BMI will name preeminent production and songwriting team Gamble & Huff BMI Icons at its 57th annual Pop Awards, slated for Tuesday, May 19 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and BMI Vice President & General Manager, Writer/Publisher Relations, Los Angeles, Barbara Cane, the invitation-only event will also honor the songwriters and publishers of the past year's most-performed pop songs in the United States. The evening's commendations will culminate with an all-star musical tribute to Gamble & Huff.
Derique aka Lance McGee will be the guest on AfroSolo TV this Friday, January 2, 2008 at 6:30 pm. Mr. McGee is an internationally known physical comedian, Emmy Award winning clown and vaudevillian. The broadcast can be seen on Comcast Cable Station 76 in San Francisco.
This one-hour version has toured Miami-Dade County High Schools and Middle Schools for the past several weeks. It is adapted and directed by Mad Cat Theatre Company Artistic Director Paul Tei and features three of South Florida's leading actors-- Erik Fabregat, Deborah Sherman and Margie Eisenberg. The performance, generously sponsored by The Children's Trust, will be followed by a discussion with the cast.
Producer Ralph Lampkin Jr, and LMGJAZZ Records are proud to release the CD debut of Devin Richards, 'MY OWN VOICE'
Recorded live at Metropolitan Room in June 2007, 'My Own Voice' is a collection of standards mixed with new songs by Dan Furman, Devin Richards and Ritt Henn.
Disco diva and Grammy Award winner, Thelma Houston, will once again grace the Teatro ZinZanni fabled spiegeltent as the legendary hostess from September 25 through January 11, 2009.
The Friend Center at the The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) today announced details of its comprehensive Performing Arts programming for 2008/09. The eclectic array of performances in intimate Kanbar Hall will include solo performances by luminaries such as Bebe Neuwirth, Phoebe Snow and Arlo Guthrie, and five fascinating thematic series: Abracadabra: an exploration of the conjuring arts and Jewish tradition; a salute to American icon Leonard Bernstein; an Italian Jewish film series; Let the Games Begin, a series of sports related programming; and Evolve, part of a city-wide celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday
Disco diva and Grammy Award winner, Thelma Houston, will once again grace the Teatro ZinZanni fabled spiegeltent as the legendary hostess from September 25 through January 11, 2009.
Broadway Actress and Producer Paige Price has been named Artistic Director for Theatre Aspen where she will launch her inaugural season in June with Little Shop of Horrors. The rest of the summer season will include Rounding Third, and Crimes of the Heart. Price, who starred on Broadway in Saturday Night Fever, Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Smokey Joe's Café, first discovered Theatre Aspen when she appeared in their 2007 production of The Last Five Years.
Due to popular demand, Chicago's Entertainer Ron Hawking will once again extend his new show The Men and Their Music at Chicago's Mercury Theatre. Tickets for a new block of performances from September 14 through October 28, 2007 are currently on sale. Tickets for performances through December 31 go on-sale Friday, October 5
110 In the Shade cast member and Gypsy of the Year Robe-winner Devin Richards made his nightclub debut at the Metropolitan Room, June 4th, 2007, in 'My Own Voice - An Evening with Devin Richards.'
110 In the Shade Cast Member and Gypsy of the Year Robe-winner Devin Richards will make his nightclub debut at the Metropolitan Room, June 4th, 2007, in My Own Voice - An Evening with Devin Richards.
Sterling's Upstairs, the all-new supper club at Vitello's Restaurant in Studio City, CA. has announced a September roster of performers that includes Toni Morrell, Renee Laramore, Demars and Reins, Nelson Kole and Nita Whitaker
Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.
