Wednesday , 1 February 2023
I wish I could remember the day I fell in love with music… but since I can’t, I’ll just say that in this section, we’ll go inside classic Broadway, we’ll sing-along to our favorite artists in concert, we’ll explore local musicals and plays and we will jam with live bands!
Chance the Rapper… … has become an overnight sensation. I discovered his mixtape, Coloring Book, in the ‘New Music’ section on Apple Music back in June and haven’t looked back since. Here’s the thing about Chance. He’s an educated rapper from a working class family in Chicago with a church upbringing. As a... Read more »
My girl! Jill Scott! I’m what you call a Jill Super Fan… I know all the tracks of every album since ‘This is Jill Scott’. So when I learned she was coming to town… and at a winery, no less, there was not much of a discussion! The Mountain Winery is such a... Read more »
I don’t spend much time in NYC but when I do make a trip, my biggest challenges are 1) which street food cart to stop at and 2) which Broadway show will I see? As a huge Disney fanatic, especially the childhood classics, it was a no-brainer when I realized Aladdin had hit the... Read more »
Wasn’t sure what to expect when I saw the promotions for the play, Stop Kiss at the Pasadena Playhouse but being the theater buff that I am, I was open to giving it a try… Especially since Goldstar was promoting discounted tickets! Without giving too much away, it’s the love story of two women in New York City... Read more »
The BET Experience at L.A. LIVE is just that… an Experience! BET hosts hundreds of thousands of people for a jam-packed weekend of concerts, giveaways, outdoor festivals, seminars and more. I call the weekend the “Black Folk Takeover at L.A. Live” considering every venue in the Downtown LA area is raining with the black community. This... Read more »
If you’re like me, when you think of the Playboy Jazz Festival, you think Hugh Hefner will be there in his silk red robe with a group of half-naked women where they jam to local jazz artists… No? Just me? Well, although Hugh never showed up, I was not expecting to jam to Cuban music... Read more »
From the baby mama of a freeloading, cheating, thug named Jodi in the 2001 film, ‘Baby Boy’, to the morally-challenged New York Times reporter in the new stage play, ‘Above the Fold’, Taraji P. Henson has come such a long way! SN: For all of you new-age folk, “above the fold” refers to the... Read more »
When I heard that Lion King Broadway was making it’s was to Pantages Theater, Los Angeles for the entire 2013 Holiday Season, it was like Christmas came early! I’ve seen Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway now on four separate occasions over the past 20 years and it still ranks in my top 3... Read more »
Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound annual gospel competition, brought the best gospel choirs in the country back to Los Angeles this year for a chance to win a $25,000 grand prize. Now in it’s 6th year, HSTS toured the country from Sept. to Nov. auditioning finalists to perform at the grand finale at Nokia Theatre... Read more »
SoCal residents got a treat when 1964 Broadway production of ‘Funny Girl’ stopped by the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Production was presented by 3D Theatricals. Honestly, Rachel Berry’s rendition of ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ on Glee is what brought ‘Funny Girl’ back to light for me. So I was excited to... Read more »