News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

THE NEXT BIG THING - PAGE 2

The Next Big Thing small logo


Some of the music industry's most famous artists and producers put contestants through a boot camp to coach and prepare them for a music career.

- Source TVMaze

Ani Di Franco Announces April 2020 Tour Photo Ani Di Franco Announces April 2020 Tour
by Stephi Wild - November 24, 2019

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco will return to Australia in April 2020 for the first time in ten years, for a national tour which will include performances at Bluesfest. This tour will take her to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Byron Bay and tickets are on sale now....


Drew Parker Releases Much Anticipated EP While You're Gone Photo Drew Parker Releases Much Anticipated EP While You're Gone
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 21, 2020

Drew Parker, the newest SiriusXM “Highway Find,” released his much anticipated EP While You’re Gone today....


BWW Interview: Jaime Lozano of SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42 Photo BWW Interview: Jaime Lozano of SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42
by Stephen Mosher - November 19, 2019

Gifted and prolific Mexican musical prodigy Jaime Lozano has an encore performance of his concert SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT at The Green Room 42, featuring an all Latin cast of some of the best of Broadway. Here's an interview with the man LMM calls the future of musical theater....


BWW Review: BANDSTAND at Washington Pavilion Photo BWW Review: BANDSTAND at Washington Pavilion
by Kaija Bonde - November 12, 2019

The national tour of Bandstand arrived in Sioux Falls on Monday, November 11 and transported the audience at the Washington Pavilion back to post World War II in 1945. With music by Richard Oberlacker, and the book and score by Robert Taylor and Overlacker, this Tony Award winning Broadway musical c...


Photos: See Shipp, de Jesús & More at Pop-Up Moondance Diner Food Truck! Photo Photos: See Shipp, de Jesús & More at Pop-Up Moondance Diner Food Truck!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2021

Netflix brought back the Moondance Diner Food Truck for 1 day only this weekend in celebration of the release of tick, tick...BOOM! The event featured Alexandra Shipp (Cast), Robin de Jesús (Cast), Joshua Henry (Cast), Daphne Rubin-Vega, and special appearances from your favorite Broadway stars.  ...


Cast Announced For New Musical Adaptation Of WUTHERING HEIGHTS Photo Cast Announced For New Musical Adaptation Of WUTHERING HEIGHTS
by Marissa Tomeo - May 21, 2022

The Turbine Theatre has announced a workshop presentation of their new musical adaptation of Emily Brontë's literary classic, 'Wuthering Heights'. At just twenty-five, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama graduate Lizzie Lister wrote and composed this musical with her father, Mick Lister, and cl...


Jaime Lozano to Bring SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Lincoln Center Photo Jaime Lozano to Bring SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Lincoln Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2022

Lozano’s show addresses the meaningful theme of the immigrant experience in the United States through repertoire & arrangements about diversity, inclusion, and building bridges through music and inspiration....


Photos: See Shipp, de Jesús & More at Pop-Up Moondance Diner Food Truck! Photo Photos: See Shipp, de Jesús & More at Pop-Up Moondance Diner Food Truck!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 22, 2021

Netflix brought back the Moondance Diner Food Truck for 1 day only this weekend in celebration of the release of tick, tick...BOOM! The event featured Alexandra Shipp (Cast), Robin de Jesús (Cast), Joshua Henry (Cast), Daphne Rubin-Vega, and special appearances from your favorite Broadway stars.  ...


Photos: Inside Short North Stage's ROCK OF AGES OPENING NIGHT GALA Photo Photos: Inside Short North Stage's ROCK OF AGES OPENING NIGHT GALA
by Jerri Shafer - July 27, 2022

Short North Stage opens its 2022-23 Season with the epic rock musical ROCK OF AGES. It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strips last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Sta...


Rockwood Music Hall to Mark 15th Anniversary With Month Long Celebration in February Photo Rockwood Music Hall to Mark 15th Anniversary With Month Long Celebration in February
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 08, 2020

Rockwood Music Hall announced their 15-Year Anniversary Celebration, set to kick off on February 1, 2020. This milestone will be a month-long celebration of the venue's history and growth since opening its doors in January 2005 and becoming a mainstay of Manhattan's live music scene. Rockwood Music ...


Metropolitan Playhouse Will Present Zero Boy as Johnny Z Photo Metropolitan Playhouse Will Present Zero Boy as Johnny Z
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2020

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents Zero Boy in the persona of Johnny Z, loveable gangster, hosting this week's sonic storytelling and improvisational repartee:...


Alex Brightman, Andrew Kober, F. Michael Haynie and More Will Appear in DREW GASPARIN Photo Alex Brightman, Andrew Kober, F. Michael Haynie and More Will Appear in DREW GASPARINI: ONE LAST TOAST (FOR NOW) at 54 Below
by Stephi Wild - July 14, 2022

54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents One Last Toast (For Now), an evening of music from Drew Gasparini, composer of the Broadway-bound The Karate Kid, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and Skittles Commercial: the Broadway Musical on Monday, July 25th. ...


JAIME LOZANO & THE FAMILIA: SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Feature Liner Notes From Lin-Man Photo JAIME LOZANO & THE FAMILIA: SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT to Feature Liner Notes From Lin-Manuel Miranda and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2020

Broadway Records announced today the release of 'Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant'. Heralded the 'next big thing' on Broadway by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lozano's new album will feature an eclectic collaboration of musical theatre, jazz, Mexican folklore, Tex-Mex, and Latin musicians and...


SOMETHING ROTTEN! Now Available For Licensing From Music Theatre International Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Now Available For Licensing From Music Theatre International
by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2020

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has announced the Broadway hit and Tony winning musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN! is now available for licensing worldwide....


MIDTOWN STAXX: UNPLUGGED to Take Rockwood Music Hall Stage One This Week Photo MIDTOWN STAXX: UNPLUGGED to Take Rockwood Music Hall Stage One This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 27, 2022

Midtown Staxx will play Rockwood Music Hall Stage One on Thursday July 28th at 8pm. Midtown as in Manhattan...Staxx as in Memphis soul. Midtown Staxx is Lisa McQuade and Matthew Doers. ...


SOMETHING ROTTEN! Announced At Wirtz Center Photo SOMETHING ROTTEN! Announced At Wirtz Center
by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2022

It's not easy to compete with William Shakespeare, especially in the early 16th century when the famed playwright was at the top of his game. But the Bottom brothers give it their best shot when they come up with a “Renaissance revolution,” a new kind of show — a musical....


Mandy Gonzalez, Daphne Rubin Vega, and More to Join Jaime Lozano for Virtual Concert Photo Mandy Gonzalez, Daphne Rubin Vega, and More to Join Jaime Lozano for Virtual Concert at Joe's Pub Live
by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2021

Considered by Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to be the 'next big thing' on Broadway, Mexican director, composer, arranger, and orchestrator Jaime Lozano is 'returning' to Joe's Pub on June 24 with a virtual concert as part of its series Joe's Pub Live!, a free series of streamed performances....


Finalists Announced For ALPHA UNSIGNED UK Talent Show Photo Finalists Announced For ALPHA UNSIGNED UK Talent Show
by Stephi Wild - January 26, 2022

New talent show Alpha Unsigned, which is on the hunt for ‘the next big thing’, has announced its finalists.  20 artists and musicians competed in three heats during 2021 and 2022, with eight finalists winning their heats to go to the final at Indigo O2 for the chance to win an incredible £100,000 re...


The Company OnStage To Present A Magical Evening of Selected Works By Ben Plopper Photo The Company OnStage To Present A Magical Evening of Selected Works By Ben Plopper
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2019

Company OnStage presents A Magical Evening of Magical Theater Magic: Selected Works of Ben Plopper, directed by Jonathan Moonen, and produced by special arrangement with Ben Plopper. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays November 7th - 16th 2019, 8:00 pm Sunday, October 20th 2019, 2:00 pm. ...


Emerging Artists To Present Joanna Parson In Solo Show THREE CHORDS OF THE APOCALYPSE Photo Emerging Artists To Present Joanna Parson In Solo Show THREE CHORDS OF THE APOCALYPSE
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2022

Emerging Artists Theatre will present Three Chords of the Apocalypse: A Transcriber's Tale written and performed by Joanna Parson and directed by Aimee Todoroff. The workshop production is part of the 2022 New Work Series. Performance takes place at TADA Theatre in Manhattan on October 13th at 7pm. ...


VIDEO: Watch the TICK, TICK...BOOM! Cast Meet Fans at the Moondance Diner Food Truck Photo VIDEO: Watch the TICK, TICK...BOOM! Cast Meet Fans at the Moondance Diner Food Truck
by Nicole Rosky - November 22, 2021

Netflix brought back the Moondance Diner Food Truck for one day only this weekend in celebration of the release of tick, tick...BOOM! The event featured Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and more....


VIDEO: Florencia Cuenca Releases Mariachi Cover of 'Burn' from HAMILTON Photo VIDEO: Florencia Cuenca Releases Mariachi Cover of 'Burn' from HAMILTON
by A.A. Cristi - June 26, 2020

Mexican actress and singer Florencia Cuenca has released a unique Spanglish mariachi cover of the song 'Burn' from the Broadway musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, part of her new project 'Broadway en Spanglish' with arrangements and music production by Jaime Lozano....


Gucci Mane & 1017 Global Music Drop 'SO ICY CHRISTMAS' Photo Gucci Mane & 1017 Global Music Drop 'SO ICY CHRISTMAS'
by Michael Major - December 17, 2021

GRAMMY® Award-nominated, multi-platinum superstar Gucci Mane and his 1017 Global Music label are releasing their newest compilation album. SO ICY CHRISTMAS brings 17 brand-new tracks celebrating the holidays while showcasing the talent of the booming label that’s earned over 3 billion streams in the...


Mandy Gonzalez, Daphne Rubin Vega, and More to Join Jaime Lozano for Virtual Concert Photo Mandy Gonzalez, Daphne Rubin Vega, and More to Join Jaime Lozano for Virtual Concert at Joe's Pub Live
by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2021

Considered by Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda to be the 'next big thing' on Broadway, Mexican director, composer, arranger, and orchestrator Jaime Lozano is 'returning' to Joe's Pub on June 24 with a virtual concert as part of its series Joe's Pub Live!, a free series of streamed performances....


Rachel Lorin Channels the Wild West in Fearless New Single 'Shoot A Man' Photo Rachel Lorin Channels the Wild West in Fearless New Single 'Shoot A Man'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 04, 2021

A vivid storyteller through song, Lorin has spent her entire life immersed in music. At 12 years old, she sang the national anthem at the U.S. Open and in 2012, she developed an avid fan following when she appeared on Oxygen’s reality show The Next Big Thing: New York....






Videos

Recommended For You