Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, ...

White tourists flocking to Harlem for packaged gospel tours have a movie they can embrace in “Oh Happy Day,” a feel-good comedy for those who like it sweet and simple. Using the formula of quirky ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick An urgent family mission propels Jordan E. Cooper’s pain-spiked supernatural comedy, a very loose riff on the biblical story of Noah. By ...

The last time that the composer Heather Christian’s “Oratorio for Living Things” appeared on a New York stage, it was spring of 2022, and the act of gathering still felt a little brave. We had waited ...

Edwin Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh, Happy Day" and who was a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Jan. 15 at his home in ...

An impending flood is the least of one family’s troubles in this outrageous reimagining of Noah’s Ark. Oh Happy Day! begins in Laurel, Mississippi at a Birthday BBQ for Lewis, the patriarch of a ...

NEW YORK — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in ...