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*Is Wendy Williams is picking up and moving her show to the Windy City? No, actually she’s not, but she is going to be a part of the long-running musical “Chicago.” The talkshow diva will take over the role of “Matron ‘Mama’” as the musical continues to attract audiences at the Ambassador Theatre. Can we [...]
*It’s finally coming to a city near you. The one-man show that’s been talked about for quite sometime. “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” is hitting the road and will touchdown in 36-cities and will be stopping in Indianapolis, the same city that put him behind bars when he was accused of raping a young beauty pageant [...]
*“My sister and I ran across my mother and my fathers’ journals and the things we read, we were like, ‘whoa, these are things we didn’t know,’” Zeola Gaye tells EURweb publisher Lee Bailey, as we continue with Part 2 of the illuminating interview. As the new stage play, “My Brother Marvin,” continues its trek around [...]
*One of R&B’s greatest singers is being remembered in a new theatrical drama, “My Brother Marvin,” based on the book by the same name. It’s the untold story of Marvin Gaye’s relationship with his family, as told by sister Zeola “Sweetsie” Gaye. “Through the years, I became taken aback and disappointed with everything that had [...]
*It maybe getting cold in New York, but the stage is going to get hot at the historical New Victory Theater in Times Square this month. Black Violin‘s Broadway show is right in the heart of all the action. For the past decade, this exceptional duo has been my “passion project” (in addition to my endeavors [...]
*Usher is keeping his image fresh with new, inventive ways to catch the fans’ attention. Recently, the singer debuted a few songs from his latest album by dancing to it on an off-Broadway play, “Fuerza Bruta: Look Up.” “Fuerza Bruta” is the fast-paced and acrobatic play in which the audience stands as performers dance and [...]
*“True Blood” star Rutina Wesley and “Glee” standout Jonathan Groff have been cast in the Off-Broadway production of The Submission, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The MMC Theater production is a play within a play with a twist: Character Shaleeha G’ntamobi’s play about an alcoholic black mother and her card shark son trying to get [...]
*LOS ANGELES - Writer-Director Don B. Welch returns to the L.A. stage with the comedy-drama stage production of The Divorce, Saturday, June 18th – 8pm and Sunday, June 19th -7pm. – The Wilshire Ebell Theater. The stellar cast is led by DAWNN LEWIS (“A Different World”, “Hangin With Mr. Copper” & “The Secret Life of [...]
*Angie Stone is one of those artists who comes out with something every once in a while, stays low-key, and then tries something else. Well, that’s exactly what’s happening now. The artist is sort of putting her singing on hold to nurture her other passion in acting. “Acting was my first love. This was the [...]
*Those of you that are playing XBox out there or your Nintendo whatever and/or your Wii systems, take time to say goodbye to the one and only Gerald A. Lawson. Lawson came up with the first cartridge played game and now there are tons of them. So, if you are enjoying your game while you [...]
*Beginning in November, Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett will begin her run as a conflicted pastor in the world premiere of Pastoral, a play by Frank Tangredi, as part of California’s Pasadena Playhouse’s 2011-12 season, the company announced this week. In the drama, according to Pasadena Playhouse, “Pastor Emily has a dark secret, hidden from [...]
*”The Scottsboro Boys,” a musical based on the real story of nine black teenagers framed for rape and wrongfully put on death row, will close Dec. 12 on Broadway, reports the AP. Producers said Tuesday the show, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, will have played 49 performances and 29 previews. It marks the final [...]
*Los Angeles — Recently, actors J.D. Hall and Ted Lange sat down with Mario Hemsley and Victor Allen of Pax Stereo TV in an exclusive interview to discuss a new riveting play “Let Freedom Ring”written/produced by and starring Ted Lange (Isaac in Love Boat), set to open at The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, on [...]
*Los Angeles, CA — Caryn Ward, best known as the feisty Sunbeam Erica Harrison on three seasons of “THE GAME”, reprises her role in Donald Welch’s megahit stage play “The Bachelorette Party.” Ward, an original cast member of the play which first premiered in 2006 (the same year powerhouse Will Smith optioned the property), portrays [...]
*Good news for fans of the high-top fade and the funky Charleston. Kid and Play have reunited with plans on resurrecting hip-hop’s golden era party vibe at a concert venue near you. The re-teaming of Christopher “Kid” Reid and Christopher “Play” Martin comes more than a decade since the duo rode a wave of popularity [...]
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