Allee Willis News

Legendary songwriter (and co-writer of 'The Color Purple') Allee Willis will be appearing at El Portal Theatre on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.

While critics and fans alike justifiably lament the paucity of female leads in Broadway musicals this season just past, you need look no further than the current tour of The Color Purple for a musical filled to overflowing with noteworthy women characters. The beautiful and moving reimagination of Alice Walker's extraordinary novel of faith, despair, horror, beauty, love and redemption, The Color Purple might best be described as a woman's story, but it is, in every possible way, a human story as universal and as affecting as any work of musical theater ever created.

The Musical about Love, THE COLOR PURPLE will play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Tuesday, June 21 through Sunday, June 26 for eight performances.

Richard Marx and other award-winning songwriters will perform their hits at The Songs of Our Lives concert to benefit the Fulfillment Fund - a nonprofit organization which helps Los Angeles youth overcome obstacles in pursuit of their dreams of higher education - on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at the Wadsworth Theatre.

Richard Marx, Allee Willis and other award-winning songwriters will perform their hits at The Songs of Our Lives, Volume IV concert to benefit the Fulfillment Fund - a nonprofit organization which helps Los Angeles youth overcome obstacles in pursuit of their dreams of higher education - on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at the Wadsworth Theatre.

The Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra was the dream and creation of one man, Dr. Ernst Katz, who dedicated his life to young people in music.

The Theater of the Stars is proud to announce that THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, will play at Atlanta's Fox Theatre Wednesday, June 15 through Sunday, June 19 for seven performances only. Tickets, which range from $20 to $75, are available at www.theaterofthestars.com.

Richard Marx and other award-winning songwriters will perform their hits at The Songs of Our Lives concert to benefit the Fulfillment Fund - a nonprofit organization which helps Los Angeles youth overcome obstacles in pursuit of their dreams of higher education - on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at the Wadsworth Theatre.

Richard Marx, Allee Willis and other award-winning songwriters will perform their hits at The Songs of Our Lives, Volume IV concert to benefit the Fulfillment Fund - a nonprofit organization which helps Los Angeles youth overcome obstacles in pursuit of their dreams of higher education - on Monday, June 13 at 7:30 pm at the Wadsworth Theatre.

The Musical about Love, THE COLOR PURPLE will play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Tuesday, June 21 through Sunday, June 26 for eight performances.

Mumford graduate, Allee Willis, whose songs have sold over 50,000,000 copies, conducts her high school marching band through a medley of some of her greatest hits with the cast of her Tony nominated musical, The Color Purple, singing along. Songs include 'September', 'Boogie Wonderland', 'I'll Be There for You (Theme from Friends)', 'Neutron Dance', 'Stir It Up', 'In The Stone', and 'The Color Purple'. Mumford High School became famous in the movie, Beverly Hills Cop, when Eddie Murphy wore a Mumford Phys Ed T-shirt throughout the film. Willis received a Grammy for Best Soundtrack for Beverly Hills Cop. The performance took place at the historic Fox Theater in Detroit on April 9, 2011. View it now by clicking below!

The National Theatre is proud to announce that THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, will return to D.C. for an Easter engagement thru April 24, and will feature special guest star Lil' Mo as the Church Soloist.

THE COLOR PURPLE is based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the moving film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who finds the strength to triumph over adversity, and discover her unique voice in the world. With a joyous, GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring gospel, jazz, pop and the blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is about hope and the healing power of love.

The National Theatre is proud to announce that THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, will return to D.C. for an Easter engagement April 12 to 24, and will feature special guest star Lil' Mo as the Church Soloist.

GRAMMY, Tony, Emmy, and Webby award-winning/nominated songwriter, artist, multimediaist, director, collector, party thrower-and native Detroiter-returns to her hometown for a special benefit event at the historic and fabulous Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit: 'Allee Willis Marches On Detroit! A Benefit for Mumford High!'

Olympia Entertainment is proud to announce that THE COLOR PURPLE, The Musical about Love, will play Detroit's Fox Theatre on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 for three performances only.

GRAMMY, Tony, Emmy, and Webby award-winning/nominated songwriter, artist, multimediaist, director, collector, party thrower-and native Detroiter-returns to her hometown for a special benefit event at the historic and fabulous Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit: 'Allee Willis Marches On Detroit! A Benefit for Mumford High!'

ollowing its most lucrative successful January/February ever, Executive Producer Michael Sterling of Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA says 'We are blessed to have enjoyed the most lucrative beginning of any year since our 2006 opening. This success is largely due to the unprecedented advance sales of our annual 6-week musical theatre talent competition LA's Next Great Stage Star 2011, and a series of spectacular debuts by such outstanding Broadway/Nightclub headliners as Nita Whitaker, Jason Graae, Maxine Lapiduss, and Suzanne Petrela. Notable Southland Musical Directors such as James Lent, Nelson Kole, John Boswell, and Michael Orland (of American Idol) also contributed to our 2011 kickoff.'