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EVENT CALENDAR: Lillias White a ‘Black-Eyed Pea’; Essence hosts ‘Leadership Summit’; Pussycat Dolls continue search.
*Tony Award winner Lillias White, currently starring as Matron "Mama" Morton opposite Usher in Broadway’s Chicago, will make her debut at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL, in September. White will star in three free musical theatre workshop performances of The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea in the Ravinia's Bennett-Gordon Hall on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 16 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The musical, according to press notes, "is a soulful resetting of the Hans Christian Anderson tale as an African-American fable." For ticket information call (847) 266-5100 or visit www.ravinia.org.
*Essence magazine will host its third annual Women Who Are Shaping the World Leadership Summit on Friday, Oct. 13, at the New York Marriott Marquis. The event explores issues that most profoundly affect black women in the workplace and in their own businesses. Participants this year include Tony winner LaChanze (“The Color Purple”) and Jacque Reid (The Steve Harvey Morning Show). As part of the Summit’s community initiative, Essence will have an on-site silent auction to benefit Dress for Success, a not-for-profit organization that helps disadvantaged women make a transition into the workplace. The Leadership Summit fee includes lunch, all seminars and conference materials. The price for the all-day session is $295. For more information, visit www.essence.com or call 866-903-9242.
*The CW Network continues its nationwide casting call for the upcoming reality series “The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll” (working title) in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 9 at CBS Studio Center (4024 Radford Avenue in Studio City) from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. A newly added casting call in Las Vegas will take place on Sept. 4 at the MGM Grand from 4 to 9 p.m. Producers are looking for diverse young women (ages 18 and over) from all walks of life to showcase female empowerment, self-discovery, personal transformation and their inner Pussycat Doll. One lucky woman will become the newest member. For additional information, including audition requirements, applications and how to submit audition videos, please visit www.cwtv.com. Slated to air during the 2006-07 broadcast season, the nationwide talent hunt continues in Houston (Sept. 15), Atlanta (Sept. 20), Chicago (Sept. 23) and Miami (Sept. 30). Locations and times for each city will be announced soon.
