Langston Hughes News

Billy Porter celebrates his solo CD with performance at Tower Records, Lincoln Center on September 28th.

Ricky Ian Gordon's musical theatre/opera/dance piece Orpheus and Euridice will premiere at the Frederick P. Rose Hall on October 5th, 7th and 8th

Michele Pawk, Adriane Lenox, Rebecca Luker and others will sing about motherhood and children in Broadway Babies, a concert to be held at Symphony Space on October 10th

THE THIRD SEASON of 7PM Monday night concerts features top Broadway and cabaret performers and songwriters at the legendary Birdland.

A slight political drama featuring a song-and-dance mayor

Billy Porter's new album At the Corner of Broadway and Soul, released on Sh-k-Boom Records, will be available in stores beginning today, July 26th

Anika's currently playing one of Charity's colleagues, and you may see her on another Broadway stage later this year in 'The Color Purple.'

Lonely Sky Theatre Company (LSTC) will present 'An Evening with Ricky Ian Gordon' on Monday, May 30th at OPIA Lounge.

HERE LIES JENNY, starring Bebe Neuwirth will play San Francisco's Post Street Theatre with previews beginning May 1.

Broadway star CAPATHIA JENKINS (CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, THE CIVIL WAR, THE LOOK OF LOVE) and award-winning composer LOUIS ROSEN join forces March 20 and 27 at Joe's Pub for a new musical evening called 'PHENOMENAL WOMAN,' celebrating the poetry of Maya Angelou.

Alan Cumming, Edie Falco and Nelli McKay to appear in a new Roundabout production of The Threepenny Opera.

The winners of this year's Laurence Olivier Awards were announced in London on Sunday, February 20th.

CAPATHIA JENKINS, who recently played The Washing Machine in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE and has also received raves for her roles in THE CIVIL WAR and THE LOOK OF LOVE, will join award-winning composer LOUIS ROSEN for a new musical evening called 'PHENOMENAL WOMAN,' celebrating the poetry of Maya Angelou.

Sh-k-boom Records announced today the release of Billy Porter's CD entitled 'At The Corner of Broadway and Soul -- Live at Joe's Pub' to coincide with the opening of his new one-man show, GHETTO SUPERSTAR at The Public Theater in New York in February 2005.

The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will continue its season with a program titled At Harlem's Height on Wednesday, February 23 at 8:00pm as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook in the Rose Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The featured soloists will be soprano Dana Hanchard, tenor Darius de Haas, and baritone James Martin, with Steven Blier at the piano.

The nominations were announced today for the 2005 Olivier Awards, London's most prestigious theatre awards. The award ceremony will take place on February 20, 2005 in the UK.

Awaken to a sinister and surreal fairytale world with the acclaimed Young Vic Theatre Company's reinterpretation of SLEEPING BEAUTY.

When presented last year, Darius de Haas' 'Stevie Wonder Songbook' concert at Lincoln Center was a sold-out hit…so he's doing two more shows on February 4th. We checked in with the star of stage and concerts to find out what to expect.

Donna Trinkoff, Producing Director of AMAS MUSICAL THEATRE, announced the company will produce its second BLAST FROM THE PAST BENEFIT on MONDAY, OCTOBER 25th featuring a 90 minute concert presentation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical RAISIN, starring NORM LEWIS as Walter, TINA FABRIQUE as Lena Younger, TONY-winner CHUCK COOPER as Willie, and TAMARA TUNIE as Ruth. Directed by Kevin Ramsey and choreographed by Maria Torres, the cast will also include KENITA MILLER, VENIDA EVANS, PATRICK JUDE, KEVIN R. FREE, CURTISS I. COOK, CORNELIUS BATES, JENELLE RANDALL, STACEY SCOTTE and JUSON WILLIAMS.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the casting for its 16th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at the new DODGER STAGES on Sunday, October 3 and Monday, October 4, 2004.