One-Woman Tribute To Lena Horne – This Weekend Only

This weekend only, The Black Academy Of Arts & Letters Presents:

A Song For You… The Civil Rights Journey Of a Negro Woman: Lena Calhoun Horne
Friday, 2/22/2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, 2/23/2008 at 8:00 PM
Clarence Muse Café Theatre
650 S Griffin St
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: (214) 743-2449
$15
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Review Of “They’re Playing Our Song”

Producer and actor Mark-Brian Sonna has written a new review of Lyric Stage’s production of They’re Playing Our Song for Pegasus News.

Why would any theatre company want to revive such a period piece?… The answers are simple: The script is fantastic, the music is wonderful, and the characters are so vivid they still speak to us today. Curiously enough, the eponymous song of the show that is the most famous now sounds the most dated. Lyric Stage has opted to keep the 1979 era to validate the Disco beats in the score.

To read the entire review, visit Pegasus News.

They’re Playing Our Song plays at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX on Thursday, February 21st at 8:00 PM.

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The Collin Theatre Center Presents Li’’l Abner

The Collin Theatre Center in Plano, TX continues their 2007-2008 season with Li’’l Abner, a musical cartoon by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer with Norman Panama and Melvin Frank based on the comic strip characters created by Al Capp. When residents of Dogpatch, USA are notified by the government that they must evacuate, they try to persuade the government that their town is worth saving. Meanwhile, Earthquake McGoon wants to marry Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry and Li’l Abner just wants to go fishing. A classic musical comedy that is appropriate for the all ages. Directed by Brad Baker and Mark Mullino with choreography by Paula Morelan.