Ben Vereen performs best of Broadway, beyond Oct 25, 2009
After visiting with community groups throughout the week and opening the Honolulu Symphony Toyota Pops season last night, Tony and Emmy award-winning stage and screen star Ben Vereen will perform with the Pops orchestra again at 8 tonight at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Drawing from a career that has included performances in "Wicked," "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Pippin," and "A Christmas Carol," among many other productions, Vereen will perform the best of Broadway and beyond. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ben Vereen: Song, dance and dive man Oct 24, 2009
Ben Vereen has become a master of turning adversity into advantage. Told not to bother auditioning for the epic, made-for-TV mini series "Roots" because he was a "song and dance man," he landed the role of Chicken George. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Today in History - Oct. 10 Oct 11, 2009
Entertainer Ben Vereen is 63. Singer John Prine is 63. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Knowing Julia Aug 14, 2009
And finally, Tony Award-winning entertainer, Ben Vereen, performs just over the hill at Yountville's Lincoln Theater on Saturday, Aug. 22. Besides being a great actor, singer and dancer, Vereen is also a good cook. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Arsham mentors’ Performing Arts Center Board (4) Aug 11, 2009
We have Ben Vereen doing a tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr. (on Feb. 25) this year. He is proud to note the diversity of performers on his bills, which run the musical gamut from country, to big band, to soft rock and soul. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Theater Review: Hair on Broadway Jul 7, 2009
Other performers who would appear during the original Broadway run included Ben Vereen, Keith Carradine, and Meat Loaf. The 2009 Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theater in New York City on March 31. (Suite101.com)
Click to read:The Man With The Moves Jun 27, 2009
The 20th Century also had a couple of no-name male dancers like Nijinsky, Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Barishnikov, the Hines Brothers, Ben Vereen, and I'm missing some very important ones as well. Cab Calloway did a spin that Michael Jackson was to do 50-60 years later. (CBS News)
A Wonder Woman Still Jun 22, 2009
Carter went on to do a series of highly-rated variety specials on CBS, where she got to dress up in over-the-top outfits, dance with Ben Vereen, and sing with Ray Charles. But it was her stint as a Maybelline model that really changed her life. (CBS News)
Theater and comedy from around the Pac-10 Apr 14, 2009
com ColumnistPosted Apr 13, 2009. I WOULD LIKE to wax poetic about the beginning of spring but the fact is, it's mostly a miserable time of year for me. (BeaverFootball.com)
10 things to do this weekend Mar 27, 2009
LISTEN. Broadway crooner BEN VEREEN will sing and dance his way through a tribute to Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. when he performs at North Central College. March 28, 8 p.m. Tickets are $60. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Dance Spectrum Alaska celebrates 20 years Mar 9, 2009
She has also danced with Dolly Parton, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ben Vereen and Ann Reinking. Aminah Abdul-Jillil, 1992-97 Films Bringing Down the House and You Got Served. (Anchorage Daily News)
Mel Seeks a Comeback Mar 3, 2009
" He does, some of the best songs in musical history. Not a musical performer, Platt pulls off Nathan Detroit his own way Nathan would be proud. Elsewhere in the audience I saw Ben Vereen, Matthew Broderick, Valerie Harper, Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann, and Jim Burrows, the Emmy winning TV director (Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers, Frasier, etc) whose late father Abe wrote "Guys and Dolls. " "I think I m one of the few people in this room who was at the original opening night," Burrows quipped.... (Fox News)
Nickelodeon Embarks on a Three-Ring Circus Adventure in The Wonder Pets! 'Join The Circus!,' New Prime-Time Special Premiering Monday, March 9, at 8:00PM (ET/PT) Feb 18, 2009
Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Ben Vereen to Guest Star During Brand-New Wonder Pets Premiere Week, Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20 ... The excitement continues with a week of brand-new episodes Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20, featuring guest voiceovers from Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller and Ben Vereen ... Friday, March 20 (10:00 a.m.): "Save The Rat Pack!" -- Features Ben Vereen as voice of Sammy. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ford's Theatre packs in stars, and Obamas, for reopening Feb 12, 2009
CBS News anchor Katie Couric and actors Kelsey Grammer, James Earl Jones, Ben Vereen, Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald gave a presentation of Birth and Rebirth, a tribute to Lincoln. David Selby (Falcon Crest's Richard Channing) portrayed Lincoln. (USA Today -- Life)
Obama Praises Lincoln's Legacy at Ford's Theatre Feb 12, 2009
Also offering tributes to Lincoln on Wednesday are actress Audra McDonald from TV's "Private Practice," actors Ben Vereen and Jeffrey Wright, and opera singer Jessye Norman. The theater will reopen to the public on Thursday for Lincoln's birthday and then on Monday for President's Day. (Newsmax)
Tom O'Horgan, director of original 'Hair,' dies Feb 7, 2009
The musical, which starred Jeff Fenholt as Jesus and Ben Vereen as Judas, ran for more than 700 performances. Among O'Horgan's other notable Broadway productions was "Lenny," a play by Julian Berry about the fabled comedian Lenny Bruce, who was portrayed by Cliff Gorman. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
