Ridgefield Playhouse: Chaka Khan: Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan, whose hits include “Ain’t Nobody,” “I’m Every Woman,” and “Through the Fire,” has released 22 albums and racked up ten Number One songs, seven gold singles and ten gold and platinum albums. She is estimated to have sold over 70 million albums worldwide. Chaka is revered by both millions of fans and her peers for her timeless, unmatched vocal style and image. The late, great Miles Davis noted that Chaka “sings like my horn.” And none other than the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, said Chaka “is a one-of-a-kind, premier vocalist.”
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We like to call The Ridgefield Playhouse the hardest working venue around. With a seating capacity of 536 seats, compared to 1,8oo for The Capitol Theatre or 1,500 for Paramount Hudson Valley, they can’t rely on a couple of “good gates” a week to pay the rent. Instead, they’re booking every day of the year, except Christmas.
In fact they book 200-225 live shows a year. And they fill in with on-screen events (art house movies and documentaries, Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet or National Theatre on screen HD presentations) on the days when they don’t have a live show. But their size may be a blessing in disguise. For them and their patrons. Because it enables them to tap into a wide range of musical talent. And serve up the best lineup.