Billy Porter to Join Jason Robert Brown in Concert at Carnegie Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 22, 2024 Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning performer Billy Porter will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut. Learn how to purchase tickets....
VIDEO: Watch Billy Porter's New 'Children' Music video
by Michael Major - December 15, 2021 Billy Porter has revealed his official music video for “Children”. The visual is Porter's first video with his new team at the Island/Republic record label. “Children” is a high-energy dance floor anthem co-written with GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter MNEK [H.E.R., Dua Lipa] and Little Mix’s Jade...
BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards December 5th Standings; Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023 It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...
Billy Porter to Return as NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE Co-Host
by Michael Major - November 17, 2022 Returning for his fourth year, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winner Billy Porter will be back in New Orleans as co-host to head up the Central Time Zone countdown. Billy co-hosted from New Orleans in 2019 and 2021, and Times Square in 2020. For the first time, the special has expanded to Disneyland R...
Kelsey Cook Comes to Comedy Works Larimer Square This Month
by Stephi Wild - June 10, 2022 Kelsey Cook recently shot her new half-hour special for season 2 of Unprotected Sets on Epix. She can also be seen on A Little Late with Lilly Singh. Kelsey made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and her Comedy Central debut on This is Not Happening. ...
LISTEN: Billy Porter Talks Broadway, New Record Deal & More on 100.7 Star
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 13, 2022 Billy Porter joined high school friend Bubba on 100.7 Star this afternoon as he gears up to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, and will attend The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books to promote his memoir ‘Unprotected’. ...
Billy Porter Will Embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1 Beginning Next Month
by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter will embark on the BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1, kicking off next month. ...
Billy Porter, Lillias White, Kenny Leon, and Jessica Paz Join EPIC Lineup
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2021 The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) will welcome four Tony Award-winning leaders in their fields – actors Billy Porter and Lillias White, director Kenny Leon, and sound designer Jessica Paz – to its international lineup of more than 120 speakers....
Listen: Billy Porter Releases New Song 'Stranger Things'
by Stephi Wild - November 04, 2022 GRAMMY, EMMY, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter has released a timely and empowering new song entitled “Stranger Things” via Island UK and Republic Records....
Billy Porter, Lillias White, Kenny Leon, and Jessica Paz Join EPIC Lineup
by Nicole Rosky - December 20, 2021 The Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry Conference (EPIC) will welcome four Tony Award-winning leaders in their fields – actors Billy Porter and Lillias White, director Kenny Leon, and sound designer Jessica Paz – to its international lineup of more than 120 speakers....
Southbank Theatre Company Streams RABBIT By Nina Raine
by Nicole Rosky - January 02, 2022 Southbank Theatre Company streams its second show of the season with award-winning British playwright, Nina Raine's play Rabbit, directed by Marcia Eppich-Harris, Thursday through Sunday, December 30-January 9, 2022 on Broadway OnDemand....
Listen: Billy Porter Releases Releases Uplifting New Single 'Fashion'
by Michael Major - May 19, 2023 Canvasing the nation, Billy is currently bringing passion and joy to cities across the country with his first-ever career-spanning pop music concert tour: THE BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1. The tour features Broadway songs, a nod to Pose, and stunning performances of future pop classics from his fo...
Sammy Obeid and Carter Anderson to Appear at The Den Theatre in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 23, 2024 The Den Theatre will present upcoming appearances by Sammy Obeid on Saturday, November 16 at 4 p.m. and Carter Anderson on Sunday, November 24 at 7:15 p.m. See more about November programming and learn how to purchase tickets. ...
Review: LA RUTA at Stray Cat Theatre
by Herbert Paine - December 05, 2022 The importance of LA RUTA's subject needs to be seen and the story it tells needs to be known. Stray Cat Theatre presents this stunning and disturbing production through December 17th at Tempe Center for the Arts....
Mayor Adams Announces City Hall To Display Artist Elena Del Rivero's Home Address Exhibit On International Women's Day
by A.A. Cristi - March 08, 2023 New York City Mayor Eric Adams has displayed artist Elena del Rivero's participatory public artwork, “Home Address,” in the New York City Hall Rotunda in honor of International Women's Day. After today, components of the work will remain on view in the Governors Room through the end of March....
Review Roundup: Billy Porter Releases Debut Autobiography, UNPROTECTED
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2021 Porter's debut book is already a best seller, hitting #1 on the Amazon charts for the Rap & Hip-Hop Musician Biographies and R&B & Soul Artist Biographies, as well as hitting #3 in LGBTQ+ Biographies (Books)....
Billy Porter Autobiography, UNPROTECTED, Hits #1 On Amazon
by A.A. Cristi - October 19, 2021 Today, Tony and Emmy winner Billy Porter released his new autobiography, Unprotected....
Review: FRUITS, OR THE DECLINE OF A DISTANT MEMORY, VAULT Festival
by Cindy Marcolina - March 04, 2023 Brazen experimentalism leans into performance art and blurs the lines of form and style with a non-narrative approach. They challenge the status quo chest first, challenging the very concept of a play to introduce ideas like naked existentialism, romantic disillusionment, unilateral desire, gender e...
Billy Porter Joins Producing Team of BILLY STRAYHORN: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR in Pittsburgh
by Stephi Wild - August 07, 2023 Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced that Billy Porter will join as a producer the upcoming world premiere jazz musical BILLY STRAYHORN: SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR, on stage September 19 to October 8 at the O’Reilly Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh. ...
Billy Porter, Viola Davis & More Win Audie Awards - Full List of Winners
by Michael Major - March 29, 2023 The 2023 Audie Awards recognizes distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Billy Porter won for Best Autobiography/Memoir for his Finding Me audiobook. Viola Davis’ Finding Me, which she wrote and narrated, and published by HarperCollins Publishers, earned two Audie Awards. Check out ...
Spyro Gyra, Cory Rodrigues & More to Perform at The Spire Center for Performing Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2024 The Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has revealed three new shows. Learn how to purchase tickets and see upcoming performances!...
Listen: Billy Porter Drops New Single 'Baby Was A Dancer'
by Michael Major - March 24, 2023 GRAMMY, EMMY, and Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter has released a new single, “Baby Was A Dancer.' For six weeks this spring, Billy will grace stages in the U.S. with the THE BLACK MONA LISA TOUR:VOLUME 1 tour. Watch the lyric video for the ne...
BILLY PORTER: BLACK MONA LISA TOUR VOLUME 1 Comes To State Theater, May 23
by A.A. Cristi - March 09, 2023 Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced that Grammy, Emmy, and twice Tony Award-winning singer, composer, director, author, actor, and playwright Billy Porter will bring his BLACK MONA LISA TOUR: VOLUME 1 to Minneapolis on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. ...
VIDEO: Billy Porter Reveals How the Arts 'Saved Him' on CBS MORNINGS
by Michael Major - October 25, 2022 During an interview on CBS Mornings, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Billy Porter discussed his upbringing and how the arts saved his life through his dark childhood. Porter also dished on his fashion, new music, having Ryan Murphy and Gayle King on his vision board, and more. Watch the new video inte...
Billy Porter Will Headline Fundraiser For Stonewall National Museum
by Stephi Wild - September 08, 2023 A special Back to the Drive fundraiser for Stonewall National Museum will be headlined by Grammy, Emmy and two-time Tony Award winner Billy Porter. Learn more about the event and how to get tickets here!... |