On July 31 WattsWords Productions in association with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Presents Daniel J. Watts’ Â The Jam: Love Terrorists (A Benefit for Orlando) at the Marlin Roo…
Late last night Broadway actor and heartthrob, Taye Diggs, took to the internet to post a poem on the effects of police brutality on the Black family. The poem is from a young black boy̵…
Tony Award nominated Eclipsed playwright and “The Walking Dead” star, Danai Gurira, along with our favorite Broadway producers, Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones Harvey and the V…
I don’t remember there being two Egypts in my World Geography class, but I obviously missed something. Bay Street Theater and DreamWorks Theatricals tried it with their casting choices…
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Motown The Musical is closing a mere 19 days after its opening. The show based on the history of Motown Records, the Detroit-based record company that …
Lead by Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham, The Television Academy announced the nominees for the  2016 Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday morning. Six-Time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonal…
We’re tired. We’re angry. We’re deflated. But we all have jobs to go to and lives to live. We now have to pick up and go into places where “performance” is nece…
The cast of Shuffle Along threw their leading lady, Audra McDonald, a baby shower and it was low-key lit! So how did my Shuffle Family close out this rough week? They threw me a baby shower.…
“Have you seen the Tony Award winning play Hamilton? Don’t trip. I ain’t seen it either” Black-Ish’s Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross gave us a hilarious …
On Monday, July 11th Leslie Odom Jr. will have his official album release concert for his self-titled project at The McKittrick Hotel in New York City. Originally set for June 27th, the c…
…Because she’s a woman and that’s what women do. On yesterday the producers of Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed announced…
 Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed has set its official final performance for Sunday, July 24th. It is a sad day at Broadway Black as …
This morning, Tony-Winner Leslie Odom Jr. (we just love saying that!) posted an impromptu invitation to an acoustic concert in Central Park to his Twitter! With more than 1k favorites and…
Turn Me Loose, starring Scandal’s Joe Morton, has been extended to July 17! The off-Broadway production was original set to end its run July 3rd, but has been getting so many rave revi…
by Darnell Lamont Walker "Everyone stand up, and on the count of three, I want you all to yell 'Nigger,'" Joe Morton in the role of Dick Gregory instructed us. The entire audience stood to t…
Last night’s Tony Award ceremony was filled with incredible performances from some of our favorite Broadway musicals. Including the cast of Hamilton, who gave us three incredible perfo…
Last night was epic. You hear me? EPIC! The 2016 Tony Awards was definitely one for the books. An unprecedented number of African American artists received nominations and several of our Bro…
We had the perfect seats (Right Mezzanine, 3rd row) to the hottest show in town, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.  Bonus: The people…
“I also feel so badly for Trayvon Martin’s family, because every single time this shit stain comes back up and he tries to gain notoriety from this horrible thing that he did the…
The Obie Awards, presented by The Village Voice, are annual awards given out for the best of Off-Broadway and Off-off-Broadway theatre. On May 23, the 61st annual ceremony was held at Webste…
August Wilson’s Jitney is coming to Broadway. Did you hear us?! AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY IS COMING TO BROADWAY! The only play from King August’s ten play cycle to not see …
Today, we got a first look at Audra McDonald’s adorable little baby bump in the Shuffle Along cast welcome video to The Color Purple’s new Shug Avery, Heather Headley! In the vid…
You thought your ticket to your favorite Broadway show included a Meet and Greet? Well, that’s YOUR bad. After having my life slain by Beyoncé’s “LEMONADE” last nigh…
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