WICKED, RENT & GLEE star Idina Menzel returns to South Florida!

Tony Award-winning actress and singing sensation Idina Menzel will be performing her diverse repertoire of classic pop, musical theater favorites (including hits from WICKED and RENT) as well as songs from her album, “I Stand” when she returns to South Florida.
Ms. Menzel broke out as a star in the original 1996 Broadway cast of RENT, won the Best Actress Tony Award for her starring role as Elphaba in the hit Broadway musical WICKED, and has been seen in movies including Disney’s “Enchanted” and television shows including the smash FOX hit series “Glee”, where her recurring role has won her praise and legions of fans.

Recently, Ms. Menzel concluded a national tour promoting her album, “I Stand”. A skillful songwriter, she writes and performs her own music. She released the Glen Ballard-produced album for her record label, Warner Bros. Records, and played to sold out houses around the United States. She also performed her show in New York as part of the MasterCard Soundstage series, which aired on PBS. PBS also aired the concert version of CHESS: The Musical, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall where she shared the stage with Josh Groban.

On film, Ms. Menzel appeared opposite Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams in Disney’s hit, ENCHANTED, directed by Kevin Lima. Prior to that, Ms. Menzel was seen in director Chris Columbus’ film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical RENT, in which she reprised her role as Maureen. This was on the heels of her co-starring role in Robert Towne’s ASK THE DUST, opposite Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell.

Idina Menzel will be at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center in downtown Miami, Florida on Friday November 30, 2012.

Justin Bieber brings his BELIEVE Tour to South Florida in 2013!

It’s official! Justin Bieber announced recently the full schedule of his 2012-2013 BELIEVE Tour and that he recently signed break out Canadian artist Carly Rae Jepsen, who made a global impact with the enormously popular "Call Me Maybe", is joining the tour as his opening act!
Justin will kick off his 45 city tour in Glendale, Arizona on September 29th and will wrap up in Miami, Florida on January 27, 2013.

JB is paying it forward, donating $1 from each ticket to Pencils of Promise, a charity that works to increase educational opportunities and build schools in the developing world.

"I’ve been really hard at work in the studio, in the dance studio, just kind of figuring out what I want to do as far as choreography and whatnot,” said Bieber. “I think the tour’s going to be really special. We got a lot of surprises.”

On Wednesday May 23, 2012, Justin stopped by Ellen DeGeneres' talk show to perform "Boyfriend" and dropped the final track list for “Believe” (released on June 19th). The album, produced by Usher, features top artists such as Ludacris, Drake, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj.

Justin Bieber will be at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Florida on Saturday and Sunday January 26 & 27, 2013.

Aerosmith bring their THE GLOBAL WARMING World Tour and Cheap Trick to South Florida!

Promising that “more prisoners will be taken,” Aerosmith is heading back to the stage in November for the second leg of THE GLOBAL WARMING World Tour.  The next round of dates is a 14-city arena tour that begins in Oklahoma City.

“The old Aerosmith is back with a new vengeance and we will kick your ass and make out with your mothers,” says Steven Tyler.  We could probably do without the latter, but as for the band’s return to the American stage, it’s highly anticipated. Guitarist Joe Perry adds, “Can’t wait to bring this band back home. It feels like we’ve been away too long.”

The first leg of the tour earned the band tons of glowing reviews from the East Coast to the West and yes… Cheap Trick continues to join them as the tour continues. 

The New York Times called Tyler “an unstoppable vocalist who was belting, howling, letting loose falsetto whoops or barking rhymes at proto-hip-hop speed” and the Boston Herald noted that Joe Perry “remains one of rock’s great guitarists.”

Over at the Orange County Register in California, the paper wrote, “They haven’t sounded so fierce in years.”

Two days before the second leg begins Aerosmith will put out its new album, “Music From Another Dimension”, on Columbia Records. During the tour fans can expect to hear “blazing songs” from the November 6 release as well as career-defining hits. 

Aerosmith & Cheap Trick will be at the BB&T Center (formerly the Bank Atlantic Center) in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday December 9, 2012.

International Latin superstar Julio Iglesias brings his 2012 "1" World Tour to South Florida!

The “1” Julio Iglesias World Tour will celebrate the singer’s newest release featuring 15 re-recordings of some of the biggest hits of his 43-year career, and also new versions of songs, such as “Eu Nunca Te Esqueci (Always On My Mind)” which is the soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera “O Astro”.  The CD is already a smash platinum success in Brazil, Spain, Colombia and all of Latin America, on iTunes, exceeding one million copies sold.

Iglesias’ romantic image, magnetic stage presence, and expressive music have made him one of the best-selling artists of all time with hundreds of millions of albums sold in 14 languages, worldwide.

In 1983, Julio Iglesias received the first and only Diamond Record Award ever given to a singer by the Guinness Book of World Records for selling more records in more languages than any other musical artist in history (Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Tagalog and Japanese). However, his major crossover success was 1984′s “1100 Bel Air Place”, a collection of duets that featured the Top Ten English hit duet with Willie Nelson, “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” and “All of You,” another hit duet with Diana Ross. The album sold over sixteen million copies worldwide.

In 1985 he became one of the few Hispanic artists to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also received an affectionate tribute from Miami residents, the city in which he resided, granting him a place of honor on the legendary Walk of Latin Stars on Miami’s 8th Street (La Calle Ocho).

Iglesias’ popularity continued to grow throughout the ’80s, although he only had one more pop crossover hit, 1988′s “My Love,” a duet with Stevie Wonder. That same year, he received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Singer of the Year 1987 for his album “Un hombre Solo” and Artist of the Year from Aplauso ’92.

Other honors Iglesias has earned include being named Ambassador of Galicia, Spain, being awarded the Monaco World Music Award for the best Latin singer, receiving the ASCAP Pied Piper Award (as the first Latin recipient) and having the distinct honor of being the only foreign artist in China’s history to receive the prestigious Golden Record Award. He has performed in the inaugural Olympics ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, has served as a UNICEF Special Representative for the Performing Arts and received a Star of Scheveningen in The Netherlands, all in addition to his many international recording industry honors.

In 2008, Iglesias celebrated his 40th anniversary as a singer. He still continues to shatter concert attendance records across the globe and give back to the communities which made him a star.
Julio Iglesias will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida tonight: Friday and tomorrow night: Saturday September 21 & 22, 2012. 

Pitbull along with Special Guests will ring in 2013 in Miami!

International music sensation Pitbull will ring in the New Year with a special concert on Monday, December 31st at 9pm at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Florida.

Pitbull will get the party started with his old hits and spice things up with his new stylish stew of dance-driven sounds of raps and beats influenced by the Miami culture. Special guests will join in the celebration, so don’t miss the hottest NYE party in the 305!

Armando Cristian Pérez, better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album “Kings of Crunk” in 2002. In 2004, he released his debut album titled “M.I.A.M.I.” (short for Money Is A Major Issue) under TVT Records. Since then, he has released three other albums under the label: “El Mariel” in 2006, “The Boatlift” in 2007, and “Planet Pit” in 2011.

Pitbull is also the host of his own Spanish-language program on the cable channel Mun2 titled La Esquina (Spanish for The Corner).

Pitbull has become a product endorser, representing alongside Drake, Rihanna, and Trey Songz the “So Kodak” campaign for the Kodak brand and embarking on a partnership with the soda giant Dr Pepper as part of the campaign “Vida 23” for which he recorded the song specifically featured on his album “Armando”.

Pitbull also announced he has become the spokesperson for Voli Vodka. in which he holds a majority equity stake, and has also purchased an equity stake in Miami Subs Pizza and Grill.

In 2012, Pitbull was involved in an advertising campaign with Walmart, in which the Walmart store that gets the most Facebook "likes" from June 18 to July 15, 2012 would have Pitbull visit and put on a show there. An orchestrated campaign started by The Boston Phoenix reporter David Thorpe and SomethingAwful.com writer Jon Hendren urged people to vote for a remote location in Kodiak, Alaska.  In an email to the Associated Press Walmart confirmed that Kodiak won.  Pitbull visited Kodiak on July 30th where he received a key to the city from mayor Branson and then made an appearance before a crowd of hundreds at the Coast Guard base, including the original orchestrator of the campaign to whom he had extended a public invitation.
Pitbull will ring in 2013 at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Florida on Monday December 31, 2012.

P!nk finally returns to South Florida as she brings her THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE North American Tour!

New mom and recent Cover Girl, Pink recently dropped her sixth studio album, and the "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" singer has a shiny new North American tour to go along with it.

Before answering fan questions during a live Q&A, the singer unveiled the 25 cities she's hitting up on her THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE North American Tour, scheduled to kick off February 2013 in Phoenix. 

Here are two things you need to know about THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE North American Tour that we learned from the always outspoken Pink during her recent ‘live’ chat:

1) Bob Mackie will be designing the tour outfits. Pink also worked with Mackie on her FUNHOUSE World Tour in 2009, and Pink revealed she's one of his favorite clients because she has the smallest chest. "Boobs are hard to dress," apparently.

2) Robyn is probably not going to be opening for Pink on the tour. When fans were throwing suggestions at her and the "Call Your Girlfriend" singer's name popped up, Pink wasn't thrilled about what Robyn had to say about Katy Perry when she was the opener during a leg on Katy's 2011 CALIFORNIA DREAMS World Tour: "If you're going to talk shit about me, at least wait for the last stop on the tour."

Pink will be at the BB&T Center (formerly the Bank Atlantic Center) in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Monday February 25, 2013.

Carrie Underwood brings her BLOWN AWAY World Tour to South Florida!

Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America recently, Underwood performed tunes from her new album, “Blown Away”. Timed to coincide with the nationwide television appearance was her tour announcement, detailing a fall adventure beginning in New Hampshire in September 2012.

But Underwood will be plenty busy during the months leading up to her four-month fall trek. The lady appeared at the Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 26 and headed across The Pond for her first-ever headlining gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 21. How anxious are the Brits to see 2005 “American Idol” winner? The show sold out in 90 minutes, indicating Londoners lover Underwood as much as her fans do in the States.

After an appearance at Toronto’s “Boots & Hearts Music Festival” on August 12, Underwood’s BLOWN AWAY World Tour gets down to the city-after-city routine beginning September 14 in Manchester, NH at the Verizon Wireless Arena. With dates on the books through December 22 when she lands in Sunrise, FL to play the Bank Atlantic Center, you should find plenty of opportunities to catch Underwood live on stage as well as her special guest Hunter Hayes.

“I can’t wait to get back out on the road and perform new music from my album for my fans,” Underwood said in a statement. “We have a lot of exciting things planned!”

Presented by vitaminwater, sponsored by Olay and promoted by AEG Live with one dollar for every ticket sold going to support Red Cross disaster relief.

Carrie Underwood will be at the BB&T Center (formerly the Bank Atlantic Center) in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday December 22, 2012.

CNN’s Award-winning Anderson Cooper heads to South Florida!

Anderson Cooper, CNN’s award-winning broadcast journalist and anchor of Anderson Cooper 360°, heads out across America.

Cooper will begin with a discussion about current events and interesting stories from his travels before opening up the floor to an additional moderated question and answer session with the audience.

In addition to Anderson Cooper 360°, Cooper is the host and executive producer of Anderson, the nationally syndicated, daily, one-hour daytime talk show. Cooper also provides reports for CBS’s 60 Minutes. He has also played a pivotal role in CNN’s political coverage and has anchored from conventions and moderated several presidential debates. This past October, Cooper moderated CNN’s Republican debate from Las Vegas.

Cooper has covered nearly all major news events around the world, often reporting from the scene. Most recently, he covered the uprisings in the middle-east, the aftermath of both earthquakes in Japan and Haiti, the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf. During most of 2007 and 2008, Cooper traveled around the world for Planet in Peril, a high-definition documentary about issues threatening the planet, its inhabitants and its natural resources.

In the past, Cooper has covered numerous stories about bullying. This year, he has, again, teamed-up with Cartoon Network and Time Inc., to present a multi-platform initiative on the subject.

Cooper and Anderson Cooper 360° have won several major journalism awards, including multiple Emmy awards. Cooper has also earned a National Headliners Award for his tsunami coverage, an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC’s coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral; a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for his 20/20 Downtown report on high school athlete Corey Johnson.

“Dispatches from the Edge”, Cooper’s memoirs about covering the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and other news events, topped the New York Times Bestsellers List and other bestseller charts.

Anderson Cooper graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a BA in political science. He also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi and is the son of the legendary socialite and entrepreneur Gloria Vanderbilt. 
Anderson Cooper will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on Thursday September 20, 2012.

Multi-Award winning and multi-faceted Wanda Sykes heads to South Florida!

Wanda Sykes is considered "one of the funniest stand-up comics" by her peers and ranks among Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America. Her smart-witted stand-up has helped her career blossom in many different directions.


Sykes was previously seen on several television shows, including her own late night talk show on FOX, "The Wanda Sykes Show," her second HBO stand up special "I'ma Be Me" in October 2009, and in the CBS comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" as "Barb." Her first HBO comedy special "Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired" debuted in October 2006 and was nominated for a 2007 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

Sykes has also appeared in the feature films "Evan Almighty" co-starring Steve Carell, "Monster-In-Law" starring opposite Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda, the romantic comedy "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" with co-stars Luke Wilson and Uma Thurman, and the animated feature "Over The Hedge" for Dreamworks as well as "The Barnyard" for Paramount Pictures.

Sykes also starred in and produced the Comedy Central show "Wanda Does It," where she tried various non-showbiz jobs. Her first book titled "Yeah, I Said It," a hilarious collection of essays touching on life, family and current events published by Simon and Schuster, hit bookstores in September 2004.

Sykes will make her only South Florida appearance in 2012-13 in this one-night only engagement during World AID Days weekend as a benefit for Broward House, Broward County's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS community service organization.

Wanda Sykes will be at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday December 2, 2012.

John Legend heads to South Florida with Stacy Barthe!

This summer, nine-time Grammy Award-winner John Legend released one of the hottest singles of his career, the chart-topping hit “Tonight (Best You’ve Ever Had)” featuring Ludacris, which has been #1 for six weeks at Urban AC radio. The song is heavily featured in Steve Harvey’s film, THINK LIKE A MAN. Legend was most recently a judge on ABC’s hit music show Duets.


Legend’s debut album, “Get Lifted”, received eight Grammy Award nominations; it won Best New Artist, Best R&B album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Ordinary People” while selling more than three million copies worldwide. His follow-up album, “Once Again”, achieved RIAA platinum sales certification and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Heaven.” In 2008, John released Evolver, his third Top 10 album, which included the hit single “Green Light” featuring Andre 3000.

Recently, Legend teamed up with The Roots to release the socially conscious album, “Wake Up!” The album was nominated for five Grammy Awards and won Best R&B Album, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B song (for “Shine” – an original composition also featured in Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s documentary film WAITING FOR SUPERMAN) along with two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Album and Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration.

Stacy Barthe, a recent HomeSchool Records signing, is a fresh new artist who embodies the essence of young soul. She landed her first songwriting placement on Britney Spears’ 2008 album, “Circus”. Two years later, Barthe released her first EP, “Sincerely Yours, Stacy”. Previously, she has worked with artists including Akon, Melanie Fiona, Estelle, Brandy, and Diddy.

John Legend will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on Wednesday October 17, 2012.

Lady GaGa brings her THE BORN THIS WAY BALL World Tour to South Florida in 2013!

Lady GaGa will finally bring her THE BORN THIS WAY BALL World Tour to North America in early 2013, after already performing her latest opus in Asia, Australia, and Europe. Twenty-six new dates in Canada and the U.S. were announced last week.

The North American leg will kick off on January 11, 2013 in Vancouver and conclude on March 16 in Miami. Two New York dates – February 22 at Madison Square Garden and March 6 at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn -- have also been scheduled.

Following the May 2011 release of "Born This Way," THE BORN THIS WAY BALL World Tour began last April 2012 in South Korea, and continued through Asia until coming to New Zealand in June 2012. The European leg kicked off last month in Bulgaria, and will continue through October 2012. Brief runs in Latin America and Africa are planned for the fall.

THE BORN THIS WAY BALL World Tour follows Lady GaGa's international THE MONSTER BALL World Tour, which supported her albums "The Fame" and "The Fame Monster" and featured three separate treks through North America from 2009 to 2011.

Lady GaGa will be at the BB&T Center (formerly the Bank Atlantic Center) in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday March 15, 2013 and at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Florida on Saturday March 16, 2013.

U.K.’s new teen sensation One Direction heads back to South Florida in 2013!

There’s no denying One Direction’s popularity on this side of the Pond. With screaming teens greeting the boys during the group’s TODAY SHOW appearance recently followed by a chart-topping debut album – “Up All Night” – the lads sure look as if they will be the ones to enter the lofty tween stratosphere once occupied by *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and New Kids On The Block.

Further proof of One Direction's newly found success is the group's U.K. itinerary consisting of sold-out arena dates clear through next year: 2013.

Playing indoors and outdoors the One Direction U.S. headlining adventure began in Fairfax, VA at the Patriot Center on May 24, 2012.

Stops included E. Rutherford, N.J., at the Izod Center on May 25; Detroit’s Fox Theatre on June 1; Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood on June 9; San Jose at the Events Center on June 13; Oakland’s Paramount Theatre on June 14; and coming up: Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre @ Univ. CityWalk on June 16; Atlanta at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on June 26 and Tampa at the 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre on June 29.

There were also a couple of TV appearances that had the group appearing on the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards on March 31 where they performed their hit “What Makes You Beautiful.” One Direction also appeared on an episode of iCarly “iGo One Direction” which aired on April 7, 2012 on Nickelodeon.

One Direction will be at the American Airlines Arena in downtown Miami, Florida on Friday June 14, 2013.

Rihanna brings her DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR to South Florida in 2013!

It was officially announced by Live Nation that Rianna’s DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR begins March 8th 2013 in Buffalo, NY. The tour is scheduled to stop in more than 27 cities across North America with additional dates to be announced.  The North American leg includes performances at arenas in Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago and more.

Rihanna’s previous tour, the extremely successful LOUD Tour solidified Rihanna’s status as one of the top female solo artists of this century. The LOUD tour grossed 90 million worldwide to become the 7th highest grossing tour of 2011 and included a historic 10 sold-out concerts at London’s O2 Arena – a first by a female solo artist.

The announcement of Rihanna’s DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR follows an epic headlining performance at the recent 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.

As the recipient of a phenomenal 6 Grammy Awards, Rihanna has sold over 37 million albums and 146 million digital tracks worldwide, and currently holds the record for top-selling digital artist of all time. In 2012, Forbes crowned Rihanna as the #1 social networking superstar with more than 60 million fans on Facebook and 25 million followers on Twitter in addition to owning over 2.7 billion views on YouTube/VEVO – the most for any female artist. Rihanna’s impressive catalogue of hits includes 11 #1 singles, including “We Found Love” which spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 18 #1 singles on the Billboard Dance Club Song Charts, and 22 top 10 singles.

Rihanna’s DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR will be at the BB&T Center (formerly the Bank Atlantic Center) in Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday April 20, 2013.

Disney's MARY POPPINS flies back into South Florida in 2013!

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher are pleased to announce the South Florida return engagement of Disney's MARY POPPINS.

The entire original creative team reunited to bring this magical story of the world's most famous nanny to audiences around North America. Since the tour's launch in Chicago in March 2009, MARY POPPINS has earned continuous critical praise and box-office success.

MARY POPPINS, a co-production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, opened on Broadway on November 16, 2006 at the legendary New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City.

Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, MARY POPPINS the stage play features the Academy Award®-winning music and lyrics of Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The stage production has been created, in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who has written the book, and the Olivier Award-winning team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who have composed new songs and additional music and lyrics.

Consistently among the top-grossing shows on Broadway, MARY POPPINS continues in its 5th smash year at the New Amsterdam Theatre and has already surpassed its 1000th performance – a milestone reached by only a rare few number of shows in Broadway history. The Broadway production has grossed over $200 million to date and been seen by over 2.1 million theatergoers.

Simultaneously, the show's popularity grows around the globe. Following a successful three year run (December 2004 - January 2008) at the Prince Edward Theatre on London's West End, a UK tour of MARY POPPINS commenced in summer 2008 and concluded its acclaimed run in Cardiff in April 2009. MARY POPPINS premiered two new major international productions in 2010: the Australian production at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne and an open-ended run at the Circus Theatre in Scheveningen, Holland, outside of Amsterdam.
The US Tour of Disney's MARY POPPINS will be playing at the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Arsht Center in downtown Miami, Florida from January 1 thru 6, 2013.

Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder heads to South Florida with his ukulele!

Eddie Vedder embarked on his 14-city U.S. solo tour in October 2011. Special guest Glen Hansard (The Swell Season and The Frames) continues to join Vedder on the road.

Eddie Vedder's solo album, “Ukulele Songs”, was released on May 31, 2011 through Pearl Jam's Monkeywrench Records. Recently nominated for the Best Folk Album GRAMMY Award, “Ukulele Songs” is a collection of original songs and covers performed by Vedder on ukulele.

Also released on May 31, 2011 was “Water on the Road”, a live-concert DVD directed by Brendan Canty of Fugazi and Christoph Green featuring performances from Vedder’s August 16th and 17th 2008 solo tour engagements at Washington, D.C.'s Warner Theatre.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Vedder grew up mostly in Southern California. In his twenties, he played in several San Diego bands, including Indian Summer and Bad Radio. His friendship with former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons led to his recruitment in the band that would become Pearl Jam.

Eddie Vedder will be at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday Novemeber 30 and Saturday December 1, 2012.

Cirque du Soleil returns to South Florida with its new show TOTEM!

Cirque du Soleil returns to Miami with TOTEM, a new big top production. Written and directed by Robert Lepage, TOTEM premieres on January 10, 2013 for a limited engagement under the blue and yellow Big Top located at the Sun Life Stadium grounds.
Since its world premiere in Montreal in April 2010, TOTEM has visited more than 12 cities in 4 different countries and has performed in front of more than 1.5 million spectators.
TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations. Inspired by many founding myths, TOTEM illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species. Somewhere between science and legend TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.

From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 artists from more than 50 different countries.
Cirque du Soleil gratefully acknowledges Infiniti, CGI, Xerox, Sun Life Financial and American Express as the Official Sponsors of the US 2012-2013 TOTEM Tour.
Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents. Cirque du Soleil International Headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.
Cirque du Soleil’s TOTEM will be on the grounds of the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida starting January 10, 2013 and expected to run thru March 2013.

Michael Feinstein brings his SINATRA PROJECT to South Florida!

Michael Feinstein, “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” takes his interpretations of beloved Frank Sinatra classics and timeless favorites across North America.

Michael Feinstein’s newest CD, “The Sinatra Project, Volume II: The Good Life”, was released last year by Concord Records and debuted at #17 on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz chart and #14 on the Contemporary Jazz chart. The album is the follow-up to the Grammy Award-nominated “The Sinatra Project” in 2008. This disc celebrates not only Frank Sinatra, but his contemporaries Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett and Nancy Wilson.

Michael Feinstein first met “Ol’ Blue Eyes” at 21 while playing a birthday party for Sinatra’s wife, Barbara. Sinatra took a liking to Feinstein because he knew all of his obscure songs; they remained friends until Sinatra’s death.

An additional PBS concert, “The Sinatra Legacy” – taped in concert at Feinstein’s new theater in Indiana – is airing nationally on public TV stations around the county throughout the season and was released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Feinstein’s syndicated NPR series Song Travels, which features interviews and live performances from such diverse artists as Bette Midler, Moby, Neil Sedaka, Joshua Bell and Pink Martini, is currently airing on public radio stations around the country.

He is producing a movie with Steven Spielberg and Oscar-winner Marc Platt (AMERICAN BEAUTY) for Dreamworks Pictures about the creation of George Gershwin’s landmark folk opera PORGY & BESS, featuring a screenplay by Douglas Wright (“I Am My Own Wife”, “Grey Gardens: The Musical”). Feinstein has written a coffee table book, The Gershwins And Me, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in October 2012.

His acclaimed national PBS-TV series Michael Feinstein’s AMERICAN SONGBOOK, in which he uncovers treasures of classic American music, is now available on DVD with an additional disc of bonus features. It was one of PBS’s highest-rated music programs of 2010. The series was the recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award and returned with new episodes in January 2012. The first two seasons are now available on DVD, with season three to air in 2013.

Feinstein’s other recent recordings include a new duet CD “Power Of Two” with GLEE and 30 ROCK star Cheyenne Jackson, as well as “We Dreamed These Days” – featuring the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. Feinstein co-wrote the title song with Dr. Maya Angelou.

With two Emmys and five Grammy Award-nominations, Feinstein has received national recognition for his commitment to celebrating America’s popular song and preserving its legacy for the next generation. In 2007, he founded the Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative, dedicated to celebrating the art form and preserving it through educational programs, Master Classes, and the annual High School Vocal Academy and Competition, which awards scholarships and prizes to students across the country. Michael serves on the Library of Congress’ National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to ensuring the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America’s sound recording heritage.

 Feinstein serves as Artistic Director of the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts, a $170 million, three-theatre venue in Carmel, Indiana, which opened in January 2011. The theater is home to an annual international Great American Arts festival, diverse live programming and a museum for his rare memorabilia and manuscripts. Starting in 2010, he became the director of the Jazz and Popular Song Series at New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2013, he will replace the late Marvin Hamlisch as the lead conductor of the Pasadena Pops

The roots of all this work began in Columbus, Ohio, where Feinstein started playing piano by ear as a 5-year-old. After graduating from high school, he worked in local piano bars for two years, moving to Los Angeles when he was 20. The widow of legendary concert pianist-actor Oscar Levant introduced him to Ira Gershwin in July 1977. Feinstein became Gershwin’s assistant for six years, which earned him access to numerous unpublished Gershwin songs, many of which he has since performed and recorded.

Gershwin’s influence provided a solid base upon which Feinstein evolved into a captivating performer, composer and arranger of his own original music. He also has become an unparalleled interpreter of music legends such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Duke Ellington and Harry Warren. Feinstein has received three honorary doctorates.
Michael Feinstein will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on Monday October 22, 2012.