Amazing Grace Conservatory (AGC), led by actress Wendy Raquel Robinson, presents “Aladdin” on Saturday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 26, at 7 p.m., in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Crenshaw High School, 5010 11th Avenue in Los Angeles.
“I had a lot of mom guilt. I just had to realize to give him the life that I wanted him to have – I was going to have to make the sacrifice, and hopefully that sacrifice was not going to be detrimental to him,” said Hopkins.
The musical left little doubt as to why, in bustling New York, in the middle of the week, a sold-out crowd poured into the Shubert Theater. It also provided many clues as to why this production has earned an impressive 13 Tony Award nominations.
Airbnb is inviting customers to stay overnight in the bedroom where the late pop superstar Prince composed his groundbreaking tracks. Patrons are even invited to enjoy a private tour of the Purple Rain house, which is filled with the icon’s keepsakes.
Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC), in partnership with Billboard, kicked off Stagecoach weekend with Act II: A Conversation Around “Three Chords and the Actual Truth” on April 24, at Live Nation in Beverly Hills, CA.
Deborah Ayorinde, Pam Grier and Luke James topline the suspenseful new season
Jasmine Guy starred as “Whitley Gilbert” in the late 1980s and early 1990s hit television sitcom “A Different World.” But she never won an Emmy for that iconic role. While on the red carpet for the 75th Emmy Awards in 2024, Guy told former “A Different World” costar Darryl M. Bell, with tears in her eyes as she hugged him, “This is our Emmy.”
Actress and singer Ketty Lester will be honored for her lifetime of work in the entertainment industry at the 31st Anniversary of Sistas Are Doin’ It For Themselves Short Film Showcase on Saturday, May 4, at 4 p.m.
Venus DeMilo Thomas is a working director/producer/writer who voices the character Tina in Netflix’s “Good Times.”
Nita Whitaker is among the performers participating in “The 26th Anniversary of Our Name Is Barbra,” on Sunday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
DeP has since earned a Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Grammy Award as a member of Kanye West’s “Sunday Service Choir” on the album “Jesus is King.” He was also nominated for a second Grammy for his work on Beyonce’s song “Spirit,” which is on “The Lion King” soundtrack.
“While I was one of the first few to arrive in this space as a Black man, he continued, “I’ve always felt like I’ve been at the forefront of these movements and these waves in the entertainment business, and I’m glad I did enough to create space for so many other people to walk and thrive in it.”
Surrounded by Jurassic fossils, stone pillars, and a turquoise-adorned ceiling at the Los Angeles National History Museum, William Anthony’s friends and family were serenaded by his live piano performance of his new EP, William Anthony.
Mary J. Blige,Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton.
The Blackhouse Foundation has just announced on April 22, its latest producers’ fellowship in collaboration with STARZ #TakeTheLead.