Broadway Box Office Keeps Warm At $30M; ‘Oklahoma!’, ‘Slave Play’ Leave On High Notes

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For his new LP5, John Moreland went big. The acclaimed Oklahoma singer-songwriter's 11-song set, out Feb. 7 and premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Feb. 6), was produced by Matt Pence and represents the fullest sonic footprint Moreland has made on any of his solo albums.

Casii Stephan tried to write a silly love song -- but, with apologies to Paul McCartney, couldn't. That's how the Tulsa, Okla., singer and songwriter wound up with "Trapeze Artist," her fifth single, premiering exclusively below in front of its Feb.

The inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival will be held June 6-7 in Pryor, Oklahoma, and include notable artists from the outlaw, Texas and Red Dirt country music scene. Willie Nelson and Hank Williams Jr. are scheduled as headliners for the music and camping experience, which will be held at the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds.

Anyone paying attention to Brad Pitt lately will have been watching a new man. So often seen as a serious, quiet and standoffish character during his marriage to Angelina Jolie, the Oklahoma-born star has cut a much more relaxed figure of late.

Willie Nelson and Hank Williams Jr. will headline the inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival, which promoter AEG Presents describes as a “new outlaw, Texas and Red Dirt country music and camping experience” taking place at the Pryor Creek Music Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma over the weekend of June 6-7, with a pre-festival party happening on June 5.

The second season of "Broadway in Hollywood" is bringing seven Broadway shows to Hollywood Boulevard's Hollywood Pantages and Dolby theaters this upcoming season.Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Tootsie, Oklahoma!, The Cher Show, Aida, Pretty Woman: The Musical and The Lion King will all be included in the 2020-2021 season of productions running from Nov. 3, 2020 through Jan.

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Broadway’s “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” will be making its Los Angeles debut at the tail end of Broadway in Hollywood upcoming 2020-2021 season, set to play the Pantages Theatre from Oct 13, 2021-Jan 2, 2022.

Porn star Jesse Jane has been arrested on a charge of domestic violence.

E! has greenlit “The Bradshaw Bunch” (working title), a comedic docuseries headlined by NFL legend, broadcaster and actor Terry Bradshaw for premiere later this summer.

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Sometimes mourning the death of a hero means looking back on all the things that made that person great. Perhaps a sense of closure and celebration will come to Kobe Bryant fans when ESPN replays the legendary shooting guard's final game before he retired in the spring of 2016. Look for Bryant's farewell performance Monday, Jan. 27, at 9/8c on ESPN. The Big Monday matchup between Oklahoma State and Kansas that had been scheduled in this time slot will now air on ESPN2, the network announced.

Kodak Black could be released from prison on August 14, 2022, according to a TMZ report. The rapper pled guilty to federal weapons charges in August 2019 and was sentenced to 46 months in prison the following November.

Amid the younger acts celebrated at the Grammy Awards will be a much older duo: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

It's been five years since we've gotten new music from James Taylor, but on Thursday (Jan. 23), the singer-songwriter announced that his 19th studio album, American Standard, will drop on Feb. 28 via Fantasy Records.