Mary Wilson News

What did our critic think of AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS at Golden Gate Theater, SF?

Coming this Saturday: Mark Frangione, the Owner/Chef of the popular restaurant The Pelican Café, is hosting a private, invitation-only cocktail party and book-signing celebrating the publication of The Contemporary Singer's Blueprint: From Amateur to Professional and Beyond written by popular cabaret star Jill Switzer.

Watch The Temptations’ journey through the limelight and witness them change the music industry forever. Origin story, history lesson, live concert–this is AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. Music Hall at Fair Park. September 6-18.

South Florida and New York audiences know Jill Switzer as the Songstress of the Great American Songbook. Local fans know her as a spokesmodel, one-half of the Legends Radio Morning Lounge with Jill and Rich, and a regular entertainer on Palm Beach County's top stages.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre and the producers of the Broadway smash hit musical AIN'T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS have announced  full casting for the First National Tour coming to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre September 20 – October 2.

Cotuit Center for the Arts has announced its schedule for Summer Family Programming on the Outdoor Stage! The theatre has four exciting activities to choose from, with weekly performances Tuesdays–Fridays at 10:30am beginning on July 5th and running through September 2nd.

Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose has taken to Instagram to share a behind the scenes look at her road to the Tonys! Watch here!

Summer starts at Cape Rep's Outdoor Theater on June 28th with our Summer Children's Show Series.

As BroadwayWorld reported this morning, Broadway has found a Tonys host in Ariana DeBose! The Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee will host the 75th Annual Tony Awards from the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

The Tony Awards announced today that Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee, Ariana DeBose (West Side Story, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) will host the 75th Annual Tony Awards from the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday, June 12, 2022 (8:00 – 11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00 – 8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+. 

 Jazz pianist Dr. Art Topilow and vocalist Deb Lyons will team up at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24 to present a varied program of popular music and standards with selections from Gershwin, Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer to Carole King.  

Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ariana DeBose discuss the first time they met during Bring Bring It On: The Musical, their recent projects including West Side Story, tick, tick...BOOM! and Encanto, plus more! 

From Ain't No Mountain High Enough to Stop, In the Name of Love, you'll want to be there when the music of DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES hits The Encore stage this month!

Temptations Moves and Music Magnified in Broadway National Tour. AIN'T TOO PROUD - THE LIFE and TIMES of the TEMPTATIONS is captivating Broadway's Musical Lovers. Don't miss this gifted cast and Tony Award winning Musical. Direct from Broadway company are Marcus Paul James as Otis Williams and Elijah Ahmed Lewis as David Ruffin. The cast features James T Lane as Paul, Jalen Harris as Eddie Kendricks, and Harrell Holmes Jr. as Melvin Franklin. The National Tour is currently running till 2023. For more info visit www.Ainttooproud.com

Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center announces the return of “One Night Only' for the 16th year on November 9, 2022 at the McCallum Theatre produced by Michael Childers with returning director Scott Coulter and music director Todd Schroeder. The theme this year is “New York/New York” in all its glory from Harlem and the Cotton Club to Broadway and 42nd Street to Studio 54.

In celebration of its 300 issue, Out Magazine is having a weeklong celebration with new covers being unveiled each day. Today, it was revealed that Broadway veteran, and star of the upcoming West Side Story film, Ariana DeBose, is the last of the six covers to be featured.

The 73rd episode of Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party will air on Wednesday, November 3 at 7pm ET, and will feature lively chat and performances by country music star Cooper Alan, Broadway/Television actress Linda Purl, Broadway leading man and Studio Tenn Artistic Director Patrick Cassidy, swinging jazz duo Logan Benedetto & Joe Monseur, and drag phenomenon The Mother Birdie.

BIRDLAND will present Freda Payne in her album release concert “Let There Be Love” for one show only on Monday, November 22 at 7:00 PM.

It's day seventy-two for the Jim Caruso-created online chat program.

The 68th episode of Jim Caruso's Pajama Cast Party will air on it's new day, Wednesday, August 4 at 8pm ET, and will feature lively chat and performances by Broadway leading man, talk show host and producer Patrick Cassidy, singer/social environmentalist Rhonda Ross and the wild and hilarious host of 'The Lineup,' Susie Mosher!