Gregory Hines News

The ever charming Brian Stokes Mitchell is the Tony Award winning stage star of Ragtime. He is also a renowned recording star and is the president of the Actor's Fund of America. We take you back to 1994 when we caught up with Stokes during his run in the Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman to talk about stepping into that show and replacing Gregory Hines in Jelly's last jam.

After a hiatus of 3 years, The Astaire Awards will once again recognize excellence in dance on both stage and film.

Further casting has been announced for the two night only concert version of the smash hit London musical Jerry Springer The Opera which will play Carnegie Hall for two nights only on January 29 and 30, 2008. Joining Harvey Keitel are Max von Essen, Emily Skinner, Linda Balgord, Lawrence Clayton, Luke Grooms, Sean Jennes, Patricia Phillips, Sam Kitchin and Laura Shoop.

In a stroke of good-timing for Broadway fans, Reba McEntire, who's new 'Reba Duets' album just hit #1 on the Billboard Charts, will be joining Brian Stokes Mitchell for his debut concert at Carnegie Hall on October 15. Click in for the scoop on what audiences can expect from this almost-sold out event!

'Blues in the Night,' now playing 8-weeks at San Francisco's Post Street Theatre, offers an evening from the loneliest pages of the American song-book performed by three stunning ladies in a dimly-lit hotel.

Scott Siegel's summer series came to a close with a dazzling display of song and dance from Broadway's brightest.

Tony Award winning choreographer Dr. Henry LeTang, who choreographed the movies Tap, Bojangles, and The Cotton Club, died last week in a Las Vegas hospital.

Ben Vereen is making his cabaret debut at Feinstein's at the Regency.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present the NY Premiere of Split Ends, a multi-media, multidisciplinary solo performance piece written and performed by Dr. Venus Opal Reese, and directed by Liesl Tommy

San Francisco's PBS affiliate, KQED TV9 and DT9, has several great up-coming Broadway and theatre-related broadcasts planned for the month of December, including Great Performances of 'Kiss Me, Kate' and 'Cinderella,' plus Audra McDonald Live at Lincoln Center!

Andy's eye-catching Broadway stunts have included swinging on jungle vines, kicking up his high heels and flying ominously through Oz and Transylvania.

San Francisco's PBS affiliate has a great collection of theatre-related specials for the month of August, including the 3-part 'Broadway Lost Treasures' series and 'Liza with a Z.'

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn Lipuma, Executive Director) announces complete casting for SEVEN GUITARS, the first play of its 2006-2007 three-play tribute to the works of August Wilson.

Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn Lipuma, Executive Director) announces complete casting for SEVEN GUITARS, the first play of its 2006-2007 three-play tribute to the works of August Wilson.

Broadway Veteran and Tap Sensation Savion Glover will perform at the 2006 JVC Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2006

Award winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford will make his Broadway debut as director of the new musical, Leap of Faith, to premiere in the 2007-2008 season.

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The dance musical Hot Feet, with songs by Earth, Wind and Fire's Maurice White and direction and choreography by Maurice Hines, will play a try-out in D.C. before opening at Broadway's Hilton Theatre in April

Tap dance legend Fayard Nicholas, one half of the Nicholas Brothers, has passed away at the age of 91

PRODUCER Performer Joins Bravo Broadway for Two Productions