Cleavant Derricks News

On October 5th, Brooklyn star Eden Espinosa will chat with fans and answer their questions on the fans website of the show

The film version of Dreamgirls, which will star Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Usher and Jamie Foxx, will go into production in January of next year

The Broadway run of Brooklyn The Musical is winding down to a close, with the musical shuttering on June 26th

Brooklyn The Musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 26th at 3:00 PM.

Brooklyn Star Eden Espinosa will be featured on On the Rise on NewsNight with Aaron Brown on May 25th

The outreach program Family First Nights will have at-risk families exposed to live theatre through a performance of Brooklyn: the Musical on May 24th

Brooklyn: the Musical will head off on a 60-stop national tour next year

Brooklyn The Musical is pleased to announce a unique relationship with Movie Tunes LLC that will bring the music of Brooklyn The Musical into the top 200 markets across the country through July 21, 2005.

R&B diva Beyonce Knowles is in negotiations to co-star in the upcoming film version of the music world saga Dreamgirls

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Drama Desk Awards this year, the Drama Desk will play host to seven past Drama Desk Award winners (each a multiple winner and/or nominee) at the Awards' 50th anniversary luncheon at Sardi's Restaurant, 234 West 44th Street, on Friday, April 15, at 12 noon. The guest honorees, all of whom are currently represented on the Broadway stage, include: Tom Aldredge (Twelve Angry Men), Cleavant Derricks (Brooklyn), Cherry Jones (Doubt), John Lithgow (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), William Ivey Long (costumes, Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles,) David Rabe (playwright, Hurlyburly) and Frances Sternhagen (Steel Magnolias).

Brooklyn cast members Cleavant Derricks, Eden Espinosa, Will Swenson, Shelley Thomas and Haneefah Wood open the New York Emmy Awards with a performance of 'Streetsinger'. The New York Emmys will be broadcast on WNYC-TV (Channel 25 on Time Warner) on Wednesday, April 6th from 8:00 - 10:00 PM.