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 ...
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 ...
Fats Waller was a gifted pianist and singer, famous for his joyful, playful style that left a never-ending mark on jazz. The original performers and co-writers gave Ain’t Misbehavin’ a lively stride ...
The whole thing opens with a rousing rendition of Waller’s 1929 “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a head-boppin’, tongue-in-cheek song about trying to stay true when your love’s not around. The big sounds of this ...
Armelia McQueen, who rose to Broadway stardom with her debut in 1978’s Ain’t Misbehavin’ and played the sister of Whoopi Goldberg’s haunted character in 1990’s Ghost, died Saturday. She was 68. Her ...
Shawnee on Delaware, PA In celebration of Black History Month - Rebel Stages brings its 2021 Hit AINT MISBEHAVIN to the historic and award-winning Shawnee Playhouse. A musical Tribute show to Thomas ...
(L-R) Paris Bennett, David LaMarr and Melrose Johnson in TUTS' production of Ain't Misbehavin'. Credit: Photo by Melissa Taylor A woman-dressed in a red feathered flapper hat and a red dress straight ...
The HBO show's star-creator and composer open up about their "cute and innocent, but pretty weird" tune, which features Walton Goggins singing and clogging. By Pete Keeley The Righteous Gemstones, ...
“Ain’t Misbehavin’,” the classic revue now at The Rev, celebrates the legacy of Harlem Renaissance musical giant Fats Waller. The show tells us very little about the man himself in narrative, instead ...
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.