To celebrate the late jazz legend’s centennial, what would have been his 100th birthday, Dulé took to the stage accompanied ...

Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th St., New York, 212-460-5475, closes June 29. Mr. Isherwood is the Journal’s theater critic.

Nat King Cole events, tour dates and gigs. ... Pretend, A Blossom Fell, and If I May. Most of his pop hits were collaborations with famed arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle.

New York Theatre Workshop is now presenting Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, written by Tony and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo and NYTW Artistic Director and Usual Suspect Patricia McGregor ...

In November 1956, Nat King Cole was given his own variety show on NBC. It drew major guest stars and got good ratings, but was abandoned just over a year later because it couldn’t secure a ...

Nat King Cole’s later career. During the 1950s, he was urged to make films, but his appearances were few and far between, including character parts in BLUE GARDENIA, CHINA GATE, and ST.

Colman Domingo is already unforgettable, but now he’ll tackle the role to prove it. Domingo will be starring as the legendary singer Nat King Cole in a movie musical from a script he co-wrote ...

Written by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, this New York Theatre Workshop production stars Dulé Hill as the singer-pianist, focusing on the final taping of Cole’s 1950s NBC show.