“Nights like this, I wish that raindrops that would fall,” the fictional Five Heartbeats crooned on screen. The 1991 musical dramedy, The Five Heartbeats, charmed theatergoers and has since ...

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro ...

Actors Leon, Michael Wright, Tico Wells, and Harry Lennix, who along with Robert Townsend, comprised the fictional singing group The Five Heartbeats in a film of the same name, reunited at the ...

While its logical home would be on a DVD bonus disc, Robert Townsend’s reflective “Making the Five Heartbeats” serves as an illuminating documentary detailing the considerable passion and ...

The Five Heartbeats are back ... as well as gain the opportunity to participate in talkbacks with Townsend and cast members, including Heartbeats Leon Robinson, Michael Wright, Harry Lennix ...

Actor and singer Leon reflects on the roles and performances he is most remembered for prior to being honored at the 50th Audelco Awards in New York City.