Created, directed and choreographed by Marion J. Caffey, 3 Mo' Divas! was filmed July 1-2, 2008, at the Denver Center Theater Company in Denver, CO. The filmed version stars Nova Payton (Effie White in the Prince Music Theater's Dreamgirls), Laurice Lanier (Broadway's La Bohème) and Jamet Pittman (NYCO's Porgy and Bess).
PBS will broadcast 3 Mo' Divas! March 1-10 and June 1-15; check local listings. In celebration of the PBS special, 3 Mo' Divas will release their debut CD, "Smashing Musical Barriers," March 1 and a Hi-Def and Blu-Ray DVD recording of the PBS special May 12.
Divas world premiered in March 2004 at San Diego Repertory Theatre and also played an acclaimed stint at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Featuring an onstage orchestra, the production, according to press notes, "spans eight musical forms and features 400 years of music in a single evening . . . from Bach to Cole Porter, Gershwin to Cab Calloway and Ellington to The Supremes."
Upcoming performance dates for 3 Mo' Divas include June 27 at the Apollo Theater (253 W. 125th Street in NYC), April 10-11 at The Cerritos Center (Cerritos, CA), July 7-Aug. 9 at The Geva Theater (Rochester, NY) and Oct. 2 at The Lyric Theater (Baltimore, MD).
For more information visit www.3modivas.com.