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*Tickets are available to see Smokey Robinson perform at the historic Kennedy Center in Washington next month as part of the 2012 Performance Series of Legends benefit concert for DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Founded in 1974, the high school is the only one inside the Beltway that offers pre-professional arts training and [...]
*Sanaa Lathan and Anthony Mackie are set to host the 43rd NAACP Image Awards, live from the historical Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles tomorrow, Feb. 17. The evening is expected to be a spectacular one with appearances by LL Cool J, Paula Patton, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Jordin Sparks and lots more. And this [...]
*Alicia Keys’ Broadway play Stick Fly will close after just three months following low ticket sales. The production, at Manhattan’s Cort Theatre, scored and co-produced by Keys, will present have its last curtain call on Feb. 26. The show was hit with scathing reviews upon its launch in December and took in just $238,338 last [...]
*What do you think about a remake of an American classic like “Porgy and Bess?” Well, before you squeal in resentment of the idea, David Alan Grier says “Relax. Let it go.” He assures fans the remake is not going to murder the original, it’s just going to be a different version with a few [...]
*Believers within the entertainment industry will gather at the end of the month for what will be an afternoon of honor and faith. TheHELPPPPagency, the first ever “Red-Carpet” event producer in the faith-based community, has partnered with the historical Taglyan Cultural Complex to present GGTH/‘Gospel Goes To Hollywood Awards Luncheon’ celebrating the untold stories of faith in Hollywood Friday, Feb.24, [...]
*Two decades after she made her Broadway debut at the age of 5, singing with the Boys Choir of Harlem, Raven-Symoné returns to the stage as the star of a Broadway musical, reports Deadline.com The actress-singer is set to take over the lead role in the musical Sister Act based on the hit 1992 movie, [...]
*“I hope the album makes an impact on people…reintroduce beauty to another generation,” said Grammy Award winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum about his newest album, “Romance Language.” The project is due to be released on Valentines’ Day on the Mack Avenue/Rendevous imprint. “Romance Language” is basically a remake of the John Coltrane/Johnny Hartmen romantic song collection [...]
*This weekend, GMC premieres its latest televised gospel play, “Sugar Mommas,” only this play was never a traditional production for live audiences. It was produced by GMC as a play specifically for broadcast – and the network is producing seven more gospel plays set to air throughout 2012. Terri J. Vaughn, who stars in “Sugar [...]
“Famed George Lucas is back, 18 years after his last project, to create the 20th Century Fox distributed film Red Tails based on the lives of the first group of black U.S. Airmen from the experimental Tuskegee training program. Red Tails, which arrives in theaters January 20, 2012, is a LucasFilm, LTD presentation and is [...]
*Just after the Martin Luther King Holiday, producers of Broadway’s “The Mountaintop,” a fictional drama set in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on the night before King’s 1968 assassination, have announced that the production has earned back its investment. Producers said Wednesday that the play starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Basset recouped its entire [...]
*The Gospel Music Channel/GMC is set to premiere this year’s most anticipated gospel play “Sugar Mommas” starring Vanessa Williams and Terri J. Vaughn. The cast also includes Lamman Rucker, Tommy Ford, Rachel True and Gospel singer VaShawn Mitchell. “Sugar Mommas” is about sisters Sheila (Vaughn) and Lynn (Williams), who have lived very different lives. Sheila is [...]
*If you’ve never seen Anna Deavere Smith perform one of her one-woman plays, PBS is giving you the chance to see her latest production, “Let Me Down Easy,” in its entirety. Airing Friday (Jan. 13) at 9 p.m. as part of its Great Performances series, “Let Me Down Easy” has the Baltimore-born actress, playwright, teacher, [...]
*I was invited to the Los Angeles opening night of the three-time Tony Award winning musical Fela! and witnessed a powerful musical presentation of one man’s search for artistic freedom in a militantly run Nigeria. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was played wonderfully in the musical by Sahr Ngaujah. Presented by Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Shawn “Jay-Z” [...]
*For those who can’t get to Broadway for the Tony Award-winning rock musical Memphis, PBS is bringing the production to you through a Feb. 24, 2012 airing of its “Great Performances” series. Filmed live at the Shubert Theatre with the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover, Memphis has a Tony-winning [...]
*After an eight-year hiatus, Fall 2012 will mark the return of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company, a beacon of excellence in the performing arts community for more than 40 years. Along with a world-class school that trains young people in classical ballet and the allied arts, the organization boasts a professional ballet company of [...]
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