Opening Celebration, 3/10
by Nicole Rosky - March 05, 2012 The Smith Center's Opening Celebration will take place Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 7:00pm. Actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the celebration which will feature performances by Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson; country artists Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Martina McBride; s...
Stephen Sondheim: In Conversation Rescheduled To 7/13 at Segerstrom
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 24, 2012 Segerstrom Center for Arts has announced that its presentation of Stephen Sondheim: In Conversation has been rescheduled for Friday, July 13, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall....
CBS to Broadcast KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Through 2018
by Caryn Robbins - February 23, 2012 CBS and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced today a new agreement that will keep the annual KENNEDY CENTER HONORS broadcast on CBS through 2018. The new deal further extends one of the longest broadcast partnerships in television history. The special has been broadcast on CB...
STAGE TUBE: The Kennedy Center Honors Barbara Cook - The Broadcast Tribute!
by Jessica Lewis - December 28, 2011 Artists, friends and peers of this year's five Kennedy Center honorees converged in Washington, D.C., on December 4 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at the 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, an entertainment special to be broadcast which was broadcast on CBS last night, December 27. Fo...
FELA! Opens Opens at the CTG/Ahmanson
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2011 "Fela!," the 2010 Best Musical Tony Award®-nominated musical, opens next Wednesday, December 14, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. The musical, filled with the exuberant music of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, will continue through January 22, 2012. There will be one prev...
Led Zeppelin Band Members Set for Rare TV Interview on DAVID LETTERMAN Tonight
by TV News Desk - December 03, 2012 In a rare television interview together, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, members of the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin, will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, tonight, Dec. 3 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT)....
Andrew Lloyd Webber Reveals Details on Profumo Musical
by Nicole Rosky - September 13, 2012 As BroadwayWorld previously reported, musical theatre legend Andrew Lloyd Webber is currently working on writing a new musical about the Profumo affair, which went down almost 50 years ago. Llyoyd Webber told the Telegraph on the political scandal: 'He was a scapegoat. They had to find a crime to fi...
STAGE TUBE: Sutton Foster, Glenn Close, Patti LuPone & More Honor Barbara Cook at Kennedy Center Honors - The Musical Tribute!
by Jessica Lewis - December 29, 2011 Artists, friends and peers of this year's five Kennedy Center honorees converged in Washington, D.C., on December 4 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at the 34th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, an entertainment special to be broadcast which was broadcast on CBS Tuesday night, December 27....
Broadway-Bound SUPER FLY to Hold Workshop in August
by Nicole Rosky - June 21, 2012 According to an Equity casting notice, SUPER FLY, the musical based on the 1972 film directed by Gordon Parks, has taken new steps toward a Broadway production. A workshop for the new show was held back in March, and another will be held August 6- September 14. This workshop is being held in anticip...
Neil Patrick Harris to Host Smith Center Opening Celebration, 3/10
by Nicole Rosky - March 05, 2012 The Smith Center's Opening Celebration will take place Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 7:00pm. Actor Neil Patrick Harris will host the celebration which will feature performances by Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson; country artists Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris and Martina McBride; s...
STAGE TUBE: KENNEDY CENTER HONORS to Air on CBS 12/27
by Caryn Robbins - December 05, 2011 Last night, The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts honored its 2011 recipients of their distinguished award. The 2011 honorees include Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins & Meryl Streep. The gala will be broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011 at 9:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT... |