Josephine Baker News

The Sheldon presents Dee Dee Bridgewater, 'Lady Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday,' Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall.

Lovely Katherine Hopkins Nicholas performed her nostalgic solo evening @ Sterling's Upstairs @ Vitello's on Sunday, September 20 to exciting audience acclaim. What a memorable and exhilarating walk down memory lane with this singular beauty who sings, taps and entertains as well as she did in 1978! It was '78 when Mrs. Nicholas, married to the late great dancing MGM star Fayard Nicholas of The Nicholas Brothers fame, costarred with Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies. Nicholas has talent to spare and is a real charmer. When she started her set with 'Make Someone Happy', she instantly warmed the intimate crowd.

The award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist Deborah Cox, who made her Broadway debut taking over the title role in AIDA, is set to return to Broadway as Josephine Baker -- the exotic Parisian star of the famed Folies Bergère -- in the new musical JOSEPHINE, featuring music by three-time Grammy-nominee Steve Dorff, lyrics by Oscar and Golden Globe-nominee John Bettis, and book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton. Joey McKneely is set to direct and choreograph.

The Sheldon presents Dee Dee Bridgewater, 'Lady Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday,' Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall.

Dee Dee Bridgewater returns to The Sheldon stage to perform 'Lady Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday.' This broad-ranging, theatrical portrayal of the legendary singer, one of music's most talented yet tragic figures, helped earned Bridgewater a prestigious Laurence Olivier nomination.

On Monday August 31st, Sacramento patrons of Wells Fargo Pavilion's Music Circus were treated to a rare and exciting engagement as three of the greatest leading ladies from Broadway took the stage - JoAnne Worley, Carole Cook, and Carol Channing. Besides having iconic careers on the boards of The Great White Way, they have one other thing in common.

Nicknamed the Black Venus, Josephine Baker, one of the United States?s most glamorous and legendary expats, is the dramatic subject of ?Looking for Josephine,? a wildly splashy musical revue, which after opening at Paris?s L?Opéra Comique in 2006 and playing to over 200 sold-out houses was seen in theaters throughout Europe before returning to Paris twice more, where it was once again greeted with standing-room-only crowds. Directed by Jérôme Savary and starring American musical artist Nicolle Rochelle, plus a cast of 22 Cuban, Chilean, French and American dancers, actors, tappers, singers and musicians, ?Looking for Josephine? makes its American debut at Peak Performances@Montclair, September 17-27.

Carol Channing, star of stage and screen for most of the 20th century, will finally make her Music Circus debut in a benefit performance Monday, August 31, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. 'Carol Channing and Friends,' a benefit in support of her Foundation for the Arts and for the nonprofit California Musical Theatre.

Carol Channing, star of stage and screen for most of the 20th century, will finally make her Music Circus debut in a benefit performance Monday, August 31, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. 'Carol Channing and Friends,' a benefit in support of her Foundation for the Arts and for the nonprofit California Musical Theatre.

Carol Channing, star of stage and screen for most of the 20th century, will finally make her Music Circus debut in a benefit performance Monday, August 31, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. 'Carol Channing and Friends,' a benefit in support of her Foundation for the Arts and for the nonprofit California Musical Theatre.

On one hand, 'Looking for Josephine' is a wildly over-the-top, splashy revue tribute to the glamorous Afro-American song and dance goddess Josephine Baker, who fled to Paris in 1924 for the fame and fortune she could not achieve in her own country

SHANGHAI QUARTET SEPTEMBER 12 @ 8pm Well-known champions of new and classical Western and Asian music, the Shanghai Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Montclair State University, turns to Western classics for its September 12 performance at the Alexander Kasser Theater.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, recognized by U.S. Congress as a vital American 'Cultural Ambassador to the World,' returns to the stage of New York City Center from December 2, 2009 - January 3, 2010 with exciting performances that have become a joyous holiday tradition.

The 2009 National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) is taking place Aug. 3-8 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Shows will be presented at multiple venues throughout the city. Ticket prices range from $7-$42. A NBTF Stimulus Discount Ticket Package is available.

The New McCree Theatre will host its First Annual Gala, July 17, 2009, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Stonegate Banquet Center, 1084 N. Irish Road, in Davison. 'A Mid-Summer Night's Dream' Gala will include an evening of dinner, theatre, dance and more!

Carol Channing, star of stage and screen for most of the 20th century, will finally make her Music Circus debut in a benefit performance Monday, August 31, at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. 'Carol Channing and Friends,' a benefit in support of her Foundation for the Arts and for the nonprofit California Musical Theatre.

JULY AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM. Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our nightly piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

The 2009 National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) is taking place Aug. 3-8 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Shows will be presented at multiple venues throughout the city. Ticket prices range from $7-$42. A NBTF Stimulus Discount Ticket Package is available.

The New McCree Theatre will host its First Annual Gala, July 17, 2009, beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Stonegate Banquet Center, 1084 N. Irish Road, in Davison. 'A Mid-Summer Night's Dream' Gala will include an evening of dinner, theatre, dance and more!