Patti LaBelle News

In celebration of the fall returns of hit music dramas EMPIRE and STAR, Fox Broadcasting Company and parent company 21st Century Fox have teamed up with Turnaround Arts, a national program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, for a new social campaign. As one of the marquee national education initiatives of the Kennedy Center, Turnaround Arts empowers struggling schools with innovative arts programs and arts-based learning across subject areas as a strategy to help address broader school challenges and close the opportunity gap.

Season Three premiere episode of STAR airing Wednesday, Sept. 26 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Hallmark Channel's highly anticipated, annual 'Countdown to Christmas' programming event is a social and cultural phenomenon as viewers flock to the network to get their yearly Yuletide fix and make it the #1 television network in all of Q4. As the country's leading provider of family-friendly entertainment, Hallmark Channel yet again stakes its claim in original holiday programming, unveiling its most robust slate yet with 22 original holiday movie premieres.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today it has renewed for a fourth season its hit megachurch drama series “Greenleaf” from Lionsgate, award-winning writer/executive producer Craig Wright, and executive producers Clement Virgo, Kriss Turner Towner, and Oprah Winfrey. The series stars Merle Dandridge as Grace Greenleaf, Lynn Whitfield as Lady Mae Greenleaf, and Keith David as Bishop Greenleaf. Season three guest stars include the legendary Patti LaBelle as Maxine Patterson, Iyanla Vanzant appearing as herself, and Beau Bridges as Bob Whitmore.

City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces a special holiday show with “American Idol” winner Kris Allen and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday, September 20 at noon. All tickets will be available at citywinery.com/chicago.

Hallmark Channel announces a veteran, all-star cast for the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, 'Christmas Everlasting,' based on New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick's novel, The Second Sister. Headlining 'Christmas Everlasting' is Tatyana Ali ('Fly,' 'The Young & The Restless'), Daytime Emmy(R) nominee Dondre T. Whitfield ('Queen Sugar,' 'All My Children'), Golden Globe Awards(R) nominee Dennis Haysbert ('Reverie,' 'Far From Heaven'), and Emmy(R) Award nominee and recording legend Patti LaBelle ('Patti LaBelle's Place,' soundtrack 'License to Kill'). 'Christmas Everlasting,' now shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, will premiere Thanksgiving Weekend. 'Christmas Everlasting' is the 262nd installment of the fabled Hallmark Hall of Fame, still the longest-running and most award-winning series on television.

Eggland's Best (EB) and legendary artist and actress, Patti LaBelle, are joining forces to promote EB eggs in a new radio series. The radio segments will air nationally in the U.S. over the course of ten weeks starting in September and will reveal how Eggland's Best helps Patti LaBelle whip up her sweet desserts and an even better breakfast.

Porchlight Music Theatre's Mainstage 2018 - 2019 season launches with Gypsy, A Musical Fable, October 12 - November 25, at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn Street, with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.  Porchlight Music Theatre's Gypsy stars E. Faye Butler as "Rose," is directed by Michael Weber, music directed by David Fiorello and choreographed/associate directed by Chris Carter.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) welcomes the extraordinarily talented, Grammy Award-winning singer, Patti LaBelle and special guest Freddie Jackson in concert celebrating Valentine's Day on Friday, February 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. 

Ada Vox isn't messing around. She put judge Katy Perry, and America, on notice: she is in this life to win it! A San Antonio based drag queen who sang her heart out on ABC's 'American Idol,' Ada became a Semi-finalist, something that would have been unheard of several years ago. Her appearance marks a first for the show, and people still talk about her performance of The Animals 'House of the Rising Sun' here! as one of the stand-out auditions of the season. Listen on Spotify here!

Chart-topping young star and two-time 2018 Dove Awards nominee Koryn Hawthorne makes a return appearance in Lionsgate's hit drama series, Greenleaf tonight, Wednesday September 5th at 10 pm/9c on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.  Her song “Speak the Name” will be featured in the episode.

The Cheyenne Civic Center serves up Cocktail Hour: The Show, by New York City-based company Ballets with a Twist, on Friday, November 2, at 8pm. See the Mai Tai, Martini, Manhattan and more come to life in this electrifying floorshow-to-stage spectacle.

Last night, BMI® (Broadcast Music, Inc)® celebrated the songwriters, producers and publishers of the year's most-performed R&B/hip-hop songs during the 2018 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held at The Woodruff Arts Center's Symphony Hall in Atlanta. Multiple award-winning superstar Janet Jackson took home the night's highest honor of BMI Icon in recognition of her groundbreaking career as one of the most influential entertainers of all time.

Stars of OWN's hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf,” including Merle Dandridge, Keith David, Lamman Rucker, and Deborah Joy Winans visited with members of the military and their families at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport USO facility on Monday, August 27, in advance of the highly anticipated third season premiere on Tuesday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 29 (10-11 p.m. ET/PT).  The “Greenleaf” cast sang to visiting military, served lunch to military members and their families, toured the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta facility, and met with key members of the USO.

The nominations have been announced for the 2018 Equity Joseph Jefferson ('Jeff') Awards.

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald is set for the October 12 release of Season of Peace: The Christmas Collection on BMG. The album compiles McDonald's most beloved Christmas recordings including “White Christmas/Winter Wonderland” (feat. Jonny Lang), “Oh Holy Night,” “Christmas on the Bayou” and “Children Go Where I Send Thee” (feat. Twinkie Clark), as well as a new version of “Winter Wonderland” featuring special guest Jake Shimabukuro. The album art hails from an original painting by McDonald himself; see below for a complete track list.

A critically acclaimed singer-songwriter with one of the world's most distinctive voices, Michael McDonald makes his Cafe Carlyle debut October 23-November 3.

Australia's most sought after drag queens will take to the stage in the glittering drag spectacular, Prada's Priscillas: An All-Male Revue, touring across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland from September through November.

The opulent, newly restored Emerson Colonial, the historic crown jewel among Boston's glittering theatrical houses, is the perfect setting for the equally opulent but imperfect stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's anachronistic 2001 movie musical MOULIN ROUGE. Originally opened in 1900, the ornately adorned gilt and red velvet theater is now celebrating its grand re-opening with a glitzy, gaudy pre-Broadway tryout of a mash-up of 1900 Bohemian Paris and a contemporary jukebox of pop rock, techno, disco and punk music. The result is a whirling dervish of sights and sounds designed more for effect than affect. The audience, obviously familiar with and adoring of the original movie, rapturously cheers on cue. But for those seeking a more nostalgic emotional connection to the material, this MOULIN ROUGE may seem more rock concert than musical theater.