As part of Women’s History Month, National Black Theatre’s Communication Arts Program, in association with Katori’s Kitchen, Inc and FreeDom’s Daughter Ent., will hos…
Eclipsed is returning and this time it’s on television. Well, kind of. According to the press realease: BET International releases a multi-part documentary series chronicling the ascen…
If you weren't lucky enough to get snuck in through the side door at the 89th Academy Awards Ceremony, I'll give you the Broadway Black rundown. With Moonlight taking the big Oscar of the…
Broadway Black picked out some of our favorite cosplays at this year’s BroadwayCon. Check out some of the fantastic work below! The post Photo Op: Broadway Black’s Favorite 2017 …
The cowardly lion has shed his mane! Last week, David Alan Grier stopped by A&E's Black & White to share some pro-acting tips. The actor stopped by the show to highlight the night wi…
We're barely into the year & 2017 is already more black and beautiful than ever! We opened the new year with Hidden Figures smashing the box office and the 2017 Golden Globes being ri…
In today’s latest “we didn’t know we needed this until now” news, Variety has reported that recent Golden Globe-winner Donald Glover will lead the upcoming live-actio…
Featured Image: Emilio Madrid-Kuser We’re shook! Following a nearly two-year run as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the Broadway smash Hamilton, Okieriete Onaodowan will replace…
There's always a silver lining, right? After this whirlwind of the past few days with the Inauguration of an unqualified reality star to lead our country, millions of women marching around t…
Viola Davis has no intention of slowing down, ever. After picking up her Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences on Sunday, Deadline reported she is setÃ…
Featured Image: Brinkhoff Mögenburg According to the New York Post, the current West End production of Dreamgirls, directed and choreographed by Tony winner Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin, Some…
Featured Image: Netflix "If you were interested in stories with happy endings, then you would be better off somewhere else," an ominous narrator warns his audience in the opening of the new …
Featured Image: LA Theatre Works As I write, my calendar reads January 19th, 2017. A seemingly irreverent date to those outside these United States and, unfortunately, to some within. On Jan…
Alex Newell played "Mary" in a one night only concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, produced by Torya Beard, Morgan James, and Richard Amelius, Monday, at …
Featured Image: James Monroe Iglehart as Genie, Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann Wish granted! After performing in his Tony-winning role of Genie in Broadway’s Aladdin for almost three yea…
Watch & Live Tweet with us the 2nd Annual #MLKNow event. Follow us on IG/Twitter/Facebook! @BroadwayBlack Join us today for 2nd Annual #MLKNow celebration for #MLKDay! Watch the livestre…
Featured Image: Martin Luther King Kr. attends Broadway Answers Selma w/ Sammy Davis Jr. via Getty Images The man we celebrate today came from holy beginnings. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legac…
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Council set their sights on Selma, AL as the stomping ground for voter registration reform. Twenty-four years later, Sel…
Back in 2015 we posted a What If: What’s Love Go To Do With It The Musical and in early 2016 there was  rumor that a Tina Turner musical was supposedly in the works, and would premi…
Nothing ever happened underground in Louisiana. As part of A Celebration of Tony Kushner, Washington DC’s Roundhouse Theater is taking us underground to 1963 Lake Charles, LA with its …
The power of a ruthless dragging! As previously reported, Dreamgirls and The Color Purple star Jennifer Holliday had confirmed that she’d perform at the Presidential Inauguration ̶…
We’re only two weeks into the new year, and 2017 has taken another victim. Only five days after ending her long-awaited Broadway comeback in the revival of The Color Purple, “All…
You know, we have a lot of reasons to be thankful by way of London. Afternoon tea. Menier Chocolate Factory's production of The Color Purple. Tony Award Winner Cynthia Erivo. And now, an imm…
In the final stretch of President Barack Obama’s eight-year presidency and in honor of his and First Lady Michelle Obama’s involvement and love for the Broadway community, …
He’s just nonstop! In addition to the Broadway and Chicago production, Hamilton will take its first national touring company out on the road, with performances starting on March 10 at …