Pop Music Legend NILE RODGERS to do Artist Talk Back at ASF May 13-15
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 9, 2011
Legendary pop music guitarist, songwriter and producer of Madonna's blockbuster album Like a Virgin, Nile Rodgers, will participate in a "meet the artist" session to discuss his process and influences for writing the music and lyrics for the new musical DoubleTime.
2011 Southern Writers' Project takes On Faulkner, Sherlock Holmes
by Gabrielle Sierra
- May 2, 2011
A drama based on a story by William Faulkner, a musical comedy with a score by a pop music legend and a holiday show with a twist on a Dickens' classic will be presented as concert readings as part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project Festival of New Plays, May 13-15, 2011.
Fox, Carrion & Rodgers To Team For New Musical 'FAMILY FORTUNE'
by Eddie Varley
- Aug 19, 2009
Variety reports that producer Manny Fox is setting up plans for a new musical, 'Family Fortune,' to make its way to Broadway via New Orleans. The production has music by Puerto Rican musician Alberto Carrion, with pop musician-producer Nile Rodgers ('We Are Family,' 'Like a Virgin') onboard as co-composer and producer of the score.