YAKIMA - Tony Award-winning actor, singer and dancer Ben Vereen will be the featured speaker at the 28th annual Merrill Scott Symposium Banquet on Aug. 22. The event begins at 7 p.m. with a dinner at ...

After enthralling TV audiences with his performance as Chicken George in the epic miniseries Roots, Ben Vereen then conquered Broadway, winning a Tony for Pippin, and then, movies. The quintessential ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — “Everything has its season, everything has its time,” goes a famous song from the musical “Pippin.” Well, maybe, but for the many fans of that ’70s Stephen Schwartz hit, a ...

For over 40 years, Ben Vereen has showcased his versatility and creativity as a performer on the stage as well as in TV and films. On Broadway, Vereen has appeared in productions such as Wicked, Hair, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The last show to open this season on Broadway comes with plenty of bang, lots of flips and real value for money: A ticket buys you not just a musical but also a trip to the circus. The ...

ZELIENOPLE ― Ben Vereen, a shining star of stage and screen, says he's stoked to make his only Pittsburgh-area appearance of the year Nov. 11 at the Strand Theater. "How old is that theater?" Vereen ...

After initial introductions have been established for an interview, the subject on the other end of a telephone line quite often asks something akin to, "So, how's San Francisco?" At which point I ...

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