Growing up in the deep South, the allure of Broadway was the stuff of my wildest dreams. It was in New Orleans where I first ...

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 ...

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The first Chicago-area production of the Fats Waller revue “Ain’t Misbehavin’” I saw was in 2008 at the Goodman Theatre, co-starring the inimitable E. Faye Butler. By then, Butler had already earned ...

Assembled under the expert eye of director / lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr., Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of the most popular, well-crafted revues of all time and winner of the 1978 Tony Award for Best ...