“Too good to be true!” raves the New York Post for JERSEY BOYS, the 2006 Tony® Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one …
Based on the Universal Pictures Film Screenplay by Richard Danus & Marc Rubel Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Saro Murchson/Dale Smith and Cari Smulyan The surprise hit of the 2007-08 Broadway season roller skates its way into Actor’s Express in a frothy explosion …
Robert Glasper has long kept one foot planted firmly in jazz and the other in hip-hop and R&B. He’s worked extensively with Q-Tip, playing keyboards on the rapper’s 2008 album The Renaissance and co-writing the album single “Life Is Better” which featured his label mate Norah Jones. Glasper also serves …
Johnny O’Neal’s appearance in the 2004 blockbuster film “Ray” soared his career to new levels. In the Hollywood film, Ray Charles, played by Jamie Foxx, goes to a nightclub to see legendary Toledo jazz pianist Art Tatum — played by O’Neal. During filming, O’Neal played three or four songs, although …
At various points along the four-decade continuum of Benson’s illustrious career, he has been heralded as a jazz guitarist of unparalleled chops, a vocalist with great emotional range and sophistication or a combination of both. Benson is presently touring in support of his latest album, “Guitar Man.” “It’s a very …