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‘Wicked’ Lindsay Mendez & ‘Color Purple’ LaChanze Join Norm Lewis for Inspirational Broadway

Lindsay Mendez ('Wicked,' 'Godspell,' 'Grease') and LaChanze ('The Color Purple') are joining Norm Lewis ('Phantom of the Opera'), Adam Pascal ('RENT,' 'Aida') and a wealth of other talent for the Inspirational Broadway. The special one night only all star benefit takes place next monday at the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
By James Knight

  • Yolanda Kondonassis & Jason Vieaux to Appear on Ginastera Centennial Album

    Yolanda Kondonassis is celebrated as one of the world's premier solo harpists and is widely regarded as today's most recorded classical harpist. The 53-year-old virtuoso has recorded Ginastera's iconic Harp Concerto with the Oberlin Symphony Orchestra as part of a Ginastera Centennial album, which will be released by Oberlin Music and distributed by Naxos in October 2016. The commemorative album is produced by Erica Brenner with recording engineers Paul Eachus and Larry Rock.
    By Shane Jordan

  • Manfred Honeck to Lead Chicago Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsal

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra's open rehearsal for invited donors, community groups and the CSO's concerts has been set for February 18-20 with frequent guest conductor Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, announced as the guest conductor. The CSO's own Music Director, Riccardo Muti, was scheduled to helm the event but had to withdraw from all February's concerts and activities in Chicago due to a recent accident and subsequent convalescence.
    By Shane Jordan