Allee Willis News

A spectacular small musical I adored, and a spectacular big one I missed.

The GRAMMY Museum® announced today it will release two Songwriters Hall of Fame programs from its archive while the Museum in Los Angeles is closed until further notice in light of COVID-19

While COVID-19 is keeping us from catching this award-winning musical at the Ordway this spring, read about 'Mister' Andrew Malone and listen to THE COLOR PURPLE soundtrack so you'll be ready for the rescheduled show in the future.

On the third Saturday of every month three singer/producers take turns a?oethrowing a cabaret partya?? on-stage at the Gardenia along with three guest performers a?" two from the theatre and cabaret world, and one from the singer-songwriter world (often with musical theatre roots, influences or aspirations). They also rotate the finest pianist/accompanists in LA because, hey, they're classy galsa??

Multi-Award winning Musical The Color Purple comes to the Broadway Orange Park season on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

MaryJo Mundy, the highly acclaimed and beloved cabaret singer and founder of the longest running open mic at the famed Gardenia, hosts the 4th night of what celebrates and fosters musical theatre/cabaret performers, while also showcasing her own remarkable talent. On the third Saturday of every month Ms. Mundy (co-hosted monthly by Alexis Gach and singer/songwriter/producer Hillary Rollins ) throws a 'cabaret party' on-stage at the Gardenia along with three guest performers.

Victoria Theatre Association has announced a Projects Unlimited Star Attractions Series presentation of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE, Feb. 14-15 at the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, by calling 937-228-3630, (toll-free) 888-228-3630, or online at ticketcenterstage.com.

On Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards will name the newest Best Musical Theater Album based on cast recordings released in the previous year. This year, the nominees for the award includeAin't Too Proud: The Life And Times Of The Temptations, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Music Of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - In Four Contemporary Suites and Oklahoma!. Before a new cast album takes home the title, look back on the 10 most recent cast recordings to win the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award!

TROIKA Entertainment announced the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE. The tour will visit more than 30 cities, including Akron, at E.J. Thomas Hall February 11 & 12 as part of the 19-20 Broadway in Akron Series. To purchase tickets, visit broadwayinakron.com, call 330-253-2488 or visit the E.J. Thomas Hall Ticket Office. Group orders may be placed by calling 800-888-9941.

State Theatre New Jersey presents the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival The Color Purple for four performances from January 30 to February 1, 2020. Tickets range from $40-$98.

2019 has come and gone, and we are reflecting on those we have lost in the Broadway and theatre communities throughout the year.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE will be coming to the Washington Pavilion from January 14-16, 2020 for three performances.

Flashback of some of Allee Willis' Broadway memories from her illustrious career with a collection of vintage photos from our archives. 

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! We hope everyone who celebrates had a great Christmas, full of family, friends, and love.

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that THE COLOR PURPLE's co-writer, Allee Willis, died on December 24, 2019 at 72.BroadwayWorld is sad to report that THE COLOR PURPLE's co-writer, Allee Willis, died on December 24, 2019 at 72. Willis' long-term partner Prudence Fenton shared news her death on Instagram.

Hillary Rollins Presents: MaryJo Mundy in a?oeThe Right to Cabareta?? Monthly Residency continues at The Gardenia Supper Club in West Hollywood. with 2nd night, Saturday, December 21st, 2019. Tickets are $15 plus a 2-drink minimum.  Advance reservations suggested (seating is limited): RSVP @ 323-467-7444

The Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The Color Purple returns to Houston, presented by Society for the Performing Arts (SPA), on Friday, January 3 and Saturday, January 4 at The Hobby Center. With a soul-raising, Grammy-winning score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, The Color Purple gives an exhilarating new spirit to Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Don't miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman's journey to love and triumph in the American South.

Just how far would you take sisterly devotion? Would you be willing to take years in a loveless marriage, with a man who believes that the way to get a woman to do whatever he wants her to is to beat her, after already spending years being assaulted by your own father? That's exactly how Miss Celie spends much of her life, in hopes that her sister, Nettie, doesn't have to. Brought to Jackson's Thalia Mara Hall as part of their Jackson Live! Series, The Color Purple's national tour brought those questions, and many more, to mind on November 14th and 15th.

Multi-Award winning Musical The Color Purple comes to the Broadway Orange Park season on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Renowned songwriter, producer, and arranger Bob Esty died on September 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, after a short battle with metastatic cancer. He was 72.