HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, Starring Tonya Pinkins, Cancelled at Luna Stage

Award-winning producers Michael & Barbara Ross were scheduled to present Tony Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins in Larry Parr's Ethel Waters: HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW at Luna Stage in West Orange, New Jersey, for a limited run, tonight, August 16 – September 2, 2012. The production was to be directed by award-winning director Dennis Courtney, with musical direction by Barry Levitt.

Luna Stage states that "The reasons for the cancellation have nothing to do with Luna, but apparently with some internal contractual concerns among the producing parties."

Pinkins' performance in Milk Like Sugar won the 2012 Lucille Lortel Award & she has been nominated for the Olivier, Jefferson, Helen Hayes, NAACP, Dramaleague, What's On Stage, Audience Choice, Soap Opera Digest, Noel & Ovation Awards. She is the winner of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, Monarch, Black Theatre Alliance, Garland, L.A. Drama Critics, AUDELCO & Obie Awards.

Pinkins is the author of GET OVER YOURSELF: How to drop the drama and claim the life you deserve. (Hyperion Books) & is the creator of "The Actorpreneur Attitude," giving workshops lectures & life coaching to businesses & individuals across the globe. A single mother of four, she is an activist for women's & children's rights & has won legal battles in several states on the trial & appellate level as a self-represented litigant. Also an accomplished painter & art teacher, she has taught at every level of education, from pre-K through graduate school.