UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, March 28, 2015 8:00PM

Don’t Miss a Hot Night in Brooklyn at New Jack Swing 2015 with Blackstreet featuring Teddy Riley and Dave Hollister, Guy, & special guest El DeBarge — PLUS… Music by The Finisher Mister Cee!

Three exciting old school acts come to Brooklyn’s all new Kings Theatre on Saturday, March 28 at 8pm. Enjoy the classic New Jack Swing sound along with contemporary hits from the groups that started it all.

More About this Unique New Venue:

The historic Kings Theatre has reopened its doors in 2015 as one of New York’s premier performing arts venues. Originally designed by Rapp & Rapp in 1929, the Kings Theatre was one of the five Loew’s Wonder Theatres built in New York and New Jersey during that period. Featuring high curved ceilings, ornate plaster walls, wood paneling, pink marble, and a glazed terra-cotta ornamental façade, the classic 20th-century movie palace was inspired by the French Renaissance Revival style of the Palace of Versailles and the Paris Opera House. The venue’s $93.9 million redevelopment project revives the historic structure’s original splendor and has transformed the Theatre into a state-of-the-art facility with over 3,000 seats — the largest of its kind in Brooklyn.

The Kings Theatre is located at 1027 Flatbush Avenue, between Tilden & Duryea in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 8:00PM

THE ORIGINAL ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS COMEDY SHOW RETURNS!

The Hot 97 April Fools Comedy Show presented by Carolines on Broadway returns to the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, April 1 at 8pm. Enjoy an ALL-STAR line up of talented comedians!

Hosts Shawn and Marlon Wayans are joined by Sinbad, Lavell Crawford, Jay Pharoah, Donnell Rawlings, Rob Stapleton, and Deon Cole for one supreme night of laughter!

Click Here for Directions & Parking info for the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

The Theater @ MSG is located at 7th Avenue bet. West 31st & West 33rd Sts in NYC.

Friday, May 8, 2015 8:00PM

Special Long Island Show: The Mother’s Day Weekend Concert with The Whispers & Stephanie Mills!

The legendary R&B group The Whispers and award-winning songstress Stephanie Mills take the stage for a special Mother’s Day Weekend concert Mom is sure to love. Kick of your Mother’s Day celebration on Friday night, May 8th at 8pm at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury
960 Brush Hollow Road
Westbury, NY 11590

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Sunday, May 10, 2015 8:00PM

This Mother’s Day… take Mom to see The Whispers & The Temptations Review!

Sunday, May 10th make it a Mother’s Day to remember. Celebrate Mother’s Day with two legendary R&B acts… The Whispers and The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards performing at Newark Symphony Hall at 8pm.

Saturday, May 30, 2015 8:00PM

Turn back time and turn up the Music at the 70s Soul Jam!

On Saturday night May 30 at 8pm, reminisce 70’s style with The Stylistics, Heatwave, Rose Royce, Peaches & Herb, and Three Degrees at NYCB Theatre at Westbury.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury
960 Brush Hollow Road
Westbury, NY 11590

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Friday, June 5, 2015 8:00PM

A Special Long Island Show with Multiple Grammy Winner Gladys Knight and The Spinners!

Catch the award winning “Empress of Soul” Gladys Knight along with R&B and pop chart toppers, The Spinners at NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Friday, June 5th at 8pm.

NYCB Theatre at Westbury
960 Brush Hollow Road
Westbury, NY 11590

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

From Curbed.com | By Spencer Peterson

Two years ago to the day that New York City embarked on a $94 million restoration of the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Flatbush, the institution reopened its doors and reclaimed its standing as Brooklyn’s largest theater. The restoration was painstaking: when it began in 2013, the theater had already been sitting vacant for four decades, a time during which looters plundered everything that wasn’t bolted down (and most of the things that were), and nature found its way into the neglected structure. “The carpets used to kind of squish when you walked around,” Jeff Greene of EverGreene Architectural Arts said recalling the building in its pre-restoration state, when, during inclement weather, water would gush through the ceiling, down the balconies, and pool amidst the theater seats.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

FROM NYTIMES.COM – JAN. 22, 2015

By NATE CHINEN

Entering the homestretch of the memorial concert “Friends of Jeff Golub,” which ran the better part of four hours at the B. B. King Blues Club on Wednesday night, the keyboardist Jason Miles offered an encomium, brief and to the point. “Whatever he did, whether it was smooth or it was blues, there was a commitment,” he said of Mr. Golub, a crisp and stylistically fluid guitarist who died on Jan. 1 at 59.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Review by Faith Robinson, TheHotZoneUSA.com
Photo Credit: Kat Gilraine

When it comes to dinner cruises, no-one does it better than Smooth Jazz New York. They offer a weekly excursion on one of the most exquisite yachts in New York City, a delectable cuisine to suit every palate and the hottest jazz artists in the music industry today. Last week THZ was honored to sail the Hudson River aboard the Hornblower Infinity serenaded by the smooth sounds of the R&B and jazz great, Will Downing.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Review and photos by Keshia Graham, TheHotZoneUSA.com

What a wonderful evening we had here in The Hot Zone, aboard the new Hornblower Infinity cruise ship. This night was definitely one to remember.


The cruise ship has 3 floors of fun, a top, front and back deck with an exciting view of the Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey skylines and the perfect seating areas of your choice. The main floor is equipped with a general and VIP seating area, the buffet and bar section and the performance stage. The second floor has an open center area with seating around the open view so that you can embrace the stage at a higher glance. The third level is an outside area where you can sip on a margarita and hear the sound of the ocean and the music from inside.