The University of Rochester will award jazz legend Dave Brubeck an honorary doctor of music degree on Saturday, part of the Eastman Weekend festivities that run Thursday to Sunday. The award will be given at the beginning of the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Philharmonia concert, which starts at 8 p.m. at the Eastman Theatre, [...]
With years of performing on their resumes, two actresses with national credentials shared their experiences with students in Michael Shirtz’s Recital Attendance class at Terra Community College. Joyce Carolyn and Tricia Sandberg, who are part of the cast for Hats, The Musical at the Sandusky State Theatre shared stories and answered a variety of questions [...]
Online sell-through of movies and TV shows will grow from $315 million last year to over $1 billion in 2011, according to a Pricewaterhouse Coopers study from November 2007. Fathom’s highly automated workflows and outstanding video quality across a variety of formats are helping companies like BVDM play a pivotal role in bringing more digital [...]
Growing up in a musical household, Della Valle always loved to sing. He wrote his first song at the age of 13, but it wasn’t until after singing in a school talent show, that he knew he wanted to pursue a career in music. “You go out on a limb,” Della Valle said about performing [...]
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Billy Elliot , Elton John’s latest international hit musical, is currently in previews on Broadway. The production will officially open Nov. 13 at the Imperial Theatre. In addition to writing the Broadway musicals The Lion King, Aida and Lestat , Elton John will join a host of music and theatre stars for the one-night-only benefit [...]
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra s first-ever CD has raised eyebrows in the classical music world, debuting at No. 2 on U.S. sales charts and No. 1 in Canada. The disc, Andre Mathieu: Concerto No. 4 and Orchestral Works, opened near the top of Soundscan s Current Classical Traditional chart. This is a remarkable story that [...]
Clinton Leupp as his drag alter-ego, Coco Peru, stars in a new solo show, Ugly Coco, at San Francisco’s Rrazz Room. Clinton Leupp doesn t pretend to be a girl. He s a man in a dress with a drag alter-ego named Coco Peru . He s very much a man and very much Coco [...]
Cheyenne Jackson Tony Award-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane has reconceived his stage musical Dancing in the Dark — based on the M-G-M picture “The Band Wagon,” and seen earlier this year in San Diego — as a vehicle for Broadway leading man Cheyenne Jackson. Playbill.com has learned that a late October New York City industry [...]
From Pamela Anderson to Glyn from Big Brother, Morecambe DJ and celebrity ‘minder’ STEVIE KAY has worked with them all. Our entertainments editor GREG LAMBERT meets the former ‘Steve Wright of Lebanon’ to learn about his colourful and cosmopolitan career. MUSIC has always been Stevie Kay’s passion - in fact, it’s in his blood. Born [...]