Musical Theatre West concludes its 72nd season with a new yet familiar-looking production of the sassy and spunky AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', the Tony Award-winning 1978 musical revue that celebrates the music ...

Winner of the 1978 Tony Award® for Best Musical, Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a celebration of the music and spirit of legendary jazz great. The musical revue centers on Fats Waller whose career ranged from ...

The song “Black and Blue” has always been powerful. But as staged in Orlando Shakes’ production of “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” it carries a particularly somber weight. “Remember,” the number seems to say to ...

Legendary pianist and songwriter, Thomas Wright Fats Waller (1904-1943), contributed several outstanding gems to what we consider today to be the Great American Songbook. These standards include ...

Some jukebox shows include almost all of a songwriter’s canon. Not so “Ain’t Misbehavin,'” given that Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller wrote (or co-wrote) more than 400 songs, even as he became famous as a ...

Winner of the 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical, this musical revue is a sassy, sultry celebration of the music and spirit of legendary jazz great, Fats Waller, and Ain't Misbehavin' will have you ...

Years ago, I watched a PBS documentary about Thelonious Monk, who along with Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington, are piano giants in the world of jazz. Monk was asked for his feelings about the ...

Fats Waller was a gifted pianist and singer, famous for his joyful, playful style that left a never-ending mark on jazz. The original performers and co-writers gave Ain’t Misbehavin’ a lively stride ...

A decade after doing his first show with The Drama Group, Cordaro Johnson directs “Ain’t Misbehavin’” from Feb. 16 to 25 at Chicago Heights’ Milord Studio Theatre. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Actress Armelia McQueen, known for her roles in Broadway’s “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and the film “Ghost,” has died at the age of 68.