Asphalt Orchestra Joins the Pixies at Capitol Theatre
Bang on a Can's exhilarating marching band Asphalt Orchestra has been invited to join the Pixies on their 2014 winter tour, bringing selections from the radical performance Asphalt Orchestra Plays the Pixies: Surfer Rosa
Rusty Truck with Rhett Miller on October 24 at Hill Country Live
Rusty Truck will perform a Hill Country Live on October 24 with special guest Rhett Miller. The band is pleased to return to Hill Country Live following their wildly successful album release show and select west coast dates with John Hiatt. Kicker Town is out now onCrosseyed Music, available via iTunes (http://iTunes.com/RustyTruck) and available for free, exclusively on iBooks (http://bit.ly/GzNxgJ).
STANDBY - THE MUSICAL Runs Now thru 9/30 as Part of FringeNYC Encore Series
Alfred Solis and Keith Robinson have announced that STANDBY - The Musical has been extended as part of the 2012 FringeNYC Encore Series, featuring the best shows from the 16th annual New York International Fringe Festival. STANDBY will have five performances: 9/7@7:30PM, 9/14@7:30PM, 9/20@7:30PM, 9/27@7:30PM, 9/29@7:30 PM at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St. New York, NY 10012.
Miriam Theatre Presents Natalie Merchant, 7/20
On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 8pm, Natalie Merchant will perform at the Merriam Theater of the University of the Arts. This appearance is part of her nationwide tour in support of her new album Leave Your Sleep. The tour will be Merchant's first major outing in seven years. Merchant and her eight-piece band will perform new material as well as favorites from throughout her career.
Miriam Theatre Presents Natalie Merchant, 7/20
On Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 8pm, Natalie Merchant will perform at the Merriam Theater of the University of the Arts. This appearance is part of her nationwide tour in support of her new album Leave Your Sleep. The tour will be Merchant's first major outing in seven years. Merchant and her eight-piece band will perform new material as well as favorites from throughout her career.
IN THE HEIGHTS And Ghostlight Records Host Talkback Event
On Wednesday, January 14th, IN THE HEIGHTS and GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will host a TALKBACK event for GRAMMY UNIVERSITY Students. The evening begins with an 8pm performance of the Tony Award Winning 'In The Heights' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
IN THE HEIGHTS And Ghostlight Records Host Talkback Event
On Wednesday, January 14th, IN THE HEIGHTS and GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will host a TALKBACK event for GRAMMY UNIVERSITY Students. The evening begins with an 8pm performance of the Tony Award Winning 'In The Heights' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
OCR of 'Legally Blonde' Exceeds 100,000 Copies Sold
Kurt Deutsch, President of Ghostlight Records, is pleased to confirm that sales of the Original Cast Recording for 'Legally Blonde The Musical' have exceeded 100,000 copies, as of this week. This is yet another milestone for Deutsch's independent label, which also saw their double-CD release of the OCR 'In The Heights' debut at #1 on Billboard Magazine's Cast Album Chart, and then jump into the Top Ten of Amazon.com's overall CD sales ranking following the production's Tony Award win for Best Musical.
CD/DVD 'BLITZ' REVIEWS PART 1: THE SHOWS
It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first!
So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.