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‘Ray Charles Live!’ Honors Living Legend
Ray Charles Live!, written by BMI Librettist Suzan-Lori Parks (Pulitzer Prize winner for Top Dog Underdog), and directed by Sheldon Epps, premiered November 9 at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (‘Mister’ in The Color Purple) stars in the title role as the seminal musician records his final album. BMI’s Linda Livingston was in attendance to congratulate the creative…
From News, posted 11.20.07
L.A. ‘Industry Insider’ Spotlights Latin Music
BMI, Gibson Guitar and Billboard magazine will present a Latin music-focused “Industry Insider” panel series on Wednesday, October 17. Focusing on Latin music, the “Producers Roundtable” will be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gibson Guitars Showroom in Beverly Hills. The showroom is located at 9350 Civic Center Drive, Suite 130. The panel will be moderated by Billboard Latin music correspondent Ayala Ben-Yehuda, and will feature some of…
From News, posted 9.26.07
Broadway Dazzled by BMI Writers
by Frank Evans The current Broadway season has theatre-goers scrambling for seats to shows from BMI’s ever-growing list of writers from the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. A CHORUS LINE A revival of A Chorus Line opened Oct. 5, 2006, at the Schoenfeld Theatre in New York. The ground-breaking and record-breaking musical features lyrics by…
From News, posted 1.17.07
‘Purple,’ ‘Jersey Boys’ Get Tony’s Attention
Hit musicals The Color Purple and Jersey Boys lead the list of BMI-represented Broadway shows nominated for the 60th Annual Tony Awards, announced May 16 from New York's Lincoln Center. Both are up for Best Musical. With a total of 11 nominations that…
From News, posted 5.16.06
BMI Toasts ‘The Color Purple’
BMI hosted a champagne celebration honoring the composers of the music to the hit Broadway musical, The Color Purple. L.A.-based BMI composers Brenda Russell and Allee Willis, along with co-writer Stephen Bray, were joined by numerous friends and BMI executives at the home of Holly Brooks in Brentwood, Calif., to toast their success. The show has grossed $23 million in ticket…
From News, posted 4.04.06
The Color Purple
If you take the story of a woman who is a strong believer in hope and love, and through these beliefs receives the strength to overcome her fears and hardships, add just the right amount of music — blending gospel, jazz, ragtime and blues — you come out with a great musical. And that musical is The Color Purple. After reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, show producer…
From MusicWorld, posted 3.09.06
‘The Color Purple’ Opens on the Great White Way
BMI LA's Linda Livingston was in New York recently for the gala premier of the new Oprah Winfrey-produced musical, The Color Purple. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Oscar-nominated film by Steven Spielberg, the show's music and lyrics are provided by Grammy Award-winning BMI composers Brenda Russell and Allee Willis (along with Stephen Bray), who bring a mix…
From News, posted 12.20.05
Allee Willis Gives Her Regards To Broadway
Allee Willis is a bona fide renaissance woman: not only a Grammy Award-winning songwriter who can boast more than 50,000,000 records sold — her catalogue includes “I’ll Be There For You” (the “Friends” theme), The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” and The Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield’s “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” — but also a painter, animation auteur,…
From MusicWorld, posted 12.01.04
BMI Composers Bring ‘Color’ To Life
BMI was on hand at the world premiere of the musical version of "The Color Purple" at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta. BMI composers Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray wrote the music and lyrics that brought this show to life. The musical will hit Broadway in 2005.
From News, posted 10.21.04
Blues Foundation Honors Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson received the B. B. King Blues Hero Award from the Blues Foundation in honor of his leadership of the annual Farm Aid benefit. The award was given to him on October 2 in Los Angeles at the House of Blues where he performed during the Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award presentation to Ray Charles.
From News, posted 10.16.00
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