Gospel Singer Edwin Hawkins Passes

Compiled By Don Thomas       “Gospel Singer Edwin Hawkins, the four-time Grammy Award-winning leader of The Edwin Hawkins Singers’ 1969 million-seller, “Oh Happy Day,” died January 15th, 2018 at his home in the Bay area, after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was […]

“Mankind” and Woe-man!

By Ernece B. Kelly Drama Critic Although Robert O’Hara’s new, multi-racial play, “Mankind” is hilarious while calling attention to numerous social ills–among them climate change, domestic surveillance and unconscionable money grabbing–it doesn’t settle down long or deep enough into its central idea to be altogether […]

‘Chicago the Musical’ featured in ‘Broadway Balances America’

Broadway Across America’s collaboration with the award-winning morning show The Balancing Act, on the Lifetime Channel ends Season Four of the five-part series “Broadway Balances America” with Chicago the Musical. This new episode debuts on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 7:30 am ET and will re-air on Wednesday, January 10 at 7:30 am ET. In […]

‘AfroPoP’ opens with ‘Black Panther Woman’

The 10th anniversary season of the documentary series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange opens with Rachel Perkins’ Black Panther Woman, a look back at the Black Panther Party in Australia, and a legacy tarnished by #MeToo charges from one of the women involved in that movement. Queen Sugar star […]