The transformation unfolds before veteran vocalist Ginny Pugh Spillman ever sings a note. She can feel it. “It happens every time as soon as I put on that little black wig,” Pugh Spillman said. The ...

Directed by Harmony France with music direction by Ensemble Member Michael Mahler, the production runs May 1 through June 7, 2026 at American Blues Theater in Chicago. The musical includes songs made ...

WAKEFIELD, R.I. — One of her sold-out concerts actually registered a 2.3 magnitude on a seismograph and caused earthquake tremors, the result of a massive sound system and a stadium full of flailing ...

Jazz and country music have two things in common: the blues and a dependence on songs with heartfelt stories. In the case of jazz, those story songs came largely from urban musicals by way of Tin Pan ...