LETHALLY BLONDE Series Premieres on ID This Month
by Michael Major - Mar 12, 2024
Explore the thrilling world of true crime with LETHALLY BLONDE, a new series from Investigation Discovery and executive producer Holly Madison. Dive into captivating stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Review: MJ at the Eccles Theater is Iconic
by Tyler Hinton - Feb 28, 2024
The national tour of MJ, now playing at the Eccles Theater, is a restrained, realistic snapshot of one brief but significant period in Michael Jackson’s life that serves as a springboard for an entertaining, if meandering, realization of iconic music and images from his career.
Video: The Encores! Orchestra Rehearses JELLY'S LAST JAM
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 1, 2024
It's Jelly's first Jam! The 15-piece Encores! Orchestra, led by Guest Music Director Jason Michael Webb are jammin’ in “Jelly’s Jam,” a musical theater orchestration of Jelly Roll Morton’s iconic original jazz music, and Webb provides insight into how the music connects past and present in this video.
2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival Returns In February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 15, 2024
The Philharmonic Society and Laguna Beach Live! are excited to announce the 2024 Laguna Beach Music Festival, featuring Grammy-nominated violinist Anne Akiko Meyers as Festival Artistic Director. Meyers will lead a week of inventive and thought-provoking musical collaborations, including a world premiere by Philip Glass. Don't miss this incredible event from February 12 to February 18.
Video: R.E.M. Partners With THE BEAR Series For New Music Video
by Michael Major - Jun 27, 2023
On May 15, “Strange Currencies (Remix)” was featured prominently in the official trailer for Season 2 of The Bear, which follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri), and Richard “Richie” Jerimovich (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they turn their grimy sandwich joint into a next-level restaurant.
Platinum-Selling Powerhouse SASS JORDAN Announces New Album 'Bitches Blues'
by Michael Major - Apr 20, 2022
Examining the visceral emotional territory of a pandemic and the world’s reeling in its rolling aftermath, multi-Platinum-selling and award-winning artist Sass Jordan readies herself to rock the blues once again with the announcement of her new album, Bitches Blues. Listen to the album's lead single now!
Singapore's Lirica Arts Presents Rossini's L'INGANNO FELICE
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2022
Lirica Arts Singapore presents its inaugural fully staged opera with Gioacchino Rossini's highly acclaimed one-act masterpiece L'inganno Felice (The Blissful Deception) on the 5th and 6th March 2022 at the NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre. This Singapore premiere is the local opera society's second public performance, after its sold-out debut NO TENORS ALLOWED, a recital of soprano-baritone duets presented in September 2021.
BWW Review: TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 at DreamWrights Center For Community Arts
by Andrea Stephenson - Jan 29, 2022
The cast and crew at DreamWrights deserve a round of applause for taking on Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, dealing with its difficult but important themes, and presenting an authentic and well-designed performance. Find information about tickets as well as a recorded Community Conversation about the show and its themes at www.dreamwrights.org.
VIDEO: Liza Minnelli Appears on CBS Sunday Morning
by Marissa Tomeo - Jan 16, 2022
CBS Sunday Morning reporter Jane Pauley interviewed Liza Minnelli this morning, discussing her famous parents, her legacy, collaborators throughout her career, awards, and inspirations. The special also features performances with Minnelli's 'best friend and confidant', Michael Feinstein, on piano and Liza herself on vocals.
BWW Review: FOUR CHILDREN at Kansas City Actors' Theatre
by Alan Portner - Oct 11, 2021
The World Premiere production of “Four Children” has been brought to life by the Kansas City Actors Theatre on the City Stage inside Union Station as a minimalist, sadly shocking view of war against children and on a number of levels. It is not to be missed during its several week run.
The playwright has taken snippets from the diaries of four childhood victims of successful or attempted genocides. Their testimony is woven together paragraph by paragraph into a seamless, searing whole despite each being separated by decades and thousands of miles.
VIDEO: Watch Liza Minnelli Take the Stage to Sing a Gershwin Classic
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 20, 2021
'I haven't sung in three years!' said Liza Minnelli to an adoring crowd at Feinstein's at Vitello's. The living legend stopped by the famed LA supperclub last week, where she performed on stage with Michael Feinstein himself. Watch below as she sings the Gershwin classic- 'Embraceable You.'
New Liza Minnelli Documentary is in the Works
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2021
The film will reportedly begin following the death of Minnelli's mother, Judy Garland. It will then follow Minnelli on her rise to fame, beginning in the 1970s, and chronicling her various accolades, including an Oscar for best actress (Cabaret), an Emmy for best TV special (Liza with a Z), and a Tony for best actress in a musical (The Act).