Aretha Franklin Videos

A behind the scenes look at Shoshana's sophomore album. Exclusive footage and interviews give insight into what inspired the album and the process of its creation.

Check out video of Broadway and recording star vet Darlene Love's annual David Letterman performance of Christmas, Baby Please Come Home.

Shoshana Bean is best known for her roles in Broadway's Wicked and Hairspray. She has performed solo concerts around the world and headlined in the Las Vegas Burlesque revue Peepshow opposite Holly Madison. In the viedo below, she performs Aretha Franklin's 'I Want to Be with You' at Room 5. Check out the performance below!

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is proud to join opera organizations nationwide to celebrate NATIONAL OPERA WEEK (October 26 - November 4), coordinated by OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, with support of the National Endowment for the Arts. In honor of this week, FGO has prepared a series of free digital activities to increase opera awareness and engagement. Watch Aretha Franklin talk about her love for opera in the video below!

With December fast approaching, it's the perfect time to take a look back at some memorable LES MISERABLES performances. See Aretha Franklin singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' in 1993, at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, below!

Black Ensemble Theater announces the World Premiere of One Name Only (A Different Kind of Reality Show), written and directed by Black Ensemble Associate Director Rueben Echoles. One Name Only is presented at the new Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago, now through November 11. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show below.

MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL, based on the life of legendary Motown founder Berry Gordy, will open on Broadway at The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46 Street) on April 14, 2013. Preview performances will begin March 11, 2013. Last night, the show held a launch event for the anticipated world premiere at Lunt Fontanne Theatre. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the festivities, where he chatted with the cast and creative team. Check out what they had to say and catch an exclusive interview with music legend Aretha Franklin Below!

The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Gary Sinise Foundation presents GARY SINISE & LT. DAN BAND on Friday, August 17, 7:30 PM.

This week, it's WICKED and HAIRSPRAY alum Shoshana Bean, who was just back in New York City from her current home on the West Coast. She recently sat down with Richard to reminisce about her days on Broadway, talk about her recent sold-out concerts on both coasts and to spill all of the details about her new musical parody DEAR JOHN MAYER, her next album and more.

In an exclusive interview with the 'Today' show's Al Roker this morning, Aretha Franklin revealed that she learned the news of Whitney Houston's death much the same way most of America did, on TV.

Earlier this week, PepsiCo released details about its Pepsi ad to air during Super Bowl XLVI, which will be broadcast on NBC. Today, the ad was released - check it out below!

PepsiCo today released details about its iconic Pepsi ad to air during Super Bowl XLVI, which will be broadcast on NBC. Pepsi also announced digital partnerships that will enhance fans' Super Bowl experience on-line.

NBC celebrated the lighting of the world's most famous Christmas tree with a live broadcast from Rockefeller Center in New York City on Wednesday, November 30th. The star-studded holiday special featured performances by Neil Diamond, Big Time Rush, Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Cee Lo Green, Carole King, Katharine McPhee, Javier Colon and The Radio City Rockettes with a mix of current hits and holiday classics.

On last night's finale of NBC's singing competition THE SING-OFF, Pentatonix was crowned the winners, beating out runners-up Dartmouth Aires and third place finishers Urban Method. The a cappella group was awarded $200,000 and a Sony recording contract prize.

Below, see Shoshana Bean singing with Melanie Nyema, Luke Edgemon, Kyle Bolden and Brandon K. Brown to Adele's Rolling in the Deep!

VH1's beloved, popular franchise, VH1 Divas, returns and will pay tribute to the cities where soul gave birth to music's most powerful classics and inspired today's divas. Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Jill Scott, Florence + The Machine, Kelly Clarkson and Jessie J will pay homage to these cities and soul music's timeless classics at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom. VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul premieres Monday, December 19 at 9 p.m. ET/8 CT on VH1.

Hugh Jackman, BACK ON BROADWAY begins previews on October 25, and in celebration of the Tony-winner's return the the Great White Way, BroadwayWorld will feature a daily countdown of his greatest performances! Highlighted today is Jackman singing 'Somewhere' with music legend Aretha Franklin at the 2005 Tony Awards. Click below to check it out!

BABY IT'S YOU! began previews Saturday, March 26, at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street), and opens Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 6:30pm. Inspired by the true story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who in the late 1950's took the male-dominated music industry by storm, BABY IT'S YOU! is conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Floyd Mutrux and Sheldon Epps, and written by Tony nominated book writers Mutrux and Colin Escott, the team behind Broadway's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, with musical supervision and arrangements by Rahn Coleman, orchestrations by Don Sebesky and musical direction by Shelton Becton. Click below for performance highlights!

n an age of great division between fundamentalist churches and the gay community on the issue of gay marriage, Guyanese alternative soul singer Nhojj celebrates this Easter holiday with his traditional-gospel inspired 'Amazing Grace' - a groundbreaking gay music video which gives a new interpretation to the time-honored religious hymn. 'Amazing Grace,' arguably the most recognizable of all Christian hymns, was written in 1779 and is a staple in the American landscape. It has been recorded by such diverse artists as Mahalia Jackson, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Judy Collins, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, and Johnny Cash. It has inspired hope in times of tragedy, uplifted African Americans during the era of slavery, rallied anti-war protesters during the Vietnam War, and encouraged countless individuals dealing with issues of alcoholism, drug addiction, illness and death.

Yesterday evening, Love took the stage of the Nederlander Theatre to join the cast of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET in the special encore. Love has been hailed as one of the greatest singers in pop music starting with her first number one recording, 'He's A Rebel,' through her string of label hits with legendary producer Phil Spector, including 'Da Doo Ron Ron,' 'He's Sure The Boy I'm Gonna Marry,' and 'Christmas Baby Please Come Home.' Love was recently nominated for the third time to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.