Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74.Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, ...

An hour into “Sister Act 2,” Whoopi Goldberg leads a choir of students who look like they’d rather be anywhere than onstage. A young Lauryn Hill and a dozen teenagers mumble along to what sounds like ...

OH HAPPY DAY! begins performances in The Public’s Martinson Hall on Thursday, October 2. The Joe Papp Free Preview Performance will be on Friday, October 3. The production will now run through Sunday, ...

The last time that the composer Heather Christian’s “Oratorio for Living Things” appeared on a New York stage, it was spring of 2022, and the act of gathering still felt a little brave. We had waited ...

THAT’S A GREAT PLACE. THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE MUSIC YOU’LL HEAR AS THE PLAY. OH, HAPPY DAY HITS BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE SETTING THE STAGE AND COSTUMES ARE GETTING THEIR FINAL ...

Eleven-year-old Antiguan gospel reggae singer Enoch Thomas teamed up with Jamaican gospel artiste and minister Carlene Davis last December for a reworking of the Christmas standard O Holy Night. Now, ...

3 ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Premiere "It's incredible that BCS will be the home to the world premiere of OH HAPPY DAY!, written by my good friend, Jordan E. Cooper," said Walker-Webb.

The Tony-nominated playwright Jordan E. Cooper has already upended Broadway. Will Baltimore be next? “Oh Happy Day!,” the 29-year-old playwright’s first show since his maiden effort tossed the ...

Two music-infused plays that originated at Baltimore Center Stage have transferred to off-Broadway — a sign that Maryland’s largest theater is assuming an increasingly important role in the national ...

Singer and rapper Lizzo channelled the classic '90s Whoopi Goldberg sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, for her performance of "Juice" at the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards on Monday. To begin with ...

Mervyn Warren said Goldberg didn't sing the iconic "la, la, la" notes at the beginning of the song, as she's helping Ryan Toby's character build confidence. Whoopi Goldberg's voice as a singing nun in ...