Photo Flash: New Piano Bar Launches in Pasadena
by A.A. Cristi - December 11, 2019 A new piano bar and open mic show has launched in Old Pasadena and music lovers and singers are welcome to join the fun, meet new people, have a drink, a bite to eat, sing a few songs and have a few laughs....
David Sedaris, NO SUCH THING AS A FISH, and More Fill Kennedy Center's Comedy Lineup
by Julie Musbach - June 05, 2019 Today the Kennedy Center announces programming added to its comedy repertoire for the 2019-2020 season....
Kennedy Center Cancels All Performances Through May 10
by A.A. Cristi - March 17, 2020 Kennedy Center will cancel all public performances due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis....
LA Jangle-Pop Band Army Navy Return With First Single In Five Years
by Abigail Charpentier - November 21, 2019 Los Angeles-based indie-pop band Army Navy are back with a brand new single titled “Seismic,” a youthful blast of romantic and wistful indie-pop falling in line with the band's sound found across three full-length albums, numerous EPs & singles and feature films such as Nick and Norah's Infinite Pla...
Kennedy Center Launches COUCH CONCERTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2020 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces a free, live digital performance initiative, Couch Concerts, to help inspire, uplift, heal, and bring the performing arts from the homes of artists into homes across the country and around the world during these difficult times....
Kennedy Center and Washington National Opera Announce Rescheduled Performances and Cancellations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 24, 2020 Kennedy Center performances of Once on This Island, Soundtrack '63, and Washington National Opera's Porgy and Bess have been canceled, due to COVID-19....
Audra McDonald, Joshua Henry, Kelli O'Hara & More to Take Part in Kennedy Center's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 25, 2021 The Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert, to be held on September 14 in the Concert Hall, will now be broadcast across the nation on October 1 at 9 p.m. ET as THE KENNEDY CENTER at 50 on PBS....
Kentucky Performing Arts Spotlighted in Kennedy Center Couch Concert Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 04, 2020 Kentucky Performing Arts has announced it is partnering with the world-renowned Kennedy Center to present Spotlight On Louisville-Peace + Love + Justice, an upcoming episode of the Kennedy Center Couch Concert: National Spotlight series....
Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2021 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, ...
Kennedy Center Employee Files Lawsuit For $1 Million Over Signed HAMILTON Poster
by Stephi Wild - June 26, 2019 According to The Hill, an employee sued the Kennedy Center for $1 million over a signed Hamilton poster....
Kennedy Center Reaches Agreement With IATSE Local 22 Stagehands
by Stephi Wild - October 09, 2021 The Kennedy Center announces it has reached a three-year agreement with its stage crew, members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 22. Resolution was reached today with the stagehands after mutual agreement on wages, benefits, work rules and a clarification of juri...
Photo Coverage: Sasson Gabay, Chilina Kennedy & More Get Ready to Launch THE BAND'S VISIT National Tour!
by Monroe George - June 11, 2019 The award-winning Israeli film actor Sasson Gabay will reprise the role of 'Tewfiq' in the upcoming North American tour of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, THE BAND'S VISIT, the role he created in the 2007 film of the same name and most recently played on Broadway.Joining him for the tou...
Kennedy Center Suspends Performances, Closes To Public Through March 31
by A.A. Cristi - March 12, 2020 The John. F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts has closed to the public and announced a cancellation of events amid the coronavirus outbreak:...
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
Kennedy Center Will Stop Paying National Symphony Orchestra Members With Just a Week's Notice
by Stephi Wild - March 29, 2020 The National Symphony Orchestra has laid off nearly 100 members with only a week's notice, according to The Washington Free Beacon....
HARMAN Professional Solutions Celebrates The Grand Opening Of The REACH At The Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2019 HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, is proud to celebrate the grand opening of The REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ...
Slash Ft Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators Debut 'Shadow Life' Off Forthcoming 'Living The Dream Tour,' Live Concert Due Out September 20
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 19, 2019 SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS have released the new performance clip for “Shadow Life” off their forthcoming live concert album and DVD titled the LIVING THE DREAM TOUR. Watch the group perform “Shadow Life” off LIVING THE DREAM TOUR which will be released worldwide on September...
The Second Annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival Will Take Place International Women's Day Weekend
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 14, 2020 The Kennedy Center, BONDVISION Media, and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! collaborate to co-produce the second annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Festival (BGR!FEST), an immersive multi-day live experience curated to celebrate the cultural contributions of Black women artists, thought leaders, and creatives. The festival, ...
Kennedy Center IATSE Local 22 Members Vote To Potentially Strike
by BWW Staff - October 07, 2021 After 16 months of negotiations, stagehands at Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts unanimously voted to strike today, in response to plans by the performing arts center's management to slash wages 40 percent, eliminate jobs along other related cuts and changes to working cond...
VIDEO: See a Preview of the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors!
by Sarah Leiber - December 13, 2019 In a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage on Dec. 8, the 2019, this year's Kennedy Center Honorees, R&B collective Earth, Wind & Fire, actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt, children's television program 'Sesame Street' and conductor and musical visionary Michael Til...
Singer-Songwriter Liz Kennedy Releases New Single
Attention' Ahead Of Upcoming Summer Performances
by Julie Musbach - August 08, 2019 On the third single from her critically acclaimed full album 'Hike Up Your Socks,' Liz Kennedy presents a light-hearted jazzy track in the vein of Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits....
The Kennedy Center Paid $50 Million for 112 Performances of HAMILTON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 08, 2020 The Washington Post has reported that The Kennedy Center paid the Hamilton tour producer $50.4 million for 112 performances. The contract was nearly five times the $10.9 million the Kennedy Center paid for The Book of Mormon in 2015. ...
Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage Continues 34th Season With RFK
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 28, 2020 NORWALK, CT - Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's professional award-winning theatre company continues its 34th Season with RFK, the story of Robert F. Kennedy and his growth from husband and father to grieving brother and finally to Democratic Presidential candidate when he w...
National Symphony Orchestra Musicians To Receive Pay Cuts But Will Not Be Furloughed
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 07, 2020 The New York Times has reported that The National Symphony Orchestra's musicians will be receiving pay cuts, but will not be furloughed, under a new deal between their union and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts....
BWW Feature: CALLAS | ONASSIS | KENNEDY, EEN MUZIKALE VETE at Tour: première najaar 2019
by Chantal Kunst - May 13, 2019 CALLAS | ONASSIS | KENNEDY, een muzikale vete is een nieuwe Nederlandse muziektheaterproductie over de intrigerende driehoeksverhouding tussen drie wereldberoemde iconen: operadiva Maria Callas, ex-first lady Jacqueline Kennedy en de man met wie beide vrouwen een relatie onderhielden, de Griekse sch... |