Ethel Waters was a popular blues, jazz and gospel singer and Oscar-nominated actress often credited with helping open the doors for other African-Americans in entertainment. She was also the first ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — For Jannie Jones, portraying Ethel Waters on stage is more than a role. It’s a calling. Jones created the role of Ethel Waters in the original production of “Ethel Waters: His Eye is on ...

ALBANY – You might not leave Capital Repertory Theatre’s production of “Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On the Sparrow” caring deeply about the title character, but you will leave falling in love with Jannie ...

<p>Bernadine Mitchell is the total package. </p> <p>With Mitchell, who plays the late, great and legendary jazz and blues singer Ethel Waters in the play "His Eye is on the Sparrow," the chemistry is ...

The coming days mark birth anniversaries of two surpassing singers of American song—Ethel Waters’s 125th birthday and Mahalia Jackson’s 110th. As Black women, both performers bravely breached multiple ...

Waters never could read music and didn't engage a voice instructor until well into her career, but she worked over songs like "Heat Wave" and "Stormy Weather" until they carried her unique signature.

Not long after rehearsals began for Larry Parr’s one-woman show “Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow,” actress and singer Jannie Jones developed laryngitis that lingered until just a few days ...