Michael Ball (singer) solo concert at the classical music festival. Ball appeared in the Royal Variety Performance at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool on 3 December 2007 singing "You Can't Stop the Beat" with the rest of the cast from "Hairspray", the musical he was appearing in at the time. He continued in the role of Edna Turnblad in the musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre until 29 April 2009. On 2 March 2008, Ball appeared as the guest on the BBC Radio 4 show "Desert Island Discs", during which he talked about his early life and his career, including his struggle with stage
Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field only way to force a trade was to tell Spalding, "I will not play again in the Chicago club, under any circumstances, and don't you forget it." His time with Boston teams began with the Boston Beaneaters in 1887. Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field is an 1888 autobiographical collection of baseball stories from Major League Baseball player King Kelly. Kelly had come to Boston one year earlier to play for the Boston Beaneaters. The book was organized and put together by "Boston Globe" journalist John J. "Jack" Drohan. Howard W. Rosenberg's