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Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, better known by her stage name LaChanze (Creole: the charmed one), taken from her grandmother, was born in St Augustine, Florida. Grew up in Connecticut, her parents nurtured her love for performing by enrolling her in high schools for the performing arts. After high school, LaChanze studied Drama at Morgan State University, before transferring to the University of the Arts, she studied Theatre and Dance. Her first Summer job was as a tap dancer in the ensemble of out of town tryout of 'Uptown...It's Hot!.' She made her Broadway debut in the same show in 1986.

Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road this fall for their second headline run in support of their latest release Boxes featuring support from SafetySuit.

?He's going to put a smile on your face and song in your heart.

Summer in the city begins on July 4th, Louis Armstrong's traditional birthday, when the Louis Armstrong House Museum kicks off its signature summer concert series Hot Jazz / Cool Garden - now in its 10th year. For three days this summer, hot jazz is served up with red beans 'n' rice in the Armstrongs' Japanese-inspired garden. Birthday cake will be served on July 4th and Hot Jazz / Cool Garden series subscribers will enjoy a soul food luncheon too. It's a wonderful world at the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

McAninch Arts Center, located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage (COD) in Glen Ellyn, is pleased to announce the 2016 Lakeside Pavilion Free Outdoor Summer Series. Programming runs July 14-Aug. 26 and includes a Friday evening Pop Music Series, a Thursday evening Jazz Concert Series and Thursday evening Family Movie Series. Parking is always free.

Sutton Foster, currently starring in TV Land's hit series YOUNGER, will soon return to the stage!

Goo Goo Dolls' highly anticipated new album Boxes is out worldwide today via Warner Bros. Records.

Goo Goo Dolls have shared a third new track - 'The Pin' - from their forthcoming album Boxes, due out May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

Goo Goo Dolls have released the official single 'So Alive' from their forthcoming album Boxes, due out May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls have today unveiled details of their upcoming new album Boxes, set for release May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

ETOnline.com reports that Prince's former band, The Revolution is planning a reunion tour which was formed by the late singer, in the wake of his passing.

Goo Goo Dolls have shared a third new track - 'The Pin' - from their forthcoming album Boxes, due out May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

Artistic Director Braden Abraham today announced Seattle Repertory Theatre's 2016-2017 Season. The season is headlined by the electrifying musical Here Lies Love from David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Fatboy Slim, a new production ofthe award-winning Broadway smash King Charles III, and the timeless classic A Raisin in the Sun. The season runs from September 2016 through May 2017, and subscriptions are available now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at (206) 443-2222, as well as online at SeattleRep.org. Single tickets will go on sale this fall.

Goo Goo Dolls have released the official single 'So Alive' from their forthcoming album Boxes, due out May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls have today unveiled details of their upcoming new album Boxes, set for release May 6 via Warner Bros. Records.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the 2016 PTC@Play Festival of New Work celebrating the American playwright in Philadelphia on March 3-6 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.  The festival will present staged readings showcasing three new plays by national and local talent including new work by Mark St. Germain, Philadelphia playwright Sam Henderson, and playwright/performer Rinne Groff.  A new addition to PTC@Play will be an evening of short plays, all written and rehearsed within one twenty-four hour period.  All events are free.

Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls will hit the road in July for an extensive summer headlining tour of amphitheaters and arenas.

Bristol Riverside Theatre continues the 2015-2016 Season with the Neil Simon farce Rumors, running March 22-April 17.  Directed by Keith Baker, the ensemble cast features Bruce Graham, Leonard Haas, Eleanor Handley, Valerie Leonard, Sean Thompson, Jo Twiss, Danny Vaccaro, Jessica Wagner, and Paul Weagraff.

James J. Alonzo is a Viet Nam Combat Veteran, Deputy Sheriff, Private Investigator, Bail Enforcement Agent, retired Buddhist Priest, Thomasine Priest, married since 1966. 100% Disabled Veteran due to Agent orange onset illnesses. He is also a writer with numerous on line articles and seeking a publisher for a upcoming book.

MAURICE HINES TAPPIN' THRU LIFE is a swinging, song and dance musical that celebrates the astonishing showmanship of one of the last great tap dancers of a by-gone era still working today and whose collaborators were a jaw-dropping, who's who of theatre, music, film and television. Co-starring the fierce tap dancing Manzari brothers and the all female vivacious Diva Jazz Orchestra, the show is directed by Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Deaf West's Big River, Grease). Performances began December 23rd at New World Stages (340 W. 50th Street), and opening night is tonight, January 11th.

 The Coral Springs Center for the Arts is presenting five sensational shows in February at the state-of-the-art performing arts center located at 2855 Coral Springs Drive.

The seventh season of CONTACT!, the New York Philharmonic's new-music series, continues with 'Salonen's Floof and Other Delights,' curated and hosted by The Marie-Jose?e Kravis Composer-in-Residence Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music written by him and composers who influenced him. The program features Lutos?awski's String Quartet, Donatoni's Hot, Castiglioni's Dulce refrigerium, and Esa-Pekka Salonen's Floof (Songs of a Homeostatic Homer). The concert takes place Monday, February 1, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. at National Sawdust, which is co-presenting the program.

He's going to put a smile on your face and song in your heart.

He's going to put a smile on your face and song in your heart.