Louis "KING LOUIE" PAIN

LaRhonda and I will have the pleasure of playing in the theater lobby area during the lead-up to the evening (7:30 pm) performance of "His Eye Is On the Sparrow."  See below for a description of that theatrical production.  (Note: the noon performance is already sold out, so  if you're interested in attending, you should purchase your tickets ASAP.)- - - - - - - - - - HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

By Larry Parr

A musical biography of Ethel Waters

Ellyn Bye Studio

February 4 – March 19, 2017

From a rough and spirit-breaking childhood to being an unwilling teen bride, Ethel Waters became a Vaudeville success, a recording sensation and crossed racial barriers to emerge as a Broadway and Hollywood star. But a reputation for being difficult and her own distrust of those who might employ her or love her — partly a response to the horrors of Jim Crow America — caused her to lose everything and become a recluse, until she found new strength as a gospel performer. Through it all, there were the songs – the ones that gave her solace and the ones that made her a legend. This is her remarkable story, filled with the greatest hits of a lifetime, including “Stormy Weather” and “Am I Blue?”