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Julie Benko to Celebrate Mardi Gras at Birdland Jazz Club

Julie Benko, star of 'Funny Girl' and 'Harmony,' returns to Birdland Jazz Club to celebrate Mardi Gras.

Ari Axelrod to Debut New Show at Birdland This Month

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of award-winning performer Ari Axelrod on Monday, January 29 at 7:00 PM.

Review: LISA HOWARD'S HOLIDAY SPECIAL! At 54 Below NOT a Cookie Cutter Christmas Show!

A Hit in Hallmark, Lisa Howard gives the holiday cabaret genre an original idea.

Jenn Gambetese, Robin de Jesus, Alyssa Fox, Ginna Claire Mason and More Join Scott Alan at Birdland in February

Songwriter Scott Alan will return to Birdland, along with some of today's brightest stars singing his compositions.  The one-night-only event will take place on Monday, February 5 at 7pm.

Review: IN CONCERT - 'AN EVENING WITH JESSICA VOSK' at Staller Center

What did our critic think of IN CONCERT - 'AN EVENING WITH JESSICA VOSK' at Staller Center?

Exclusive: Amanda Green Is Calling on Broadway Friends to Make You Laugh, Cry and More at Birdland

In this video, watch as Amanda Green gives BroadwayWorld an exclusive sneak peek of what fans can expect to see at her upcoming Birdland show!

Birdland to Present AMANDA GREEN & FRIENDS Featuring Jenn Colella, Jarrod Spector, Jade Jones & More

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present two-time Tony-nominated and Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer Amanda Green on Monday, October 9 at 7:00 PM.

Listen: THE BIG TIME, Starring Santino Fontana and Debbie Gravitte, Cast Recording is Now Available

The studio cast recording has been released of The Big Time, now available on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. Listen to the full album here!

CHICAGO THE MUSICAL - IN CONCERT Brings All That Jazz To Virginia Arts Festival, May 6

For the Virginia Arts Festival's 26th Anniversary Season, the Festival presents Chicago The Musical - In Concert with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director & Conductor Rob Fisher - on Saturday, May 6 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, VA.

Photos: Amanda Green Celebrates February At Birdland

See photos of Birdland favorite, two-time Tony-nominated and Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer Amanda Green and her Amazing Friends, performing an evening of her hilarious and moving songs.

BWW Review: Lisa Howard Brings Power, Pathos & Passion As Her Gifts For Christmas In LISA HOWARD: WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME At Feinstein's/54 Below

Highlights of the night were Shaieb’s THE HOUSE WHERE I GREW UP AT CHRISTMAS, Mariah Carey’s ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (a total home run) and her encore, Stephen Schwart’s MEADOWLARK - a theatre opus that she still managed to make sound Christmassy. 

Photo Coverage: Lisa Howard Brings WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME to Feinstein's/54 Below

Last Night at Feinstein’s 54 Below, Lisa Howard was “The Belle Of The Ball” and did a show unlike anything “I” had ever seen.

Ben Crawford's A CRAWDADDY CHRISTMAS Out Now

Following Ben Crawford’s Electronic Pandemic, Ben Crawford and Ryan Scott Oliver have announced the release of A Crawdaddy Christmas, an album of holiday tunes just in time for roasting your chestnuts and decking your halls.

Jonathan Reid Gealt to Release New Album ARCHETYPE

Jonathan Reid Gealt, New York City based composer, is set for the worldwide release his highly anticipated new studio album ARCHETYPE on Friday December 3rd, 2021. ARCHETYPE marks Gealt’s 4th studio album, following “Whatever I Want It To Be” (2015), “Here For You: Ballads For Broadway Impact” (2013), and “Thirteen Stories Down” (2010).

Photos: Amanda Green & Friends Storm The Birdland Stage!

On Monday, October 4, Amanda Green and a slew of her talented friends presented “Vaxxed AF!” on the iconic Birdland stage.

BWW Review: AMANDA GREEN AND FRIENDS: VAXXED AF! Is Fun AF at Birdland

The singing musical theater writer has lots of fabulous friends and fantastic songs... but she, herself, is the most fabulous and fantastic of them all.

Darius de Haas, Ann Harada, Lesli Margherita & More to Take Part in AMANDA GREEN & FRIENDS 'VAXXED AF!'

BIRDLAND will present Amanda Green & Friends “Vaxxed AF!” on Monday, October 4 at 7:00 PM. Tony Award-nominated lyricist/composer and award-winning performer Amanda Green will be joined by some amazing Broadway friends, including Darius de Haas, Ann Harada, Lesli Margherita, Curtis Moore, Natalie Douglas, and Dan Finnerty of The Dan Band.

BWW Review: JESSE JP JOHNSON Delivers Some SWEET SWEET LOVIN at The Green Room 42

When you first see Jesse JP Johnson (Wicked, Spongebob Squarepants, Glory Days,) you think you are about to get some forthright, crooning, suburban boy-band action. He comes in a package complete with chinos, a patterned shirt, and tall blond hair that looks like the newest New Kid on the Block. But then he sings. And what comes out is not that at all. It is a soulful sound, stratospherically high, that is informed by generations of blues singers. Jesse JP Johnson is no bubble gum pretender. He is the real thing.

BWW CD Review: THANKFUL: A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR JERAD BORTZ Provides Broadway Inspiration

BWW Review: THANKFUL: A BENEFIT ALBUM FOR JERAD BORTZ Provides Broadway inspiration on Rock-It Science Records

BWW CD Review: NATALIE DOUGLAS TO NINA... LIVE AT BIRDLAND Is The CD Everyone Needs

Natalie Douglas fifteen-year-old album makes you wish she had made a CD a year between then and now.