The box office success of Mamma Mia 2 and Broadway buzz over shows centred around music from The Go-Go’s, Alanis Morrisette and Cher opens the doors for more big star musicals If jukebox m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMThe ‘jukebox musical’ explores the music of the all-female 80s pop-rock band The Go-Go’s and features the first transgender lead in a major Broadway showJukebox musicals tend to go one…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMA new rock opera explores the New York club scene in 1979, with special attention to the Mudd Club, a punk-rock dive in TriBeCa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMAs Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway production gets under way, he joins the pantheon of rockers who have trod the boards with varying degrees of successBruce Springsteen’s much-ballyhooed Br…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMBoy George didn’t just perform his first New York show with Culture Club in 15 years at the Beacon on Monday.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:04PMThe world seems eager to accept a Culture Club reunion.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:48PMIt's a pivotal moment in the career of Joan Jett. Years of work pay off in respect
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMCall Leonard Cohen the hardest-working octogenarian in show business.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMFor its 30th anniversary, New York’s annual Summerstage series will bring more free live music to the city than ever.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:18PMAnnie Lennox covers American classics on album and PBS performance.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMSometimes it takes years for a song to find its proper setting.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:51AMTrue to form, Debbie Harry got the joke behind her Cafe Carlyle debut on Tuesday. "Why, why, why?," she asked, "Why are we here?"
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:10PMDid Ariana Grande rip off a classic funk song from the ’70s?
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:17PMThe hills were alive with the sound of Gaga on “The Sound of Music” at Sunday’s Oscars.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:20AMIdina Menzel took a rare, and daring, step with her latest take on the "Spangled Banner."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:10PMThe Kings Theater has announced a full line-up of artists for its upcoming, grand re-opening.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:16AMSting isn’t the first modern pop star to tackle Broadway. Here’s a look at those who soared on the Great White Way — and those who crashed hard.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:01AMNo one could accuse Sting of being naive. A week before the much ballyhooed opening of his $14 million Broadway musical, “The Last Ship,” he’s minimizing his hopes of getting …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMArtists are like sharks. They either move forward or die. OK. “Die” might be too strong a term. A perfect example of an artist who has spent decades moving ahead, with ceaseless risk and…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMWhat words can match some of the world’s greatest melodies? Gerry Goffin knew the ones — perfect twins to tunes, by Carole King, that pierced the heart and soared the spirit.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:23PMThere’s big money in star memoirs. But even as hot book deals are in the works from names like Lena Dunham and Bryan Cranston, the most sizzling celebrity tales have yet to be told by the …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMLady Gaga led the last dance at Roseland on Friday. Before a sold-out house of 3,200 fans, the club-friendly star performed the first of seven shows, fated to be the final performances at a …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:17AMLady Gaga will bring down the curtain on the nearly 100-year-old venue, Roseland, with a series of seven shows starting next Friday. So expect the usual sweet mourning that comes with the lo…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMHe can’t kick like a Rockette, or hold a torch with the grace of Lady Liberty, but on Monday Billy Joel began his nervy bid to earn a place amid the top tier of New York landmarks.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:36AMThe nerd-pop revolution keeps growing. An increasing number of singers and players have become huge stars by dragging the geekiest elements of modern show tunes into the musical mainstream.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMThe new film “Saving Mr. Banks” sweeps us back to a golden era in movie musicals. It depicts the making of “Mary Poppins,” one of three singing-dancing extravaganzas of 1964-65 that …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMYou needn’t set one foot inside today’s Apollo Theater to see how radically the world has changed since its heyday. Surrounding the venue’s storied walls stand outlets for Rite Aid, Du…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMBY JIM FARBER DAILY NEWS MUSIC CRITIC AS THE biggest selling classical music artist of all time, …
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:51PMAny way you flip it, the collaboration between Billy Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones just looks wrong.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AMFor the first time in his career, Billy Joel will play Brooklyn. On New Year’s Eve, the piano man will perform at the Barclays Center, marking his inaugural appearance at the venue.
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