In the summer of 2020, several unrelenting months into the COVID pandemic, comedian Dave Chappelle decided he had to do something to bring his community back to life. Like the rest of the wo…
Former First Lady Michelle Obama took the stage with her brother and co-host Craig Robinson for a live-taping of their hit podcast "IMO With Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson" at the 23rd an…
"Here We Woe Again" is an apt title for the Season 2, Part 1, opener of Netflix's mega-hit "Wednesday." Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar with Tim Burton in the director's chair, the …
From "Kindred" to "Underground" and 2016's reimagining of "Roots," television has not shied away from depicting a wide range of stories about enslaved people. As the current presidential adm…
Based on Stephen King's 2019 novel of the same name and adapted for television by "From" director and producer Jack Bender, MGM+'s latest science-fiction horror thriller, "The Institute," is…
That perfection is a facade is one of the main concepts in Prime Video's newest YA psychological thriller, "We Were Liars." Based on the award-winning novel by E. Lockhart and adapted for te…
In "Government Cheese," Apple TV+'s latest dramedy series, audiences are introduced to Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo). Following his release from prison, he attempts to reunite with his wi…
Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins understands the intricacies of family. In his award-winning "Appropriate," starring Sarah Paulson, he wrote about siblings ravaged by the…
Tennese Williams' Pulitzer Prize winner "A Streetcar Named Desire" is still one of Broadway's most critically acclaimed plays. Written in 1947 and adapted to the big screen in 1951 in the Ac…
Sixty-five years after it first premiered on Broadway, "Gypsy" is still known as one of the greatest theater masterpieces of the 20th century. There have been stellar productions of the play…
Like any other industry, there are titans in music. These once-in-a-lifetime artists help shift the musical landscape across the globe. The revered trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong …
It takes a great deal of work to make the ordinary enticing, but that's precisely what director Kenny Leon does in his production of Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Our Tow…
As technology continues to evolve, the arts and humanities are having a reckoning, and it's not pretty. In his newest play, "McNeal," Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar ("Disgraced") confront…
There is no handbook on motherhood, but most people try their best when it comes to childrearing. Today, amid increasingly accessible resources and freedoms that weren't afforded in the p…
Parenting inspires varying schools of thought. While some relish the tasks of caretaking, others speak candidly about the hardships of child-rearing, sharing the true realities of motherhood…
Unfortunately, no one makes it to adulthood without forming a series of preconceived notions. These points of view often determine how we judge certain people and observe various circumstanc…
Death is cruel to the living. Mourning and memories often bring out a viciousness in those left behind. Hidden secrets and things left unsaid usually come spilling forth, fueled by the rage …
"Hell's Kitchen," playwright Kristoffer Diaz's new musical with songs by Alicia Keys, begins at a dinner table. 17-year-old Ali (a magnetic Maleah Joi Moon, making her professional debut) ha…
John Patrick Shanley's 1983 play "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" is disturbing. Directed by Jeff Ward, the play opens in a bar. Not a glossy glass-encased saloon that has become a staple in 21…