White tourists flocking to Harlem for packaged gospel tours have a movie they can embrace in “Oh Happy Day,” a feel-good comedy for those who like it sweet and simple. Using the formula of quirky ...

Opening on Wednesday following its 2024 premiere at Baltimore Center Stage, Oh Happy Day! turns out to be, oh well, not such a happy event for theatergoers due to its overabundance of content and an ...

OH HAPPY DAY! begins performances in The Public’s Martinson Hall on Thursday, October 2. The Joe Papp Free Preview Performance will be on Friday, October 3. The production will now run through Sunday, ...

THAT’S A GREAT PLACE. THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF THE MUSIC YOU’LL HEAR AS THE PLAY. OH, HAPPY DAY HITS BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE RIGHT NOW. CREWS ARE SETTING THE STAGE AND COSTUMES ARE GETTING THEIR FINAL ...

Jordan E. Cooper is not experiencing the usual sophomore slump — certainly not at the Public Theater, where his newest play had its world premiere Wednesday. “Ain’t No Mo’,” his first play at the ...

An hour into “Sister Act 2,” Whoopi Goldberg leads a choir of students who look like they’d rather be anywhere than onstage. A young Lauryn Hill and a dozen teenagers mumble along to what sounds like ...

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer and arranger, passed away this past January at the age of 74. He left behind an unmatched legacy, revolutionizing what it means to be a gospel ...

Legendary gospel artist Edwin Hawkins has died at 74. Hawkins is best known for groundbreaking gospel arrangements, particularly "Oh Happy Day." Hawkins' publicist Bill Carpenter told the Associated ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his ...

Edwin Hawkins' "Oh Happy Day" was an accidental hit. The song, a gospel-style rework of an 18th century hymn, starts with a jazzy drum beat and a kind of blues pop piano groove. Dorothy Morrison, who ...

(AP) — Along with Andrae Crouch, James Cleveland and a handful of others, Hawkins was credited as a founder of modern gospel music. NEW YORK (AP) — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the ...