Muhammad Ali News

This Wednesday, January 20, Nicole Pesce entertains audiences with her unique blend of virtuosity, humor and pizzazz.

On Saturday, May 21, 2016, Keep Memory Alive will host its extravagant 20th annual Power of Love gala at the new Las Vegas Arena honoring Tony Bennett with a spectacular 90th birthday celebration. True to its now-legendary style, the Power of Love gala will feature one-of-a-kind performances, exciting live auctions, remarkable wine and cocktails and exquisite cuisine by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck. Now in its 20th year, the gala continues to raise funds in support of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Speeches throughout history have attempted to exhort masses to rebellion or to war; to raise the dead, praise the dead, or to comfort their families. In BIGMOUTH, world-wide sensation, Belgian artist, Valentijn Dhaenens takes portions of these speeches and emphasizes their importance through use of his incredible dialect and phrasing. Brace yourself for an exciting evening of startling intensity hailed as "brilliant... a fascinating experience" by The Guardian and "unnerving and thought provoking" by Times. Dhaenens expertly interprets fragments of speeches from George W. Bush, Martin Luther King, Josef Goebbels, Robert Kennedy, JFK, Muhammad Ali and Osama bin Laden.

Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel today announced the creative teams for New York City Center's 2016 Encores! season. J. Bernard Calloway, Chuck Cooper, Marva Hicks, Carly Hughes, LaChanze, Norm Lewis, Forrest McClendon, and J.D. Webster will star in Vernon Duke and John Latouche's jazz?filled fable Cabin in the Sky, running for seven performances at City Center from February 10-14. The 1940 musical will be directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago?Hudson with choreography by Camille A. Brown.

?Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced that the nonprofit organization's 21st annual FOTOfusion will spotlight legendary photographer Walter Iooss, Jr., who has shot more than 300 covers for Sports Illustrated.

Corbis Entertainment today announced that it has been selected to represent the personality rights of world-renowned musician, singer and writer, Marvin Gaye

New York City Center presents Irving Berlin's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN: IN CONCERT starring Megan Hilty tonight, October 27, and tomorrow, October 28, at 7:30pm. Tonight's performance is part of City Center's annual Gala.

The NFL takes Center Stage in X's and O's, a new, ripped-from-the-headlines play about America's love of football and the often traumatic impact the sport has on many of its players and families. X's and O's is the final production at Center Stage before building-wide renovations move the company's last two productions of the season to a temporary residency at Towson University.

Deadline reports that Elisabeth Moss, who recently received a Tony nomination for her starring role in Broadway's THE HEIDI CHORNICLES, has signed on to the cast of THE BLEEDER.

Women's Project Theater, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty and Managing Director Maureen Moynihan, has announced the rotating casts for the New York premiere of DEAR ELIZABETH, the inaugural production at the WP's new theatrical home the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway (at 76th Street).

Tony nominee Josh Gad is set to co-pen a 'Gorgeous George' biopic with Ryan Dixon for WWE Studios.

Noor Theatre is gearing up for what promises to be another thought provoking season. As always, the news coming out of the Middle East impassions this unique company to create a dialogue between their artists and audiences, and shed light on these varied and complex perspectives. 

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ The knockout, best-selling autobiography from one of the most famous sports figures of all time is finally available in accessible eBook format to coincide with the 40 th anniversary of the Thrilla in Manila, Muhammad Ali's legendary fight against Joe Frazier (in October, 1975). Ali pulls no punches in 'The Greatest: My Own Story,' as he chronicles his battles both in and out of the ring, edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison. The eBook includes bonus photos of his private and public life.

Gary Naylor sees a brilliant revival of Tooting Arts Club's 2012 production of Barrie Keeffe's three mid-70s plays about lads growing up slowly in the mean streets of a London in the throes of huge social changes.

New York City Center adds second performance of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun: In Concert starring Megan Hilty on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:30pm. The previously announced performance on October 27 is part of City Center's annual Gala. Three years after starring in the Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Megan Hilty returns to City Center as Annie Oakley in this concert staging of Irving Berlin's classic 1946 musical. Hilty will be joined by a Tony-honored cast including Andy Karl, Chuck Cooper, Judy Kaye, Brad Oscar, and Ron Raines.

Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are proud to announce the addition of Eric J. Little as the Director of the Muhammad Ali drama Fetch Clay, Make Man written by Will Power.

Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Leatherheads), Matt McGrath (Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Keith Nobbs (Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys') and Afton C. Williamson ('Nashville,' 'Homeland'), in Matthew Lopez's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE, the first production of MCC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE begins previews tonight, August 20, 2015 ahead of a September 9, 2015 opening night.

The 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by BET Networks (BET) with founding sponsor HBO, today announced all of the films that will be showcased.

'That's Muhammad Ali's Brother! My Life on the Undercard' is the premier first-hand recollection of life with Muhammad Ali's only brother, Rahaman Ali - a fact that simply wasn't known by the masses until the recent release of this stellar collaboration with coauthor H. Ron Brashear.

YPHIL - International Philharmonic Orchestra brings together 100 young talented musicians from 74 countries to represent their countries through music in Seven Epic Concerts, which will conclude with a concert for Global Peace on Isaac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall during United Nations week.