SARA BAREILLES

Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper and Beck will be among those performing in tribute to Joni Mitchell when she’s honored as the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy.

A musical about Neil Diamond has found the polished theater gem who will play the icon onstage.

Keenan Scott II made his Broadway acting debut this week in “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” which is a remarkable milestone.

Growing up in Chicago, Broadway star Brittney Mack faithfully watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV after fulfilling her own parade duties.

A host of musical artists will join an online concert next month to benefit environmental causes.

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return to its pre-pandemic form this year, with its route restored through Manhattan, high-flying helium balloons once again pulled by handlers and crowds welcomed back to cheer them on.

Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda welcomed back boisterous audiences to “Wicked,” “The Lion King” and “Hamilton” for the first time since the start of the pandemic, marking Tuesday as the unofficial return of Broadway.

The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises, including a sweet sending off for the departing “Pose” and a shrug of the shoulders at the popular “Lupin.”.

The musical “Waitress” may have closed on Broadway in January 2020 but it’s coming back — with Sara Bareilles leading the way.

Michael Kors loves fashion, but he also loves the Broadway theater.

NEW YORK Sara Bareilles will be acting against type in her next role: She'll be playing a washed-up musician. The NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock said Monday the Grammy-winning artist and Broadway songwriter Bareilles will star in Girls5eva, co-produced by Tina Fey. The comedy is about a one-hit-wonder girl group called Girls5eva from the 1990s whose members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. Recently, she served as executive producer for Little Voice, a 10-episode series, for which she created the original music. Fey will be an executive producer.

Heres a collection curated by The Associated Press entertainment journalists of whats arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called it essential to Miranda disciples. After the film's June debut was postponed in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests, it lands on Hulu on Friday. AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSIC The Chicks: After changing their name and recording their first album in 14 years, Grammy-winning country trio The Chicks will release their new album, Gaslighter, on Friday. AP Music Editor Mesfin FekaduTELEVISIONThe documentary Showbiz Kids promises a candid look at the high risk, high reward careers of child actors, with perspective from those who have been there.

Sara Bareilles' Little Voice is about to get a little bit louder. In ET's exclusive sneak peek from the series, Bess is parked by the arch in Greenwich Village's Washington Square Park when she begins to strum the opening chords of Amy Winehouse's "Valerie" as she busks for passersby. Bess returns to her guitar, strumming the opening chords again to "Valerie" and starting to sing the Winehouse song. Little Voice premieres Friday, July 10 on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes, before dropping new episodes weekly. RELATED CONTENT:Sara Bareilles Debuts 'Little Voice' Theme Song in First TeaserSara Bareilles Reveals She's 'Fully Recovered' After Contracting CoronavirusSara Bareilles Pokes Fun at Her EGOT Losses in the Best Way PossibleExclusiveExclusiveImageBylinePhiliana NgWed, 07/08/2020 - 11:57

FILE - In this April 10, 2014, file photo, actor Nick Cordero attends the after-party for the opening night of "Bullets Over Broadway" in New York. Tony Award-nominated actor Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this April 10, 2014, file photo, actor Nick Cordero attends the after-party for the opening night of "Bullets Over Broadway" in New York. Tony Award-nominated actor Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. Cordero died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots.

Sara Bareilles is bringing her musical talents to Apple TV+'s upcoming musical drama, Little Voice. On Friday, Apple TV+ dropped the first teaser for Little Voice, accompanied by the titular theme song written and performed by Bareilles, who is a GRAMMY winner and Tony and Emmy nominee. "Little Voice," Bareilles revealed on Twitter, was a song she wrote when she was in her mid-20s, and only now will it finally see the light of day. I wrote LITTLE VOICE when I was 24 years old and it has been sitting as a demo ever since. Little Voice drops Friday, July 10 on Apple TV+.

The 2018 Tony Awards are in the books. Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban hosted the 72nd annual awards show from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, for the first time. The two joked that the key to hosting the Tonys was never winning any awards. And Bareilles upheld her losing streak at the Tonys after being nominated for a song she wrote for "SpongeBob SquarePants." "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 and 2" won six awards, including best play and best director.

Pop music is changing the landscape of Broadway, but it's not just songs you already know by heart. More and more artists are composing original songs for the stage. That includes pop star Sara Bareilles, who has earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score for her performance in "Waitress."