Sheryl Lee News

As previously announced, TLC will provide an inside look into the most memorable, outrageous and headline-garnering ceremonies of 2011 on Friday, December 23 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT).

30 years ago today, Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. The production was directed by Michael Bennett, produced by Bennett, Bob Avian, Geffen Records, and The Shubert Organization, and choreographed by Bennett and Michael Peters. It starred Sheryl Lee Ralph as Deena Jones, Jennifer Holliday as Effie White, Loretta Devine as Lorrell Robinson, Ben Harney as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Cleavant Derricks as James 'Thunder' Early, and Obba Babatundé as C. C. White. Dreamgirls proved to be a star-making vehicle for several of its performers, particularly Holliday, whose performance as Effie received significant praise.

Reprise Theatre Company will present An Evening With Joan Rivers for one performance only on Monday, January 30 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

"Fela!," the 2010 Best Musical Tony Award®-nominated musical, opened December 14th, at 8 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre.

Reprise Theatre Company will present An Evening With Joan Rivers for one performance only on Monday, January 30 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

As previously announced, TLC will provide an inside look into the most memorable, outrageous and headline-garnering ceremonies of 2011 on Friday, December 23 at 10:00 PM (ET/PT).

Leading women in the film and television industry will be honored at the BronzeLens Film Festival (BronzeLens) signature Women Superstars Luncheon. Honorees include retired media executive Paula Madison who will receive the Legendary Behind the Lens Superstar Award. Madison is the first person to hold the position of Senior Vice President of diversity at NBCUniversal, majority owner in the Los Angeles Sparks women's professional basketball team and the largest investor in the Africa Channel.

At the recent DIVAS Simply Singing fundraiser for the Foundation, Sheryl reminisced on the 30th anniversary of the Broadway production, watching Jennifer Holliday perform for the first time and the possibility of a 'One Night Only' Dreamgirls Broadway reunion with original stars Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine and Jennifer Holliday. Hear what she had to say below!

THE THOUSAND OAKS CIVIC ARTS PLAZA & CHRIS ISAACSON are thrilled to announce the performers for UPRIGHT CABARET's AMERICAN ICON SERIES' first show of their 3rd Season, beginning with, HEART AND SOUL, starring American Idol Finalist SYESHA MERCADO, Broadway sensation SHOSHANA BEAN, and vocal powerhouse SYLVIA MACCALLA, celebrating the music of Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick & Whitney Houston!

The drama/thriller TEXAS KILLING FIELDS opens tomorrow, October 14 nationwide starring Sam Worthington and Annabeth Gish.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Patti LuPone 'Gypsy In My Soul' for one performance only tonight at 8:00 pm, at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.

Reprise Theatre Company presents An Evening With Liz Callaway. It will have one performance only on Monday, September 19 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Chris Isaacson Presents New York's Finest -The Leading Men of Broadway directed by Sam Harris @ the Ford Amphitheatre on September 16. Harris certainly needs no introduction. His brilliant performances on stage/TV over the years have dazzled audiences worldwide. In our chat, he talks about this exciting show and other theatrical interests.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Patti LuPone 'Gypsy In My Soul' for one performance only on Tuesday, October 4 at 8:00 pm, at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA.

Reprise Theatre Company presents An Evening With Liz Callaway. It will have one performance only on Monday, September 19 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Reprise Theatre Company's production of the classic American musical 'Cabaret,' which opens the 2011-2012 Reprise season and plays September 13 to 25 (press opening September 14, 2011) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, includes a cast of new talents as well as Broadway and West End veterans - Zach Bandler as Ernst Ludwig, Lisa O'Hare as Sally Bowles, Jeff McLean as Cliff Bradshaw, Katrina Lenk as Fräulein Kost, Mary Gordon Murray as Fräulein Schneider, Robert Picardo as Herr Schultz and Bryce Ryness as the Master of Ceremonies.