The song “Black and Blue” has always been powerful. But as staged in Orlando Shakes’ production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” it carries a particularly somber weight. “Remember,” the number seems to say to ...

Growing up in the deep South, the allure of Broadway was the stuff of my wildest dreams. It was in New Orleans where I first ...

Winner of the 1978 Tony Award® for Best Musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a celebration of the music and spirit of legendary jazz great. The musical revue centers on Fats Waller whose career ranged from ...

Legendary pianist and songwriter, Thomas Wright Fats Waller (1904-1943), contributed several outstanding gems to what we consider today to be the Great American Songbook. These standards include ...

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Some jukebox shows include almost all of a songwriter’s canon. Not so “Ain’t Misbehavin,'” given that Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller wrote (or co-wrote) more than 400 songs, even as he became famous as a ...

It's 1930's Harlem, and the joint is jumpin'! Nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom are the playgrounds of high society, and dive bars on Lenox Avenue pulse with piano players banging ...

Years ago, I watched a PBS documentary about Thelonious Monk, who along with Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington, are piano giants in the world of jazz. Monk was asked for his feelings about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actress Armelia McQueen, known for her roles in Broadway’s “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and the film “Ghost,” has died at the age of 68.

A decade after doing his first show with The Drama Group, Cordaro Johnson directs “Ain’t Misbehavin’” from Feb. 16 to 25 at Chicago Heights’ Milord Studio Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17 ...

There are several ways to enjoy "Ain't Misbehavin', " the 1978 finger-popping Fats Waller musical. For sheer sit-back-and-enjoy-it pleasure, it's hard to fault a show featuring 30 of the cleverest ...

Armelia McQueen, the vibrant singer and actress who starred on Broadway in Ain't Misbehavin' and played Whoopi Goldberg's sister in Ghost, died Oct. 3 in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She was ...