Kelvin Roston News

Porchlight Music Theatre Begins 25th Season With CHICAGO SINGS

by Marianka Swain — July 4, 2019

Porchlight Music Theatre is proud to announce the 14th Annual Chicago Sings concert: Chicago Sings 25 Years of Porchlight, Monday, Aug.

BWW Review: The Donny Hathaway Story TWISTED MELODIES at Mosaic Theater

by Roger Catlin — June 26, 2019

There's a transcendent moment in 'Twisted Melodies,' the one-man Donny Hathaway show by Kelvin Roston Jr.

Apollo Theater Presents TWISTED MELODIES: A MUSICAL HOMAGE TO DONNY HATHAWAY

by Sarah Hookey — April 25, 2019

The Apollo Theater will bring the New York premiere of TWISTED MELODIES, an intimate one-man production inspired by the life, artistry, and struggles of 1970s soul singer and composer Donny Hathaway, to its iconic stage, 45 years after Hathaway himself last performed on it.

Writers Theatre Presents MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM

by A.A. Cristi — February 13, 2019

This visceral American classic serves as the 1920s chapter of August Wilson's epic American Century Cycle.

Apollo Theater Presents TWISTED MELODIES, The Donny Hathaway Story

by Stephi Wild — January 15, 2019

The Apollo Theater will bring the New York premiere of TWISTED MELODIES, an intimate one-man production about the life, artistry, and struggles of 1970s soul singer and composer Donny Hathaway, to its iconic stage, 45 years after Hathaway himself last performed on it.

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Announced At Writers Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — January 14, 2019

Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM Comes to Writers Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — December 4, 2018

Writers Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M.

TimeLine Announces Inaugural FIRST DRAFT Playwrights Collective Festival

by A.A. Cristi — November 20, 2018

TimeLine Theatre Company announces its inaugural "FIRST DRAFT: A TimeLine Playwrights Collective Festival,' the culmination of the company's latest two-year new-play incubator program offering residency to Chicago-based emerging and established writers.

Photo Flash: Porchlight Music Theatre Revisits 1776

by A.A. Cristi — November 14, 2018

Porchlight Music Theatre begins its sixth season of Chicago's "lost" musicals in staged concert series with Porchlight Revisits 1776, music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone with direction by Artistic Director Michael Weber, musical direction by Jeremy Ramey and musical staging

Porchlight Announces Its Largest Cast For Porchlight Revisits The 50th Anniversary

by A.A. Cristi — October 2, 2018

Porchlight Music Theatre begins its sixth season of Chicago's "lost" musicals in staged concert series with Porchlight Revisits 1776, music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone with direction by Artistic Director Michael Weber, musical direction by Jeremy Ramey and musical staging

Photo Flash: GHOST: THE MUSICAL Opens At Theatre At The Center

by Julie Musbach — September 19, 2018

Ghost The Musical opened to a full house on Sunday, September 16 for its Opening Night performance.

Photo Flash: Inside Porchlight Music Theatre's August 20 Chicago Sings The MGM Musicals Fundraiser

by Julie Musbach — August 23, 2018

Porchlight Music Theatre welcomed a sold out crowd at the 13th Annual Chicago Sings concert fundraiser; Chicago Sings The MGM Musicals, held Monday, Aug.

Theatre At The Center Announces Cast For GHOST THE MUSICAL

by Julie Musbach — August 15, 2018

Theatre at the Center (TATC) and Director and Choreographer Linda Fortunato have cast Garrett Lutz in the role of ghostly hero Sam, Donica Lynn as psychic Oda Mae and Courtney Mack in the role of Molly Jensen for Chicagoland's first regional production of the newly imagined Ghost The Musical.

Victory Gardens Announces Casting And Full Schedule For IGNITION

by Julie Musbach — July 25, 2018

Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Chay Yew, Managing Director Erica Daniels and Director of New Play Development Skyler Gray announce the lineup for the 10th Anniversary IGNITION Festival of New Plays, including Prosthesis by Robert Askins; Untitled Road Trip Play by Lauren Yee; White Histor

Mosaic Theater Company Announces Co-Production with Baltimore Center Stage and Congo Square Theatre Company in Association with The Apollo Theater

by Julie Musbach — June 26, 2018

The eighth and final production of Mosaic Theater Company's upcoming fourth season will be Twisted Melodies, a critically acclaimed one-man show about the life and music of troubled genius Donny Hathaway performed by the multi-talented Kelvin Roston Junior.