Jared Martin News

The Cole Porter classic 'Kiss Me, Kate' comes in hot as it makes its grand return to the Mac-Haydn Theatre for the first time in a decade.

'Urinetown' makes its debut at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, running July 7-17. Planned for the Mac-Haydn's 2020 season (but postponed due to COVID), the production is two years in the making.

The Mac-Haydn Theatre will present A CHORUS LINE from June 23 through July 3, 2022, kicking off their 53rd season in Chatham.

Hope Summer Repertory Theatre begins rehearsals today for their 2021 outdoor season! The company was established at Hope College in 1972 and is entering their 49th Season after canceling their 2020 season due to COVID-19 and gaining approval from Actors' Equity Association to present live performances this summer.

It was a magical night at the SoLuna Studio as the exceptional cast of 'Pippin' graced the stage, sang and danced in the aisles, and at times, wound up performing in our laps. Composer Stephen Schwartz' masterpiece is brought to life by a talented bunch of young actors and actresses who are certainly on their way to Broadway. Not only does this energetic cast perform the entire 1972 Broadway musical with great gusto and pride but they also created an exceptional circus atmosphere, reminiscent of the 2013 Broadway revival, which brought 'Pippin' to a whole new exciting level.

In the golden years of Original Pilipino Music (OPM), during the '70s and early '80s, the singer behind the hit songs was king, and so was balladeer Basil Valdez, one of the most enduring music icons from the Philippines. Valdez, now 64, is set to hold a rare concert appearance in New York City on Sunday, September 18, at 5 p.m. at Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel (135-20 39th Avenue, Flushing, N.Y.). His concert is aptly billed as 'Basil Valdez: Ngayon at Kailanman.'

The HBO series GAME OF THRONES, SILICON VALLEY and VICE PRINCIPALS and the CINEMAX series OUTCAST are confirmed for panels andautograph sessions at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2016.

The Ridgefield Playhouse Film Society Screenwriters Film Series brings actor Treat Williams and writer/director Robert Mrazek for a screening of the humorous and moving film “The Congressman” followed by a Q&A hosted by Ira Joe Fisher, on Friday, November 6 at 7:30pm. 

Lani Misalucha, known for her star-turning main showroom concerts on the Las Vegas Strip, which earned her the moniker "Siren of the Strip" and Best Singer (Staff Pick) award in Las Vegas Review Journal's "27th Annual Best of Las Vegas" poll, will make her concert debut at The Town Hall in New York City on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 4 p.m., alongside her special guest, promising young tenor Jared Martin.

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and School of Theatre Arts presents Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day from tonight, April 24 - May 3.

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and School of Theatre Arts presents Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day from April 24 - May 3.

Synergy Production and Marketing Inc., founded by husband and wife team Ronald and Grace Labaguis, to promote emerging Filipino-American artists and performers in the East Coast, successfully wrapped up its maiden project, a concert billed as 'An Evening of Original Philippine Music with Cecile Azarcon and Sounds of Manila,' featuring musical direction by Lorrie Ilustre, held Sunday, April 27, at Symphony Space on 95th Street and Broadway.

Cecile Azarcon, esteemed Original Philippine Music (OPM) composer-lyricist, and premier local band Sounds of Manila (SOM), together with renowned musical director-arranger Lorrie Ilustre, are set to fill up the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway and 95th Street) via their concert titled 'An Evening of Original Philippine Music with Cecile Azarcon and Sounds of Manila' on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m.

Filipino-American singers Jared Martin, 21, and Tiffany Viray, 17, are poised to lend their singing flair to the upcoming tribute concert to Original Philippine Music (OPM) composer-lyricist Cecile Azarcon billed as 'An Evening of Original Philippine Music with Cecile Azarcon and Sounds of Manila' at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway and 95th Street) on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m.

Showband singers Arnel Arcedo and Tony Gado have been announced to join Original Philippine Music (OPM) icons Cecile Azarcon and Lorrie Ilustre, and multi-award winning band Sounds of Manila, in a one-night-only concert, featuring an all-OPM repertoire, at Symphony Space in Upper West Side Manhattan April 27.

While the Filipino food pancit, lumpia, and balut are slowly breaking into mainstream America, Original Philippine Music (OPM) should not be too far behind—food and music go well together anyway, which has inspired Synergy Productions and Marketing Inc. to stage the concert “An Evening of Original Philippine Music with Cecile Azarcon and Sounds of Manila” at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway and 95th Street) on Sunday, April 27, at 7 p.m.

Heroism and excellence in the nursing profession won the predominantly Filipino American audience that gave a well-deserved standing ovation to NYU Langone nurse Menchu De Luna Sanchez--superstorm Sandy's hero nurse--when she personally received her The Oustanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) award from Deputy Consul General Zaldy Patron and Southern District of New York Judge Lorna Schofield at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall Saturday night.

Even before they hit the stage for Lipscomb University Theatre's production of Hairspray, it's pretty clear that cast members Justin Tays, Luciano Vignola, Jared Martin and Sydni Hayes truly are 'the nicest kids in town.'