Debbie Allen News

What difference does it make that Tennessee Williams's play is performed by a black cast in Debbie Allen's Broadway production? It undoubtedly gives the work a new dynamic.

Following its sold-out run on Broadway, the explosive 2008 production of Tennessee Williams ' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF will be opening in London's West End in December this year.

I had the privilege of seeing the play at Novello Theater in London this weekend and it was awesome! We had the pleasure of meeting one of the Director's in the corridor which stopped and spoke with us.

Imagine being a Hollywood star complete with Tony and Emmy award nominations and multiple trips to the Oscars.

Adrian Lester, star of the BBC's 'Hustle', talks about the first all-black production of Tennessee Williams's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' . 'There's this bit when he leans close to me, and says, 'Son' and I can feel the boom of his voice passing right through me.

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof stars James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Adrian Lester and Sanaa Lathan.

Bridging Adversity through Dance Straight from her appearance in the hit movie FAME, award winning director and choreographer Debbie Allen announced the west coast premiere of her critically acclaimed dance driven musical, OMAN...O Man! at UCLA's prestigious Royce Hall from Thursday, December 10th, 2009 thru Saturday, December 12, 2009.

Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play comes to the West End with a star-studded cast.

DEBBIE Allen, 59, starred as Lydia Grant in the hit Eighties' TV series Fame. She's currently directing Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which opens at the Novello Theatre on December 1 Mariah Carey: Butterfly I think Mariah is one of the songbirds of this millennium and the music on this album is truly inspirational.

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Here's a look at images from 2009 movies with release dates. Image 1 of 29 'Fame' tentative release date Sept.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams's masterpiece of Southern Gothic about a family stewing in its own juices, arrives in the West End next month after its hit Broadway run.

Oak Grove High students Brittain Allgood and Whitnee Bradford both were mesmerized and intimidated when they walked into the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles this past summer.

THE update of the 1980 smash hit, remade by young choreographer-turned-director Kevin Tancharoen, begins with Debbie Allen's classic line: "Fame costs.

Movie had a Great Cast...Some actors I'd never seen before and then some veterans actors whose work I know very well to include Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, were in the film along with Debbie Allen who was from the original cast was in this film along with "So You Think You Can Dance" Alumni Kherington Payne.

Fame, the original ''high school musical,'' earns a sometimes toe-tapping remake that borrows scenes, situations and character ''types'' from its 1980 original.

Way back in 1980, when the Oscar-winning theme song of the movie Fame declared "I'm gonna live forever," it was easy to believe the lyric was an example of artistic license.

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LAS VEGAS -- The stars of the musical “Fame” will walk the red carpet at the Paris Hotel and Casino Thursday night, just before the film’s premiere.

"You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying...in sweat," said Debbie Allen as dance instructor Lydia Grant.