David Mann News

In Tim Firth's Calendar Girls, now being performed by Pawtucket's Community Players, an unlikely group of women bares it all for a charity calendar a?" and learns what each of them is made of in the process.

Rhode Island's oldest community theater, The Community Players, currently celebrating their 99th season, will present Tim Firth's delightful comedy Calendar Girls, from February 21 - March 1, 2020.

25 Shows & Performances in the Tampa Bay Area That Rocked Our World from 2010 to 2019!

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best of the best that he saw onstage in the Tampa Bay area in 2019.

Don't miss this stellar production, beautifully directed with incredible performances, that left me speechless.

Powerful, honest and uplifting are the three adjectives director Karla Hartley used to describe Alison Bechdel's Fun Home coming to American Stage July 17 through August 18. Not a traditional musical, it features Grammy-nominated songs by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori and tells the story of family secrets.

Jazz guitarist Reza Khan hits the City Winery stage in New York City on Thursday night to celebrate his well-received new album release, “Next Train Home,” which hit charts on both sides of jazz while garnering effusive reviews. Soon after he takes his final bow, he'll be back in his role as a United Nations program manager jetting off to Uganda as part of peace and conflict operations. It's an unusual balancing act for the Bangladesh-born, New York City-based Khan, who manages to straddle creative and diplomatic duties throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East with aplomb.

Celebrated within the jazz community as a multi-talented musician, Lisa Maxwell, finally releases a long-awaited album of her own material, dedicated to a special cohort. The lineup reads like a Who's Who of the music world (see personnel below).

Globetrotting guitarist Reza Khan dropped his fifth album, 'Next Train Home,' on Friday. The twelve songs that he wrote and produced for the collection symbolize the discovery of his musical home, a multi-genre and multicultural mélange of straight-ahead and contemporary jazz enriched with world music and Brazilian jazz nuances. The album has already climbed into the top 100 on the Jazz Week chart based on radio spins from jazz radio stations while the smooth/contemporary jazz single, 'Drop of Faith,' featuring guitarist Nils, has earned most added honors on the Billboard chart.

JoyFest is bringing together legendary Gospel music artists for its summertime festivals. Let's drop a few names here: Mary Mary ft. My Block Inc Family, Marvin Sapp, Tamela & David Mann, and Tasha Cobbs Leonard! Mary Mary ft. My Block Inc. Family, and Marvin Sapp will be at JoyFest - NC in Charlotte, NC on Mary 25th! The Mann Family and Tasha Cobbs Leonard are booked for the JoyFest - VA festival at Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA on July 13th!

Severely dehydrated from the oppressive heat during his travels from Mali to Uganda, Reza Khan was hospitalized after collapsing in a United Nations office. To avoid the lengthy hospitalization prescribed by doctors, he convinced them that he would recover faster if he was ensconced in a hotel room instead. During that five-day stay, he broke out his portable guitar and wrote the title track for his fifth album, “Next Train Home,” which drops April 5.  

Today actor, playwright, filmmaker, and comedian, Tyler Perry, has announced On Sale details for Tyler Perry's "Madea's Farewell Play Tour".  The nationwide tour will kick off in Oakland, CA on January 18, and over the course of 5 months, Perry will bring his beloved characters to venues across the United States, including a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre May 10-12. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The tour will wrap at New York City's iconic Radio City Music Hall at the end of May.

Power couple David and Tamela Mann are embarking on the second installment of their critically-acclaimed, 'Us Against The World: Mann Family Tour.' The Mann's family national concert tour kicked off on Oct. 11 and will make stops in 20 cities, ending in Cincinnati, OH on Nov. 11. Billed as a theatrical experience, the show sets out to inspire families, couples and those who are believers to stand up against 'the world.' The US Against The World Tour is a non-stop party! Featured each night are DJ David Mann Jr., Tia Mann performing new music, a hilarious comedy set by David, a full concert by the golden voice of Gospel Tamela Mann, and a special moment in the show where David & Tamela share from their book, 'Us Against The World: Our Secrets To Love, Marriage & Family.

Abigail Rockwell's first album as a singer/songwriter, AUTUMN NOIR, is set to be released 10/10.

To open their ninety-eighth season, the Community Players is offering SOCIAL SECURITY by Andrew Bergman at Jenks Auditorium in Pawtucket. The play has an excellent pedigree. After twenty-six previews, the Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, opened on April 17, 1986 and ran for 388 performances. Not chopped liver. And New York magazine in 1985 dubbed playwright Andrew Bergman 'The Unknown King of Comedy,'. His best known films include Blazing Saddles, The In-Laws, and The Freshman. Again, not chopped liver.

TV One Announces Production of New Original Christmas Movie MERRY WISH-MAS Starring Entertainment Power Couple David and Tamela Mann

RCA Inspiration is elated to receive 9 nominations for the upcoming 48th Annual GMA Dove Awards, with hit releases from five artists being recognized in six categories among the nominations unveiled today.  A celebration of every style of Christian/Gospel music under one roof, this year's GMA Dove Awards nominations honor the outstanding work from chart-toppers Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul/RCA), Travis Greene, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, and William Murphy spanning Contemporary Gospel, Traditional Gospel, and Urban Worship categories, as well as top categories including a Songwriter of the Year nomination and two nods for Gospel Artist of the Year.  Additionally, Franklin receives a nomination in Contemporary Gospel/Urban Album of the Year as a producer on Tamela Mann's project.     

The New School's Mannes School of Music will celebrate its centennial with a concert at Carnegie Hall honoring the school's rich history on Tuesday, April 25 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Mannes School of Music will celebrate its centennial with a concert at Carnegie Hall honoring the school's rich history and its vision for the future. The concert will feature live performances by esteemed alumni, past and present faculty, and students.

David Mann, Tamela Mann and company bring a new assortment of hysterical family situations and laughs in the third season of their hit Bounce comedy series MANN & WIFE.