Tag Archives: Memphis

Dr. Hazel Dukes receives honorary degree at the Apollo

In a commencement ceremony that had the audience clapping to tunes from the Tony award-winning musical “MEMPHIS,” 131 candidates for the doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) degree received their diplomas on June 5 from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem. Continue reading

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Dr. Hazel Dukes Receives Degree from Touro College

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) will graduate the Class of 2012, its second class, on Tuesday, June 5.  Continue reading

Montego Glover Living the Dream in Memphis

Broadway loves a Cinderella story, and Memphis is filled with them: the comeback of Chad Kimball as Huey, the Tony-winning composing debut of rock star David Bryan and the Best Musical Tony itself for this long-in-development show. Continue reading

Walter’s World: Memphis- Broadway At It’s Best

By Walter Rutledge

I believe that anything that is truly memorable in our lives is an evolution and doesn’t happen over night. The Broadway hit musical Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical, started the arduous road to Broadway acclaim over seven years ago. That seems just a little longer than it took to finally complete this commentary.

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Black Pack: Carters & Smiths Rockin the Tony

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Jay-Z, Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith were at Radio City Music Hall last night as nominees at the 64th annual Tony Awards. The triumvirate’s play, Fela! was nominated in 11 categories including Best Musical. Although the production took home three
trophies, it lost the top honor to Memphis. Better luck next
year. Continue reading

Car Dealers To The Stars

Macky Dancy has made it his business to get the signatures of professional athletes — in triplicate. Dancy, who was born in Memphis and grew up in Brooklyn rooting for the Yankees, the Knicks and the Giants, sells luxury cars to athletes and entertainers.

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