The Manhattan Transfer Announces New Album & Farewell Tour
by Michael Major - Aug 2, 2022
The 10-track set includes GRAMMY® Award winners Jorge Callandreli and Vince Mendoza, as well as vocal arrangers including Amanda Taylor of säje, to revisit their biggest hits from throughout the decades, including new arrangements of “Chanson D’Amour,” “Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone” and “The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul.” Plus, tour dates!
Disney's Onyx Collective Orders Limited Docuseries GIGANTE
by Michael Major - May 12, 2022
Onyx Collective announced today that it has picked up the docuseries “Gigante,” featuring interviews with Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger). From the team behind “Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado,” this four-part limited series is produced by Foton Pictures and Trojan Horse and will be streamed exclusively on Hulu.
Samantha Shay's MOTHER MELANCHOLIA Will Have On-Demand Screenings to Benefit Ukraine
by Marissa Tomeo - May 4, 2022
From May 9-15, Samantha Shay’s short film Mother Melancholia will be available for on-demand viewing via pay what you can, and all funds raised will go towards aiding the Ukrainian people. The film is a multi-layered portrait of four women set to a soundtrack for the end of the world. As part of the Under Construction Festival and in partnership with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, this special digital programming event will be available at bit.ly/MotherMelancholia.
BWW Review: LOHENGRIN, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Apr 20, 2022
Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin may be famous for introducing the tune of “Here Comes The Bride” to the world but there’s much more here in this stirring tale. David Alden’s bold production debuted in 2018 to critical fanfare and now returns to the Royal Opera House with some excellent leads and immersive flourishes.
BWW Interview: Miss Coco Peru - Sometimes BITTER, Most Times BOTHERED, But Always BEYOND
by Gil Kaan - Apr 11, 2022
Clinton Leupp brings his celebrated alter ego drag legend Miss Coco Peru back to the Renberg Theatre at Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center for three performances of his latest show Bitter, Bothered & Beyond the weekend of April 29, 2022. I got a chance to get some behind the scenes dish on Coco and her latest entertaining efforts.
Indie Artist and Rapper Rebecca L. Davis Releases 'Raybans in the Rain'
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 10, 2022
Initially branding herself as DawgGoneDavis, Kansas City area songwriter, rapper and Indie recording artist Rebecca L. Davis came out of nowhere in early 2018 and hit the global Indie music charts with her hilarious, autobiographical breakthrough smash “Middle Age Woman – Hip Hop Style,” which reached #1 on the influential Euro Indie Music chart and the top spot in Asia and South America.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces Details for GEN X Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2022
The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced today additional details for the Gen X festival, a multidisciplinary, multi-genre exploration of Generation X—the slackers, hackers and latchkey kids who started off analog and became digital.
BWW Interview: Southern Californian Peter Richards Makes It Personal in Directing WALT DISNEY
by Gil Kaan - Mar 20, 2022
West Coast premiere of Lucas Hnath’s A Public Reading of An Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney opens March 26, 2022 at the Odyssey Theatre. Peter Richards directs the cast of Kevin Ashworth, Brittney Bertier, Thomas Piper and Cory Washington. Peter allowed me to probe into the interworking of A Public Read…, as well as his acting/directing career trajectory.
Peter Serrado Releases New Single 'If It All Came Down To This'
by Michael Major - Mar 9, 2022
The longer we go through life, the more there’s a need for healthy self-reflection, especially when it comes to solving matters of the heart. Canadian Americana and soul-rock crooner Peter Serrado offers up such in his soaring, introspective, and soul-searching new single, “If It All Came Down To This”.
Raffi & Lindsay Munroe Release 'Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times'
by Michael Major - Mar 7, 2022
As the title suggests, this imaginative collection of songs offers a fresh, whimsical, and tender take on classic nursery rhymes, including “Three Blind Mice” (re-imagined as “Three Kind Mice”), “Ring Around the Rosie” (“Ring Around Sweet Roses”), and “London Bridge Is Falling Down” (“London Rain Is Falling Down”).
The Marsh Hosts MarshStream International Solo Fest
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2022
The Marsh announces the line-up for its second digital global festival, MarshStream International Solo Fest, presenting performers from across the nation and around the world in a three-day online marathon of 36 global works.
American Composers Orchestra to Return to Carnegie Hall with SANCTUARY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2022
American Composers Orchestra will continue its 2021-2022 season, under the leadership of Artistic Director Derek Bermel and President Melissa Ngan, with its first performance back at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall since 2019 – Sanctuary, on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 7:30pm.
See Judy Kuhn, Ricky Rojas & More at The Green Room 42 in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 27, 2022
The Green Room 42 has announced their February line-up for in-person performances. Additionally, The Green Room 42 is excited to launch 5/5/5 Tickets – in celebration of their 5th Anniversary, five $5 tickets will be available for every show from February 15, 2022, through February 14, 2023.
Eclectic Music Duo The Gong Farmers Release New Album 'Guano Junction'
by Michael Major - Jan 10, 2022
The new album features Mark Graham and Andrew Keeling (Robert Fripp, David Cross, Tim Bowness) with Guests David Jackson (Van der Graaf Generator), Alex Che (Modern Eon, Che), Cliff Hewitt (Modern Eon, Apollo 440) and others. Listen to the new album now!
David Haerle Releases 'Finding Natalie (Reprised)'
by Michael Major - Dec 3, 2021
David's 2020 album Death Valley garnered praise from several acclaimed music publications. Following that release came a series of heartfelt and personal tracks: “California Here We Come,” “Eddie,” “No More We,” “Train Down Memory Lane” and “True Liberty”. His debut album Garden of Edendale was released Summer 2018. Listen to the new release now!
BWW Exclusive: A History of ANNIE on Broadway and Beyond
by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 2, 2021
Tonight, NBC will air its sixth live musical production. Following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the peacock network will be presenting Annie. Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in New York City in the year 1933.