Billy Williams News

Acclaimed pianist Noah Haidu’s heart-stopping new album Standards II, featuring bassist Buster Williams and Billy Hart, is just out via Sunnyside Records. Haidu’s just back from an April tour and hits the road again in May with stops in Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Oakland and Los Angeles, CA.The new album is a breathtaking masterpiece featuring Haidu with two of the music’s most esteemed players, Buster Williams on bass and Billy Hart on drums.

You can now bid on the opportunity to join Vanessa Williams, Audra McDonald, Billy Porter and more at a private Black Theatre United event! See details about the event.

THE DJANGO will bring another month of stellar jazz by some of the field’s heroes alongside young, emerging artists.

Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today three very special episodes of “Stars In The House” to air LIVE this week, including two shows with matching donations for The Actors Fund, for which the series has raised over $1,123,000 to date.

Black Theatre United releases the new song and video, “Stand for Change,” today in partnership with the Republic Records Action Committee.

Located in the heart of the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, Billy Bob’s Texas first opened its doors in 1981. Since then visitors have enjoyed live entertainment each month when stars from the present and past grace the stages.

Disney+ is bringing together some of the brightest stars in the Star Wars galaxy for the ultimate holiday family reunion, the “LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special.”

A musical tribute to timeless talents Billy Strayhorn and Lee Morgan will be performed on March 11th by the Terell Stafford Quintet on stage at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

a?oeExtra'sa?? Billy Bush sat down with Porter, who weighed in on the latest headlines and opened up about his career.

Billy Crystal, who has a new mobile app called 'Roast 'Em,' stopped by 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' to remember some wild times at Friars Club roasts in the good-old-days. Watch the clip below!

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of trombonist Steve Davis to its Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM) faculty.

Billy Porter was a guest on 'The Wendy Williams Show' on Thursday November 1st. During his interview, Porter dishes about his role on 'American Horror Story' and 'Pose'. Billy goes on to talk  about coming out to his family and reveals why he wrote an op-ed about being sexually abused when he was younger. He also explains why he and his husband only had a 16 day engagement.

Internationally renowned superstar Billy Ray Cyrus will be all over television, online media and radio to promote the return of CMT's hit comedy “Still The King,” premiering Tuesday, July 11 at 10/9c. U

The Richmond Jazz Society and Virginia Repertory Theatre announce Ella at 100, April 25, 2017, 7:00 P.M. at the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre, 114 West Broad Street. This momentous evening of jazz will celebrate the 100th birthday of Ella Fitzgerald, a Newport News native. Hundreds of events are taking place around the world to celebrate her legacy this spring. The Richmond event falls on Fitzgerald's actual birthday.

Billy Dee Williams will portray the 1960's Catskill Mountain resort's bandleader Tito, a role originally played by Charles 'Honi' Coles in the film.

With the first single from her new album, Me, jazz chanteuse Darby Williams honors the late Billy Strayhorn and one of his forgotten masterpieces “No One Knows.”  Marking the 100th anniversary of his birth on November 29th, Williams has teamed with two-time Grammy award winner Peabo Bryson to share her version of a Strayhorn gem that has been neglected for too long.

Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) continues its 2015 schedule with its second visit to the Greater Richmond Convention Center at Wizard World Comic Con Richmond.

Following the passing of his long-time friend and fellow comedic legend, Billy Crystal has penned a script, imagining the late Robin Williams in heaven. You can read it in full below, via Entertainment Weekly:

Many years before he became LANDO CALRISSIAN in two STAR WARS movies and Harvey Dent in BATMAN, a 23 year old Billy Dee Williams recorded this long forgotten album…

Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope in celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting, beginning with a free opening night concert in the David Rubenstein Atrium on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Live From Lincoln Center, the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot two of the first week's concerts by Broadway stars Norm Lewis and Billy Porter in The Appel Room. These performances will be broadcast nationally in the Spring of 2015.