Nancy Wilson News

A major, long-time cabaret figure gets our monthly birthday Tribute. How many hints will you need to know who it is?

The Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (PIJF) has always spotlighted homegrown, home-nurtured talent, and the tradition of featuring musicians with ties to the city continues with Sean Jones, Howie Alexander, Thomas Wendt, Selecta and DJ Big Phill and more. 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have revealed all jazz programming running August 12th - August 25th.

Frankie Valli will bring his new show Last Encores Tour to BBMann. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has revealed jazz programming running August 5th - August 18th.

The talented actress and sometime playwright has appeared in dozens of shows in D.C. — and several at Signature, including an award-winning performance in its Ragtime last year. Here, she shares her passion for jazz singers from the golden era that have never gone out of style in a personable revue backed by a couple of ace musicians.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will operate this August with a full slate of nightly performances.

Juilliard has detailed the full programming for its 2024-25 season, with more than 800 live music, dance, and drama performances at the school and beyond. The 2024-25 academic year and performance season offer a wealth of new music, world premieres, and new festivals that bring students, guest artists, and artistic leaders together from different disciplines.

Singing to a completely packed house (if there had been any more patrons, they would have had to hang them from the ceiling, my lambs!), La Henry stayed on the older jazz back roads with a set list to please any American Songbook aficionado.

I do a lot of things. I always knew that I wanted to put myself in a position where anything that I wanted to accomplish creatively. I never wanted to feel stifled by a financial burden.

Elena Bennett and Fred Barton will perform from their vast repertoire encompassing Hollywood, Broadway, and the Golden Age of swing. They’ll be joined, as always, by some of New York’s brightest stars who typically drop in to hear the show, and contribute to it with some songs of their own. The next show is this Thursday, July 11th at 7 pm.

Mid Island Initiative Presents world-renowned composer/songwriter Randy Edelman who will be performing his show 'Waltzing on a High Wire' at the Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, December 8th, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of powerhouse vocalist Nicole Henry on Monday, July 15 at 7:00 PM. Learn how to purchase tickets.

There are no adjectives that can effectively describe the level of greatness in which Samara Joy delivers the sounds of Jazz. She is phenomenal and an 'old soul' in a beautiful contemporary body. She is on the frontline of bringing jazz to a new generation of followers.

Award-winning vocalist Natalie Douglas will perform her third annual Juneteenth concert, 'A Juneteenth Jubilee – The Women,' at Birdland. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

Obie Award-winner James Jackson, Jr., most recently seen in Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop and White Girl in Danger, is no newcomer to cabaret. However, on Saturday June 1st, 9:30 pm and Sunday June 2nd at 7 pm, the singer will be making his “debut” all over again in the satirical CABARET...DEBUT, a Pride month kickoff show at Pangea.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons are coming back on their Encores Tour to the Kavli Theatre for two shows, Saturday, November 23, and Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 8:00 pm.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced all jazz programming running April 29th - May 12th.

Chicago's beloved jazz duo, Anne and Mark Burnell, will return to New York City after 20 years for a one-night performance at Don't Tell Mama.

Join Emily Yancy and Hattie Winston for a special one-off reading of HAVING OUR SAY at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center.