As a wartime [1943] legit offering Carmen Jones - the modernized, all-Negro version of [Georges Bizet's] opera Carmen - was a long-run hit both on Broadway and on the road. Otto Preminger has ...

SLAM Cinema—Carmen Jones Starring an all-Black cast, this 1954 adaptation of George Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen features Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte in leading roles. Dandridge made history as ...

The original 1943 “Carmen Jones” was a good hour shorter than “Carmen,” and under the direction of John Doyle, this revival clocks in at just over 90 minutes.

Vanessa Williams sang the role of Carmen Jones with a cool reserve at the Kennedy Center.Tom Randle as Joe and Harolyn Blackwell as Cindy Lou in the Kennedy Center's concert staging of the musical ...

As the Second World War rages, parachute maker Carmen Jones wages her own quarrel involving an airman and a boxer. Using the score from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, this adaptation by Oscar ...

Olga James, the singer and actor who costarred with Harry Belafonte in Otto Preminger’s classic 1954 musical film Carmen Jones, died January 25 at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles.She ...

Carmen Jones. Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA for an African-American cast. Carmen, a factory worker, ...

Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, frontman of the power-pop band the Raspberries who went on to achieve success with songs such as "All By Myself" and "Hungry Eyes," has died.. He was 74. The news ...

Eric Carmen’s huge solo hits include 1975's All By Myself, which features in the classic opening scene of Bridget Jones's Diary, and was later covered by Celine Dion ...

Olga James, ‘Carmen Jones’ Actress and Singer, Dies at 95. She also starred on Broadway alongside Sammy Davis Jr. in ‘Mr. Wonderful’ and was married to famed musicians Cannonball Adderley ...