Before the American public knew her as Nina Simone “the high priestess of soul,” Eunice Kathleen Waymon was already making a name for herself in Western North Carolina. Born in 1933 at 30 East ...

Taking on the legacy of a powerful icon such as Nina Simone requires quite a bit of talent and confidence. And the New Orleans-born, Oakland-raised singer Ledisi (Ledisi Anibade Young) shows she has ...

A filmed version of “Soul Doctor,” the 2013 Broadway musical about the life of the influential and controversial rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, will play in 600 movie theaters nationwide for one night only — ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Broadway and Goodspeed alumna Laiona Michelle (Amazing Grace, The Terris Theatre) ...

Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical, which made its world premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey two and half years ago, is again taking audiences by storm in ...

Goodspeed Musicals has added the one-woman, two-act show “Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical” to this summer’s Goodspeed by the River series of outdoor concerts in East Haddam. “Little Girl ...

When Laiona Michelle walks onto the small stage in the giant outdoor tent where Goodspeed has been doing its shows all summer, she casts an eye on the audience: “Look at all these groovy white people!