Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On The Sparrow

When: Friday, April 30, 8 pm, Saturday, May 1, 8 pm and
Sunday, May 2, 2 pm and 7:30 pm

Where: Triad Stage

Tickets: $10-$42. Triad Stage Box Office, 232 South Elm Street, Greensboro, and online at www.triadstage.com.

From the hopeless slums of Philadelphia to the heights of fame, Ethel Waters lived it all. She pulled herself out of a treacherous past to become a Vaudeville success, a recording sensation and a Broadway star. Her reputation for wielding a feisty temper labeled her as a “trouble maker” in the entertainment industry and made it increasingly difficult for her to find work. But after a change of attitude and heart, she found a purpose beyond herself as a performer with the Billy Graham Crusades. Through it all, there were the songs, the ones that gave her strength and the ones that made her a legend. Now her life takes center stage. This is her incredible story, filled with the greatest hits of a lifetime, including “Stormy Weather” and “Am I Blue?”

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Letters from Leokadia

When: Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1, 8 pm; Sunday, May 2, 3 pm

Where: UpStage Cabaret at Triad Stage.

Tickets: $5 online at www.triadstage.org or (336) 272-0160

On the morning of October 4, 1942, Leokadia Jaromirska, a Polish Catholic woman, was leaving for work when she heard a child crying.  She walked toward the sound and found a little girl.  She thought to herself, “So many widows and lonely mothers manage to raise children, I can, too.” She hugged the girl close to her heart and took her home.

Thus begins Letters from Leokadia, a stunning story of choice, courage, and love.

Letters from Leokadia is funded through a generous grant from the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation