Alicia Keys is ready to take on Broadway. The Grammy-winning songstress promoted Stick Fly, the play she produced, at a photo call at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City’s Times Square today. Alicia posed with the playwright Lydia R. Diamond, director Kenny Leon, and the cast which includes actors Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Mekhi Phifer.

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Alicia is on the cover of latest Glamour magazine along with actresses Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston. Read part of the interview below.

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Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theater will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Gala at the historic Edison Ballroom at 4pm on Sunday, May 22. The event will be co-hosted by CBS News’ Randall Pinkston and actress Lynn Whitfield. Chairmen for the event are Laurence Fishburne, John Morning, and Susan Taylor. The Honorary Chair is Dr. Maya Angelou.

In addition to celebrating NFT’s vital contribution to the arts internationally, the Gala will feature special awards for 13 individuals that changed the cultural life of our nation: Sidney Poitier, Ntozake Shange, Ruby Dee, Alicia Keys, Mayor David Dinkins, Imhotep Gary Byrd, George Faison, Amiri Baraka, Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Elizabeth McCann, Carla Pinza, Terrie Williams, and Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin.

For tickets and information, call 212-838-2660, ext. 14.

Alicia Keys is to play a one-off London show to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her debut album Songs in A Minor. The intimate show, which is to be titled ‘Piano & I: A One Night Only Event With Alicia Keys’, will involve the singer-songwriter showcasing her Grammy-winning debut in its entirety at the Royal Albert Hall on June 13.

“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Songs in A Minor, than by holding a special, intimate concert for my fans,” Keys explained in a statement. “It’s my absolute favorite way to perform. There is something so special about just me on my piano connecting with the audience.

“It brings me back to the very beginning when I could only perform with a keyboard and to now be able take it back to the essence of who I am with this show, it is so exciting.” The news follows the recent announcement that Alicia Keys is to repackage her million-selling debut in deluxe and collector editions for the anniversary.

The Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS) in New York City will honor Grammy® Award winner and alumna, Alicia Keys with the “Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award” at their 20th Anniversary celebration. The gala will be held at the Roundabout Theater on April 4th in New York City. Keys will accept the PPAS “Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award” at the Gala.

“I’m so touched and honored to be receiving the Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award from my old alma mater,” said Keys. “The education I received while at PPAS has stretched way beyond school lessons and I’m so proud to be one of the many students PPAS has helped influence.” (Read more… )

On Friday, Alicia filmed for an exhibit at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab. She performed If I Ain’t Got You, No One & Empire State of Mind.

Today was the 7th annual Keep A Child Alive Black Ball. Alicia arrived with her husband Swizz Beatz and posted on the carpet with Usher who touched her baby belly.

Toni Braxton has revealed that she hopes to duet with Alicia Keys on her latest single ‘Woman’. The song – a cover of the Delta Goodrem track from her 2007 Delta LP – is the latest cut from Braxton’s comeback album Pulse.

Braxton previously told Digital Spy that she was keen to collaborate with Keys because they share a passion for playing the piano. The singer has now revealed that there is a strong possibility the pair will record a remix of her latest track.

She told Rap Up: “[Atlantic Records CEO] Craig Kallman mentioned me and Alicia doing a new version of it where we both play piano, so maybe!”

Alicia Keys shed her superstar image this week for a low-key Zulu blessing ceremony held beneath a “healing tree” in KwaZulu-Natal.

The Grammy award-winning singer, who is about five months pregnant, arrived in South Africa to headline the Fifa Kick-Off Concert in Soweto last week.

On Wednesday, Keys and Swizz Beatz, her music producer fiancé, both decked out in beads and leopard print, had their union and their unborn child blessed in a traditional ceremony at Illovo on the South Coast.

The ceremony took place under a huge fig tree – dubbed “the healing tree” – which symbolises good fortune and good health. (Read more… )

Digitaria, a leading digital marketing and technology agency has just begun a partnership with Grammy Award-winning musician and writer Alicia Keys on her most recent endeavor, I Am A Superwoman (IAAS.com). With the mission of utilizing content to empower women, Digitaria will help Alicia Keys create a site that aims to connect women with one another, continuing the inspiration Keys learned from her mother and grandmother.

“I just want to continue that legacy, you know, of compassion, and of service, and of really being like someone that people can relate to, and can understand and say, ‘You know what? She’s just like me. And if she can do it, I can do it,’” Keys said. ” And we can all kind of figure this out.”

In order to fulfill the site’s goal, IAAS.com needed a Head Blogger to be the voice of the site to create and maintain inspiring content. To fill this prestigious position, AK Worldwide, Keys’ company, conducted a nationwide job search. Entering into a co-branded partnership with Monster.com, the campaign leveraged the Monster Job Search Engine and Resume Submission Services. (Read more… )