aretha franklin

Women's work dominates the 2010-11 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park season, with three regional premieres and one world premiere by female playwrights; the return of musical hit "Beehive," all about gals of the musical 1960s; and screen and stage star Kathleen Turner opening the Marx Theatre season in a Broadway-bound drama. Cincinnati native Theresa Rebeck's biting showbiz satire "The Understudy" opens the Shelterhouse season. For everyone who counts "The Love Song of Robert J. Oppenheimer" as one of t  

Actor Timothy Dalton is 64. Singer Eddie Money is 61. Actor Gary Oldman is 52.  

This year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival promises another formidable line up with Aretha Franklin and B.B. King holding forth amid rockers like Pearl Jam and Widespread Panic. Add Anita Baker, Van Morrison, Lionel Richie and the city's favorite sons, the Neville Brothers. Throw in Jeff Beck, the Gipsy Kings, Jose Feliciano, Baaba Maal, Simon & Garfunkel and -- what's this? -- the Imagination Movers, the grinning, problem-solving band from the Disney Channel?  

Aretha Franklin played the sold out St Augustine Amphitheatre on Friday night. She and her full band launched into hit after hit from her incredible music career. Were you spotted at the show?  

As Aretha Franklin celebrates her 68th birthday this month, she shows no sign of slowing down. She plans to sing arias this summer in three charity concerts with former U.S. Secretary of State -- and accomplished concert pianist -- Condoleezza Rice. In September, she'll start holding master singing classes in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of her native Detroit; she hopes to bring the effort to New York next year. The legendary singer even reports making progress in conquering her well-known fear of f  

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert Schenkkan, and award winning composer/lyricist Neil Berg present the World Premiere of their new rock musical/concert THE 12, with an All star Broadway and Rock & Roll cast. Previews will be on March 19, 20, and 21 at RIVERSPACE theater in Nyack, NY, and the World Premiere will be at the Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale on April 1st. Produced by Adam Friedson and Leftfield Productions, this musical is one of the most thrilling and authentic rock musicals ever prod  

Three singing sisters. One aspiring songwriter. A corrupted business.  

In a show that was long on soul but short in duration, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" thrilled a sizeable but not packed audience at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino near Hollywood. Decked out in a strapless red gown, Aretha Franklin on Tuesday, March 16 gave fans a taste of her legendary talent, but left before the audience's appetite for the beloved diva was completely satiated. Five very capable background singers primed the audience for the queen's entrance, singing snippets of "Jump to It" a  

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