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"LEGENDS, MOVEMENT AND MEMORIES"

The evening will be hosted by Marla Gibbs and Florence LaRue, Ms. Gibbs achieved fame as a television comedy legend for her roles on the series The Jeffersons and 227. She also appeared frequently on The Hughleys and the daytime drama Passions. Her stage credits include Medea, The Amen Corner, The Gingerbread Lady and Boeing Boeing.

Florence LaRue is a founding member of legendary pop group The Fifth Dimension and is the recipient of six Grammy Awards. She has appeared in films and in the national touring company of the Tony Award winning musical Aint Misbehavin and in other stage productions.

The performances include:

Florence LaRue will perform some of the award-winning The Fifth Dimensions chart-topping big hits.

Freda Payne, legendary performer of rhythm and blues and pop and star of Broadway and films, will perform an excerpt from her show Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, bringing to life the immortal Ella Fitzgerald and her revered career as an extraordinary jazz singer.

Sheetal Gandhi in BAHU-Beti-Biwi (Daughter-inLaw, Daughter, Wife). A tour-de-force excerpt combining dance, stirring vocalization, and percussive text that glides between humorous portraiture and active resistance,

Juli Kim shares two dance works. Five Drum Dance exemplifies Korean traditional music with a touch of Western influence. New Leaf, deeply rooted in Korean Han, symbolically unfolds the innocence of the new leaf when there is change in life.

The Los Angeles Womens Theatre Festivals Legends, Movement and Memories promises to be an exceptional evening of theatre, music and dance. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. To order, go to http://lawtf.org or call (818) 760-0408.