NEWS RELEASE — ‘BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS’ SPECIAL EVENT — ORIGINAL BROADWAY “DREAMGIRLS” REUNITE at JOHN ANSON FORD AMPHITHEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD FOR CONVERSATION AND SONG — SUNDAY, JULY 10 AT 8PM

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS
BROADWAY UNDER THE STARS
SPECIAL EVENT
CELEBRATING THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE LEGENDARY TONY AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL DREAMGIRLS
ORIGINAL STARS
SHERYL LEE RALPH, LORETTA DEVINE,
AND JENNIFER HOLLIDAY
REUNITE FOR CONVERSATION AND SONG
ONE NIGHT ONLY
SUNDAY, JULY 10 AT 8pm
JOHN ANSON FORD AMPHITHEATRE

Chris Isaacson Presents in association with Ronn Goswick has announced a Broadway Under the Stars special event, a one-night-only concert starring the original Dreamgirls — Independent Spirit Award-winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy Award-winner Loretta Devine, and Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Holliday in conversation and song. The curtain will rise at 8pm on Sunday, July 10 at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Additional performers will be announced soon.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is an acclaimed author, producer, and actor. She originated the role of Deena Jones in Dreamgirls on Broadway, garnering a Tony Award nomination for her performance. Television credits include Instant Mom, Moesha, Ray Donovan, Criminal Minds, To Sleep With Anger (Independent Spirit Award), and more. Ralph is the founding director of the D.I.V.A. (Divinely Inspired Victoriously Anointed) Foundation, which she created in memory of many friends lost to AIDS. She holds the distinction of being the youngest female graduate of Rutgers University at the age of 19.

Loretta Devine, equally at home on stage and on screen, originated the role of Lorrell Robinson in Dreamgirls on Broadway. Other stage credits include Hair, The Colored Museum, Mahalia, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Spunk, Rabbit’s Foot, and Bob Fosse’s Big Deal, to name only a few. She has received many nominations for and won Primetime Emmy Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Satellite and Black Image Awards, the Gracie Allen Award, and the Critics’ Choice Award. Devine’s many and acclaimed television credits include Grey’s Anatomy, A Different World, Boston Public, Being Mary Jane, The Carmichael Show, Eli Stone, The Client List, and many more. Devine’s film credits are numerous and varied, including Madea’s Big Happy Family, In the Hive, You’re Not You, The Sound and the Fury, Welcome to Me, Jumping the Broom, Death at a Funeral, and the Oscar-winning Crash, among others.

Jennifer Holliday has been proclaimed a Broadway legend by critics and fans alike. She originated the role of Effie Melody White in Dreamgirls for which she won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Through the years, she has recorded five CDs, appeared on television, in many other stage productions, and as a soloist with Symphony Orchestras all over the country. Holliday has worked with major artists including Barbra Streisand, Luther Vandross, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, David Foster, and many others. She has performed for four U.S. Presidents and continues to tour all over the world.

Chris Isaacson Presents (CIP) has created, produced, and promoted over 600 events since the company’s founding in 2004. From small clubs to major theatres CIP has presented some of the most influential stars of this generation including Adam Lambert, Lea Michele, Neil Patrick Harris, Grammy Award-winners Paula Cole, Richard Marx, Sergio Mendes, and more. Recently, CIP produced the “Food & Friends—Vibiana” charitable event honoring Grammy Award-winning rock icons Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. The event at Los Angeles’s downtown hot-spot Vibiana, was hosted by Emmy-Award-winner Lisa Kudrow and included performances by UCLA’s Scattertones, Nickelodeon’s Ashley Argota and High School Musical star Corbin Bleu. “Food & Friends” raised over $400,000 for the Nexus Scholarship Award that supports elite clinician/research neuroscientists in UCLA’s M.D. and Ph.D. Psychiatry Residency research training programs.

This Broadway Under the Stars special event will be at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East, in Hollywood, for one performance only on Sunday, July 10 at 8pm. Ticket prices start at $65 and VIP packages are available. Tickets may be purchased online at FordTheatres.org and at ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com, or by calling (323) 461-3673; for non-visual media, call 323-GO-1-FORD. To learn about discounts for groups of 10 or more, please visit FordTheatres.org. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit The D.I.V.A. Foundation and The Actors Fund.

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^{L to R — Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS.}

NEWS RELEASE — CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS ANNOUNCES FULL SPRING SLATE

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS
ANNOUNCES
FULL SLATE OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR SPRING 2016
FEATURING
RICHARD SHELTON, NATHAN LEE GRAHAM,
THELMA HOUSTON, LIZ CALLAWAY,
AND FRENCHIE DAVIS

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced a full slate of spring entertainment, beginning with acclaimed British actor/singer Richard Shelton, followed by Grammy Award-winner and Zoolander 2 star Nathan Lee Graham, Grammy Award-winner and Motown legend Thelma Houston, Tony Award-nominated actress/singer Liz Callaway, and the inimitable song stylist Frenchie Davis.

Richard Shelton is a Los Angeles-based British film, television, and theatre actor and acclaimed singer. In the UK, Shelton is best known for playing the charmingly murderous role of Dr. Adam Forsythe on ITV’s long-running drama Emmerdale and for his portrayal of Frank Sinatra in the award-winning drama Rat Pack Confidential in London’s West End. Shelton is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Frank Sinatra. He has recorded solo albums at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Abbey Road Studios in London. Celebrating the release of his new CD An Englishman in Love in LA, he will be appearing at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood for one performance only on Thursday, March 24 at 8:30pm. Shelton will be joined by BMG artist and songwriter Carly Robyn Green. Having recorded over 100 songs for film and television, Green has been called the female Michael Bublé by AOL Music News.

Multi-talented star of stage, screen, and television Nathan Lee Graham can currently be seen in Paramount’s Zoolander 2 reprising his role of ‘Todd’ from the original cult hit, Zoolander. He has also been seen in hit films such as Sweet Home Alabama and Hitch. His television credits include Absolutely Fabulous, Scrubs, Law & Order: SVU and HBO’s The Comeback. On stage, Graham has originated roles on Broadway (The Wild Party, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert) and appeared Off-Broadway in Wig Out!, Hit the Wall, and The Hunger Artists. A consummate concert performer, he won a 2005 Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. Graham will perform his new show, You Oughta Be In Pictures, once only on Thursday, April 21 at 8:30pm at Catalina Bar & Grill.

Grammy Award-winning legend Thelma Houston returns to Catalina Bar & Grill after two sold-out shows in October 2015. Houston began her career singing for Capitol Records with The Art Reynolds Singers and then as a solo artist. Her debut album “Sunshower” for ABC/Dunhill, was released in 1969 and spawned four hit singles. Her rise to fame with Motown Records is chronicled in My Motown: Music, Memories, and More as Houston takes her audience on a musical and inspirational journey that tells the story of her illustrious and fascinating career. She shares intimate stories and behind-the-scenes adventures against a tapestry of 23 classic Motown hits including “Heatwave,” “I Second That Emotion,” “Nowhere to Run,” “I Wish,” “Do You Know Where You’re Going To,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” her number one international hit “Don’t Leave Me This Way,” and more. Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 — both shows at 8:30pm.

On Monday, May 9 at 8:30pm, Tony Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Liz Callaway will perform at Catalina Bar & Grill celebrating the West Coast release of her latest CD, “The Essential Liz Callaway.” Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along (1981) and she performed in the Lincoln Center concert production of Follies with the New York Philharmonic. Other stage credits include Baby (Tony Award nomination), The Three Musketeers, The Spitfire Grill, Sunday in the Park with George, Evita, Cats, Miss Saigon, and The Look of Love. Callaway’s highly anticipated compilation album includes her definitive recordings of “Meadowlark,” “The Story Goes On,” the Oscar-nominated “Journey To The Past” and five brand new tracks spanning her three-decade career. Callaway will also be appearing for one performance only at Martini’s Above Fourth in San Diego on Tuesday, May 10 at 8pm.

Frenchie Davis is known for her powerhouse vocals and commanding stage presence. She was first noticed when she auditioned for Fox TV’s American Idol and her success on the show launched her rise to fame quickly. Davis was in the Broadway cast of Rent for four years and then toured the West Coast playing Effie White in Dreamgirls and later toured with Ruben Studdard in the 30th Anniversary revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’. She was also one of the top finalists on NBC’s The Voice. Davis will release her long awaited CD debut, produced by Chris Willis, this year. With musical direction by Nick Petrillo, The Frenchie Experience will be an evening of pop and soul cabaret featuring innovative and soulful arrangements of songs spanning every decade. One performance only on Tuesday, May 17 at 8:30pm at Catalina Bar & Grill.

Tickets for all shows are on sale now and may be purchased online at www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com or www.ticketweb.com or by phone (LA shows) at (866) 468-3399. To purchase by phone for Liz Callaway at Martini’s Above Fourth in San Diego, call (619) 400-4500.

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03-17-16

NEWS RELEASE — NEW YEAR’S EVE 2016 POP ROCKIN’ CELEBRATION AT HILTON LOS ANGELES/UNIVERSAL CITY WITH SPECIAL GUEST POP ICON BELINDA CARLISLE

CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS
AND
HILTON LOS ANGELES/UNIVERSAL CITY
PRESENT
NEW YEAR’S EVE 2016
A POP ROCKIN’ CELEBRATION
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
POP ICON BELINDA CARLISLE
ALSO STARRING
FRENCHIE DAVIS, ROGELIO DOUGLAS JR.,
DAVID HERNANDEZ, MAYA, AND JAKE SIMPSON

Chris Isaacson Presents and the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City have announced NEW YEAR’S EVE 2016: A POP ROCKIN’ CELEBRATION with special guest pop icon Belinda Carlisle and also starring Frenchie Davis, Rogelio Douglas Jr., David Hernandez, Maya, and Jake Simpson, performing hits from the 80s to today as well as fresh arrangements of favorites from the Great American Songbook and classic rhythm and blues. The festivities will begin at 7pm in the Hilton’s elegant Sierra Ballroom.

The evening will be a return to the traditional supper club experience. Ticket packages give guests the option of a four-course dinner, pre-show artist meet and greet, premium top shelf bottle service at tables, or simply a ticket for the show. Regardless of the package, all patrons will have access to the Sierra Ballroom’s large dance floor, live concert entertainment, full bar, celebratory champagne toast, party favors, balloon drop, and much more.

Tickets are on sale now and prices range from $87—$325. Purchase online at www.TicketWeb.com and www.ChrisIsaacsonPresents.com, or via phone at (866) 468-3399. For guest room reservations at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City for New Year’s Eve, call (818) 506-2500, extension 1. Use code NYEPR.

RIGHT-CLICK HERE
FOR ARTIST BIOS AND COMPLETE
BREAKDOWN OF TICKET PACKAGES.

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^{PHOTOS OF BELINDA CARLISLE COURTESY OF CHRIS ISAACSON PRESENTS.}