Robert White News

Haul out the holly! The York Theatre Company and Riki Kane Larimer will present the special holiday benefit cabaret Broadway’s Great American Songbook: The Holiday Gala hosted by 5-time Grammy Award nominee Michael Feinstein with Master of Ceremonies Gerry McIntyre, York’s Associate Artistic Director.

Following on from the success of Britain's Got Talent 2018 and his debut comedy tour in 2019, the unique and hilarious musical comedian Robert White is hitting the road in 2020 with a brand new show a?" The Tank Top Tour - TAKE 2 - and has added a London date at The Bloomsbury Theatre in June.

Following on from the success of Britain's Got Talent 2018 and his debut comedy tour in 2019, the unique and hilarious musical comedian Robert White is hitting the road in 2020 with a brand new show a?" The Tank Top Tour - TAKE 2.

Incoming New York University (NYU) opera student Mheco Manlangit will share the role of tragic heroine, Maria Clara, with soprano Bianca Lopez when the popular opera 'Noli Me Tangere, The Opera' returns anew to the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) for one-weekend-only this June 21-23, 2019.

Multiple Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer Tom Kirdahy was presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for 'Outstanding Achievement In Commercial Theater Producing' at a reception at Sardi's on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

Between 1-25 August at Laughing Horse venue Espionage in Edinburgh, award-winning comedian Joe Bor tells the story of the friendship between his grandad - world-renowned town planner Walter Bor - and his grandad's best friend - world-renowned comedy actor Herbert Lom - and their journey from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to the UK.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, in partnership with Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, At-Large Councilmember Robert White, Jr. and the D.C. Department of Employment Services, opens its doors for the 12th semi-annual D.C. Career Fair Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Mead Center (1101 Sixth St., SW). Throughout the past five years, Arena Stage has partnered with more than 100 participating organizations and served a combined total of nearly 8,000 community members by hosting regular career fairs.

The Corinthian Singers, under the direction of Music Director, Alistair Knight, presents Big Byrd and Friends on Saturday 6 April at 7pm. The Corinthians joined by special guests, Musick for Severall Friends, will highlight some of the great vocal music of the Renaissance.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announces a special post-show political forum for its production of the Tony and Olivier Award-nominated drama Frost/Nixon. Following the 2pm performance of Frost/Nixon on Saturday, February 2 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, audiences are invited to discuss the history and current relevance of the Watergate scandal with Dr. Theodore Glasser of Stanford University and Dr. Terri Bimes of University of California Berkeley in a conversation moderated by Cameron Wells, the assistant director of Frost/Nixon. Glasser, a professor emeritus of Communication whose research specializes in media practices and press accountability, and Bimes, a lecturer and Assistant Director of Research for the Institute of Governmental Studies who teaches about the presidency, will bring their unique perspectives to this free political forum, open to audience members and community members.

The recipients of NATPE's 16th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards are comedian and media mogul Byron Allen, producer and writer, Mara Brock Akil, former Chairman of NBC EntertainmentRobert Greenblatt, actress, singer and dancer Rita Moreno, award winning actress and comedian Betty White and actor Henry Winkler. They will receive the prestigious award at a special reception on Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at the Eden Roc in Miami Beach. The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award is presented each year during the annual NATPE Miami Marketplace & Conference, which will take place from January 22 to 24, 2019, at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

Sean Panikkar is a tenor who appears in leading opera roles around the world. He is also a member of the crossover tenor trio, Forte, as a result of his foray into the world of America's Got Talent. This month he sings the role of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Philip Glass's SATYAGRAHA at Los Angeles Opera.

BroadwayWorld has a first look at The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC)'s New York Regional Premiere of FUN HOME, playing through October 28, 2018. Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical, FUN HOME's story centers around graphic novelist Alison. When her father dies unexpectedly, Alison dives into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, in partnership with Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman, At-Large Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. and the D.C. Department of Employment Services, opens its doors for the 12th semi-annual D.C. Career Fair Friday, October 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Mead Center (1101 Sixth St., SW). Throughout the past five years, Arena Stage has partnered with more than 100 participating organizations and served a combined total of nearly 8,000 community members by hosting regular career fairs.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) has announced the cast for the New York Regional Premiere of FUN HOME, playing October 12-28, 2018. Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical, FUN HOME's story centers around graphic novelist Alison. When her father dies unexpectedly, Alison dives into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life.

The Epstein Theatre today reveals an exciting array of entertainment for its autumn/winter 2018 season with a jam-packed programme taking audiences through until the new year.

Some of the best names in live stand-up take to the stage at The Epstein Theatre this September when the hilarious Our RITA's Comedy Festival Gala comes to the venue on Sunday 16 September.

Robert White wowed the judges and viewers alike with his fast-paced comedy routines when he made the finals on this year's Britain's Got Talent. He is now set to bring all that fun you saw on the TV live across the country as he announces his debut UK tour: The Tank Top Tour.  With a suitcase full of his trademark vests, Robert will be travelling the UK with his unique, musical stand-up to 31 venues between February and April 2019.

The Pleasance is a place for experiences and, this year, marks Pleasance's boldest programme yet. From the funny to the sorrowful, the political to the magical, the Pleasance has always been a place for incredible stories and 2018 takes this tradition to a new level.

World premieres of an oratorio about the Underground Railroad that sets narratives of slaves running for freedom and their lives, and a work that sets poems calling for peace in Farsi, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and English: Sanctuary Road, music by Paul Moravec and text by Mark Campbell based upon the writings of William Still, a conductor for the Underground Railroad; and We Are One for chorus and orchestra by Behzad Ranjbaran, both completed within the last year, will be given their first performances by the Oratorio Society of New York (OSNY) led by Music Director Kent Tritle as the culminating concert of the OSNY's 145th season on Monday, May 7, 2018, at Carnegie Hall.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, in partnership with Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman and At-Large Councilmember Robert White, Jr. opens its doors for the eleventh D.C. Career Fair Friday, April 27, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Mead Center (1101 Sixth St., SW). Throughout the past four years, Arena Stage has partnered with over 100 participating organizations and served a combined total of more than 7,500 community members by hosting regular career fairs.