Ken Page Comes To Pepperdine University 1/21

Ken Page, who won a Drama Desk Award for his role in the Tony-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' and whose commanding presence and rich baritone voice have graced both stage and screen, performs a solo concert at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 21.

Tickets, priced at $40 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now by calling (310) 506-4522. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. More information: http://arts.pepperdine.edu/

Page, in a career spanning over 30 years, has worked in nearly all areas of the entertainment industry. His motion pictures include Dreamgirls (Max Washington), Torch Song Trilogy (Murray), and I'll Do Anything (Ken). He voiced the characters King Gator in All Dogs Go to Heaven and Mr. Oogie Boogie in the cult classic Nightmare Before Christmas.

Television audiences have enjoyed Page on several shows and specials, including Ain't Misbehavin' on NBC, Duke Ellington--The Music Lives On and Cats on PBS, and both The Tonight Show and The Today Show.

Page made his Broadway debut in 1976 in the all-black revival of Guys and Dolls. His rousing gospel rendition of "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" earned him unanimous critical praise and the coveted Theatre World Award.

He was seen in the original casts of two Tony Award-winning Best Musicals: Cats (Old Deuteronomy) and Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller). Other shows include It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, The Wiz (Lion), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), and A Christmas Carol (The Ghost of Christmas Present).

Across the Atlantic, audiences have seen Page in London's originAl West End production of Children of Eden (Father) and in the concert of My One and Only (Bishop) at the London Palladium, Mr. Wonderful (a tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr.) at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Ain't Misbehavin' in Paris.

Page has performed at Carnegie Hall (Anyone Can Whistle), Lincoln Center (American Songbook series: Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser), New York City Center Encores! series (Call Me Madam, Out of This World, and Pajama Game), UCLA's Reprise series (Threepenny Opera, Follies, and Damn Yankees) as well as Ryman Auditorium, the Grand Ole Opry, and Caesars Palace in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

Besides receiving the Drama Desk Award for his role in Ain't Misbehavin', he has been honored by the New York Drama League, has been nominated for Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award, and is the recipient of the Kevin Kline Award (St. Louis) for his performance of King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar. He was also nominated for his performance of Monsieur Thenardier in Les Miserables.

Page's concert Page by Page has been performed across the country to high acclaim and recorded on CD by LML Music. He can be heard on 17 original cast and/or soundtrack recordings. He was more recently seen in New York in Lincoln Center Theatre's production of Happiness and appeared in the Hollywood Bowl's presentation of Guys and Dolls, recreating his show-stopping role of Nicely-Nicely Johnson.

His directing credits are numerous, including several productions of Ain't Misbehavin' and Nightlife at New York's Westbeth Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club. His production of The Fantasticks was awarded the Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Musical. Other productions include Dark of the Moon, Atom and Eve, Barefoot in the Park, White Woman, Harvey Fierstein's Tidy Endings, Tennessee Williams' Hello from Bertha, and Godspell.

Page conceived, wrote the book for, and directed two workshops of the musical version of To Sir, with Love. He has adapted and will direct his new piece, James Baldwin in His Own Words, in spring 2011. Recently he directed his newly revised production of the musical Storyville at the San Diego Repertory Theatre.

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