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 ...
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The archives of pioneering American Black singer Ethel Waters, a stage, movie and TV star, have been acquired by the Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Ethel Waters (Oct. 31, 1896-Sept. 1, 1977 ...
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 ...
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. Her life, though, changed ...
With all the drama and adversity in her life, it's a wonder that Ethel Waters has not been the subject of a biographical play, musical or film before now. While screen treatment might more ...
In less than a year, Jannie Jones has played two leading women in history. After an impressive star turn last year as Mahalia Jackson in the N.C. Black Repertory Company's Mahalia Jackson, Queen of ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — For Jannie Jones, portraying Ethel Waters on stage is more than a role. It’s a calling. Jones created the role of Ethel Waters in the original production of “Ethel Waters: His Eye is on ...
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 ...
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, ...
There is a widespread tendency to superimpose racial identity on the singing voice and musical genres, and for many years, my own encounters with this left me struggling to understand the sense of ...
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