For the first time in at least 15 years, the waters gushed from the central fountain at Ethel Waters Park along Commission Street in Chester and the city was there Saturday to celebrate it. For the ...

Ethel Waters was a popular blues, jazz and gospel singer and Oscar-nominated actress often credited with helping open the doors for other African-Americans in entertainment. She was also the first ...

In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those who came before ...

2 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 3 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities Of course, we can lay blame for that at the feet of the predominantly white (and white ...

freeFall Theatre Company's 2023/2024 season opens with an all-new play with music written by and starring Rose Weaver (freeFall debut) as the one and only Ethel Waters. A pioneer film, stage, ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Ethel Waters' birthday today! Vocalist and actress Ethel Waters was a key figure in the development of African American culture between the two World Wars. She broke ...

Sweet Mama Stringbean (The Story of Ethel Waters), Black Ensemble Theater. Like the Black Ensemble Theater pieces profiling Muddy Waters and Nat King Cole, this is less show than tell, a ...

Ethel Waters- vocals; Joe Smith- cornet; Bunny Berigan, Sterling Bose, Manny Klein, Shirley Clay, Charlie Teagarden- trumpet; Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey- trombone; Jimmy Dorsey- clarinet, alto ...

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Ninety years ago, something remarkable happened on Broadway: An anti-lynching song, “Supper Time,” had its premiere in a major production that ran 400 times. The performance marked a brilliant ...