Broadway veteran Cheyenne Jackson was ready to take another break from musical theater like he has done before. That is until he got an offer he couldn’t refuse. “Oh, Mary!” Director Sam Pinkleton wanted him to star in a revival of the Tony Award-winning musical “La Cage aux Folles” at the Pasadena Playhouse. “I made … Read more
Producer, composer and arranger Quincy Jones passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at the age of 91. In a “Sunday Morning” report originally broadcast on March 9, 2008, reporter John Blackstone spoke with the impresario about his indelible mark on contemporary music — from being hired by Lionel Hampton at age 15, to his … Read more
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music giant whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s landmark “Thriller” album to writing award-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at the age of 91. . Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, said he died Sunday night at … Read more
Steve Schnur can’t sleep. He calls it a blessing and a curse. In search of the next great sports video game soundtrack, Schnur scrolls through social media in the middle of the night, discovering new music and sending it to his long-sleeping colleagues. That’s how he found Lola Young. While scrolling through Instagram one morning … Read more