Josephine Baker News

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announces programming for an encore New York season at BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House from June 10th - 20th, the culmination of a 20-city U.S. Tour celebrating Judith Jamison's 20th year as artistic director.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E. Congress Parkway) proudly presents the exclusive Chicago engagement of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for six public performance and two student matinees, Wednesday, March 24 through Sunday, March 28, 2010. Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.com/auditorium.

Affirming the role of New York City Opera as a leader in the development of American opera, the company's celebrated annual new music festival, the newly-renamed VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab, will return on Friday, April 30, and Saturday, May 1, to the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South) at New York University.

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University (50 E. Congress Parkway) proudly presents the exclusive Chicago engagement of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for six public performance and two student matinees, Wednesday, March 24 through Sunday, March 28, 2010. Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.com/auditorium.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

The California Musical Theatre production of 'My Way: a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra' at The Cosmopolitan Cabaret opens its 15-week run on Friday, January 29, and continues through May 9.

Casting has been announced for the new Broadway musical COME FLY AWAY, conceived, choreographed, and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and featuring vocals by Frank Sinatra. COME FLY AWAY will star Matthew Dibble, Holley Farmer, Laura Mead, Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Rika Okamoto, Karine Plantadit, Keith Roberts and John Selya, all of whom were in last fall's acclaimed world premiere production at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre.

JEAN-CLAUDE BAKER, ADOPTED SON OF FAMED INTERNATIONAL ICON, JOSEPHINE BAKER, TO BE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE WORLD EROTIC ART MUSEUM, FEBRUARY 8, AT A MAJOR EXHIBIT HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN-BORN ENTERTAINER WHO DANCED AT THE 'FOLIES BERGERE' AND BECAME THE 'TOAST OF PARIS'

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

Casting for the California Musical Theatre production of 'My Way: a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra' at The Cosmopolitan Cabaret has been completed. The accomplished four-person cast will include longtime Music Circus favorite Michael G. Hawkins. He'll be joined by Karole Foreman, Laura Dickinson and Jeffrey Christopher Todd.

Casting for the California Musical Theatre production of 'My Way: a Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra' at The Cosmopolitan Cabaret has been completed. The accomplished four-person cast will include longtime Music Circus favorite Michael G. Hawkins. He'll be joined by Karole Foreman, Laura Dickinson and Jeffrey Christopher Todd.

Mauckingbird Theatre Company delves into the lives of two influential gay writers Truman Capote and James Baldwin - both authors of literary touchstones of the mid-twentieth century.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment in association with the Laguna Playhouse are proud to present the second production of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season of shows, the critically-acclaimed co-production with The Laguna Playhouse of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

On Sunday, November 8th, 2009 from 9:00PM-11:00PM on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN will feature the music of BARBARA COOK. Some of the songs from her career that will be heard are 'It's Better With A Band' JOHN BUCCHINO'S 'Sweet Dreams' 'Close As Pages In A Book' (SIGMUND ROMBERG / DOROTHY FIELDS) of course, 'Glitter And Be Gay' and 'Give Me The Simple Life' from her new CD Box Set THE ESSENTIAL BARBARA COOK COLLECTION released through DRG Records (CD-92500) and more!

Three generations divided by race, culture and time connect when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African American half-brother.

On Sunday, November 8th, 2009 from 9:00PM-11:00PM on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN will feature the music of BARBARA COOK. Some of the songs from her career that will be heard are 'It's Better With A Band' JOHN BUCCHINO'S 'Sweet Dreams' 'Close As Pages In A Book' (SIGMUND ROMBERG / DOROTHY FIELDS) of course, 'Glitter And Be Gay' and 'Give Me The Simple Life' from her new CD Box Set THE ESSENTIAL BARBARA COOK COLLECTION released through DRG Records (CD-92500) and more!

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment in association with the Laguna Playhouse are proud to present the second production of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season of shows, the critically-acclaimed co-production with The Laguna Playhouse of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment in association with the Laguna Playhouse are proud to present the second production of La Mirada Theatre's 2009-2010 season of shows, the critically-acclaimed co-production with The Laguna Playhouse of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Andrew Barnicle.

La Clique is thrilled to announce a selection of the performers who will be appearing during its strictly limited eight week season at the Roundhouse.

Three generations divided by race, culture and time connect when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African American half-brother.