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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Saturday 18 May 2019
Cheap Trick, Sara Gilbert part

of gala honoring Linda Perry

NEW YORK (AP) — A benefit Willa Amai will perform. rock band 4 Non Blondes
gala honoring Linda Perry “Music education should and went on to craft hits
will include a performance not be a luxury and with for Christina Aguilera, Pink,
by Rock and Roll Hall of the help of these visionar- Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys
Famers Cheap Trick and ies and this community, we and others.
appearances from Oscar- hope to play a small part This year, Perry became
nominated actress Juliette of sparking creativity and the first woman in 15 years
Lewis and Perry’s wife, Sara inspiring future songwriters, to earn a nomination for
Gilbert. producers, and musicians,” nonclassical producer of
“Linda Perry & Friends: A Perry said in a statement. the year at the Grammy
In this Jan. 23, 2019 photo, Linda Perry poses for a portrait at her Night at the Grammy Mu- Perry, 54, is one of the most Awards. She was inducted
studio in Los Angeles. seum” will take place June successful songwriters and into the Songwriters Hall of
Associated Press 29 in Los Angeles at The producers in the music in- Fame in 2015.
Novo at L.A. Live. Sharon dustry. Proceeds from the gala will
Osbourne will also appear She broke onto the scene assist the Grammy Museum
at the event, where singer in the early 1990s with the Foundation.q

‘Kinky Boots’ to star in movie

theaters, coming full circle

The musical is about a staid
British shoe factory on the
brink of ruin that retrofits
itself into a maker of foot-
wear for drag queens. It
has songs by Cyndi Lauper
and a story by Harvey Fier-
stein.
The musical, which made
its bow on Broadway in
2013, won the Tony Award
that year and later a Gram-
my Award for best musical
theater album. A London
production won the Olivier
This image released by Fathom Events shows the cast during a Award.
performance of the musical “Kinky Boots.” Fathom Events plans Both the West End and
to show a performance from the London cast in nearly 500 movie Broadway runs are over,
theaters across America on June 25 and again on June 29. with the Broadway doors
Associated Press closing last month after
By MARK KENNEDY screen nearby this summer. more than six years and
AP Entertainment Writer Fathom Events plans to 2,500 performances. The
NEW YORK (AP) — If any- show a performance from filmed version was record-
one is kicking themselves the London cast in nearly ed at the Adelphi Theatre
that they missed seeing the 500 movie theaters across in London. It will star Matt
musical “Kinky Boots,” relax America on June 25 and Henry as Lola and Killian
— it’s coming to a movie again on June 29. Donnelly as Charlie.q

Netflix announces fashion design

competition series

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a minute since a
new fashion design competition has occurred.
Enter: “Next in Fashion,” soon to come on Net-
flix. The series is hosted by the first “Queer Eye”
star to spin off, Tan France, along with fash-
ion maven Alexa Chung. The show features
18 designers competing for $250,000 and the This combination of photos shows Tan
chance to sell their wares on Net-a-Porter. No France at the 70th Primetime Emmy
release date was announced. Netflix said in a Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 17,
statement Friday the competition is focused 2018, left, and Alexa Chung at the
on trends and styles that have “influenced the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York on
way the entire world dresses.”q June 6, 2016.
Associated Press