“In the history of this festival, there has never been a time like we’re in now,” Executive Producer Jay Sweet said in a statement. “A global pandemic shuttering our plans to congregate before quickly shifting into the biggest civil rights movement in over 50 years. Many of our lives have drastically changed, financially, emotionally and/or irrevocably. It has been painful for many of us, on the front lines fighting the pandemic, on the front lines fighting social injustice and especially for those losing loved ones along the way.” … [Read more...] about Newport Folk Festival Goes Virtual With Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Phoebe Bridgers and More
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Kristian Bush on Joyous New LP Born of Tragedy: It’s ‘Sunshine Into a Cave’
What’s your relationship like with Jennifer now?We don’t communicate as much as we used to, because of just life and babies . . . I remember asking her, “Do you want help [on your album]?” And she was like, ‘No, we can’t do that because then we’d make a Sugarland record.” Oh yeah, you’re right! So, the nature of it right now is me so proud that she’s chasing a dream. This thing on Broadway [Nettles is starring as Roxie Hart in Chicago], she’s been chasing for a long time. I’ve listened to a lot of “no”s happen on the other side of phone calls next to your friend in a car. It’s hard to hear someone go through that kind of disappointment. So to watch her triumphantly do it, it’s a big deal. … [Read more...] about Kristian Bush on Joyous New LP Born of Tragedy: It’s ‘Sunshine Into a Cave’
‘American Auto’: Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz & Humphrey Ker Join Justin Spitzer’s NBC Comedy Pilot
Washington will next be seen in the Ryan Murphy Fox series Ratched, starring Sarah Paulson and Cynthia Nixon, as well as the Ryan Murphy produced Boys in the Band, directed by Joe Mantello at Netflix. He’ll be reprising his role from the 2018 Broadway performance, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Washington was most recently seen in Signature Theatre’s revival of Anna Deavere Smith’s landmark 1992 one-person-show Fires In The Mirror. He is repped by WME and Anonymous Content. … [Read more...] about ‘American Auto’: Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz & Humphrey Ker Join Justin Spitzer’s NBC Comedy Pilot
