Who Was Shakespeare's Muse? A Black Woman, This Play Imagines
"Emilia," at Shakespeare's Globe, features three black actresses in the role of the "Dark Lady" who inspired some of the Bard's sonnets.
Today is Friday, October 16, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Julio Agustin Rob Lorey Janet Aldrich Fred Ridgeway Ron Taylor Daniel Gerroll Suzanne Somers Peter Bowles Angela Lansbury Lenka Peterson Dorothy Greener Alice Pearce John Willis Berry Kroeger Fred Hearn Ford Lee "Buck" Washington Eugene O'Neill Mabel Love Oscar Wilde Dore Davidson Kenneth Lonergan Dick Gallagher Pamela Hall Simon Ward William Luce