Michael Adkins News

New York: National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the keynote speaker and Conference Agenda for the Spring Conference titled “Marketing & Development Should Be Friends,” which takes place on Wednesday, April 3 – Friday, April 5, at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's Plaza Theatre and other locations around Oklahoma City.

Black Ensemble Theater continues its 2019 Season (Legends and Lessons) with You Can't Fake the Funk (A Journey Through Funk Music), written and directed by Producing Managing Director Daryl D. Brooks. You Can't Fake the Funk (A Journey Through Funk Music) will be performed July 20- September 8, 2019 at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago.The press opening is Sunday, July 28 at 3:00pm.

Black Ensemble Theater concludes the 2017 Season (The Dance Theater Season) with Sammy: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr., written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Associate Director Daryl D. Brooks, with choreography by Rueben D. Echoles. Sammy: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr. will be performed at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago, December 9, 2017 January 21, 2018.

Black Ensemble Theater continues the 2017 Season (The Dance Theater Season) with the World Premiere of Living The Black Renaissance (More Than a Moment in History), written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor.

Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor continue the 2017 Season (The Dance Theater Season) with the world premiere musical Last Dancer Standing (More Than Hip Hop), written, directed, and choreographed by Black Ensemble Theater Associate Director Rueben Echoles. Last Dancer Standing (More than Hip Hop) will be performed at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago, July 22 - September 3, 2017.  

This Weekend At Cornelia Street Café- Fri Oct 01 9:00PM & 10:30PM MIKE BAGGETTA QUARTET (Mike Baggetta, guitar; Jason Rigby, tenor saxophone; Eivind Opsvik, bass; George Schuller, drums)

This Weekend At Cornelia Street Café- Fri Oct 01 9:00PM & 10:30PM MIKE BAGGETTA QUARTET (Mike Baggetta, guitar; Jason Rigby, tenor saxophone; Eivind Opsvik, bass; George Schuller, drums)

This Week At Cornelia Street Café Mon Sep 27 8:30PM 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC:THE YIN YANG OF DANA HANCHARD (Dana Hanchard, vocals, piano, bamboo flute; Willard Dyson, drums; Jimmy Cruiz, bamboo flute, percussion; Tony Cedras, accordion, guitar)

THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE has announced an exciting schedule of events for the month of October full of diverse musical styles for all kinds of musical tastes!