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For Ben Vereen, all roads lead to Las Vegas.
March 11, 2015
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CONTINUING ON: Actor Ben Vereen agreed months ago to be keynote speaker for an American Assn. for Adult and Continuing Education conference here this week.
Nov. 3, 1992
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Jan. 26, 2009
Entertainment & Arts
The problem with reenacting a blackface minstrel show, even to make a political point, is that on some level, it is still a blackface minstrel show.
June 16, 2017
It is late on a Tuesday night, and artist Edgar Arceneaux is standing in the shadows of a black-box rehearsal room somewhere in the labyrinth that is Valencia’s California Institute of the Arts.
Nov. 17, 2015
When Ben Vereen held auditions for “Hair” at a community theater in Florida in 2015, the Tony winner said he wanted to break new ground with the rock musical.
Jan. 5, 2018
Tony award-winning dancer and television actor Ben Vereen, making his first public appearance since being hit by a truck in June, told teachers in adult-education programs their role is important to society.
Nov. 5, 1992
World & Nation
The teen-age daughter of entertainer Ben Vereen was killed in an accident involving a tractor-trailer that flipped over and crushed the van in which she was riding, the New Jersey State Police said Thursday.
Dec. 4, 1987
Ben Vereen says his show is Sammy Davis Jr.’s music, not an impersonation.
May 24, 2005
Rehearsing ‘Until, Until, Until...,’ Edgar Arceneaux’s experimental play about Ben Vereen’s performance at the 1981 presidential inaugural gala.