National Black Theatre is now premiering the surrealist drama “Kill Move Paradise”, written by James Ijames. This play imagines the lives of police brutality victims stuck in …
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Sunday evening, the incredibly brilliant multi-talented Mr. James Earl Jones, received the Special Tony Award for his lifetime achievements on the Broadway Stage. Unfortunately, the Tony Awa…
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“A Kim Kardashian of another era returns in Suzan-Lori Park’s ‘Venus,'” – New York Times On Tuesday, The New York Times received serious criticism for their cho…
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On a gloomy day more characteristic of February than May, the Russian Samovar served as the perfect venue for a sit-down with Tony and Drama League nominee Denée Benton, to discuss he…
Playwright, educator, opera singer, and Queen, Mfoniso Udofia has two plays running at New York Theatre Workshop. *pause*Â TWO PLAYS. In the SAME season!?!? *ends congratulatory gasp* Sojo…
So, I have a question. In the same line of thought as "innocent until proven guilty," do we grant the assumption of positive intent in our expectations of our brothers and sister in regards …
Our fathers, when they've seen all they care to see of this world, find solace in their doing better for their children than their fathers did for them, and the children are running laps ins…
Last winter, we reported on Sojourners by playwright Mfoniso Udofia, a new play about a Nigerian family who has come to America with the goal of earning a college education, starting a famil…
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun debuted on Broadway in 1959 and later received two staged revivals in 2004 and 2014. Raisin, the musical adaptation of the play, won the Tony Award f…
Broadway couple Audra McDonald and Will Swenson will host the 83rd Annual Drama League Awards. What a perfect selection, it’s almost like we came up with it! All jokes aside, weR…
At last! Tony Awards season has arrived, and Broadway Black is thrilled to congratulate several leads and new legends for their nominations! Tony Award-winning actress Jane Krakowski and pas…
Part of the magic of live theatre is the suspension of reality achieved by sitting in a dark room with strangers as you’re transported to another world. You’re relieved of cleari…
We recently caught up with Jazmine Sullivan at The HeLa Project, a multimedia exhibition inspired by the HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Like the rest of us, Jazmine is in aw…
The day has finally come! Pharrell Williams is making a musical! Fox Studios recently bought the rights to the upcoming film, entitled Atlantis. The movie will tell the story of Pharre…
Opening Act, which for more than a decade has provided free after-school theater programming to New York City's most under-served public high schools, announced today that Jasmine Cephas Jon…
New York City, center of the universe and smorgasbord of culture, is unsurprisingly revered as the ultimate city of immigrants. Each year, the New York City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affai…
What if you had to relive the same day over and over and over AND over again? Would you try something new every time to get a different outcome? Would you drive yourself crazy trying to figu…
Earlier this week, producers Ken Davenport and Hunter Arnold announced that the Michael Arden-directed Broadway revival of Once On This Island will begin performances November 9, with an …
A few weeks ago, previews began for the Bette Midler-led revival of Hello, Dolly! over at the Shubert Theatre. Midler last appeared on Broadway in her hilarious one-woman show I’ll …
Berkeley Repertory Theatre's upcoming season has some new and exciting works from creators such as Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket of A Series of Unfortunate Events), Dominique Morisseau,…
I'll never forget where I was when I found out Donald Trump pulled the scam of the century and became the leader of the free world. I don't think we'll ever forget that moment in time. We al…
Cynthia Erivo, Queen Regnant of Broadway, Snatcher of Wigs has slain us again! Erivo took the stage at Broadway Backwards, an annual concert that brings Broadway’s stars toget…