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Photo courtesy The Pasadena Playhouse Almost a year after strutting the Al-Hirschfeld stage in knee-highs in Broadway's Kinky Boots, Emmy-winner Wayne Brady will take on the role of Aaron Bu…
Michael J. Lutch/Courtesy of the American Repertory Theater Five years ago today, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess revival starring six-time Tony Winner Audra McDonald and Tony Nominees Norm Le…
Novelists seem infatuated by the Jazz Age. Whether it's "Lost Generation" authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, The Curious Cas…
The streets of 45th may no longer be paved in gold, but the we continue to see full-blown streaks of the silver lining in life post Shuffle Along. Tony nominated Brandon Victor Dixon, who…
Awards season has arrived, and several Black-led films and television shows have picked up nominations for the upcoming 2017 Golden Globes. Moonlight, which has scored multiple wins and nomi…
When NBC's The Wiz Live! aired on December 3, 2015, Kenny Leon, the Tony Award-winning Atlanta-based theatre director won laurels of praise from insiders and viewers alike. A co-produc…
Last year’s Harlem-based holiday musical The First Noel returns to the famous Apollo, but this year the “21st Century Dickens” shines on the main stage. The Apollo Th…
The world turned upside down at Friday night’s performance of the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton, when Vice President elect Mike Pence took his seat. He was appropriately met with the …
What do Jill Scott, Chance the Rapper, and The Roots all have in common? They clearly all love me, because while we the people played and replayed the Hamilton soundt…
As previously reported, The Broadway Advocacy Collation (BAC) is just getting started and doing so by launching a monthly series in partnership with Columbia Law School titled The Invitat…
Broadway Black was on the scene Saturday night at LIU’s Billie Holiday Theatre for the premiere of Richard Wesley’s political drama, Autumn. As the country gears up for an intens…
Hamilton, An American Musical begins and ends with a question. At first we find ourselves asking how Hamilton accomplished so much in his short life. Then, as the story progresses, we wonder…
When I took my seat at the Ars Nova performance of Underground Railroad Game, I expected to sit back and simply watch a night of spotlighted social and political taboos that seem to plague o…
Often times people think that when you do one thing for a cause that you’ve done your part, the work is then over. Well, the Broadway Black community showed up and showed out for…
Broadway may go dark on Mondays, but Broadway Black stars were still shining all over New York City last night. First up was the New York POPS Underground performance. Â Formerly ...
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Well, Hello @cynthiaerivo & @joshuahenrynyc 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾 Lets talk about #TheLast5Years shall we? #BroadwayBlack A photo posted by Broadway Blac…
Everybody say “Yeah!” as YouTube and MTV star Todrick Hall laces up the sparkly red knee-high boots to join the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots. The 31-year-ol…
Photo by Charles Sykes The American Theatre Wing will honor Tony winner Cicely Tyson at its annual Gala September 26 at The Plaza Hotel (Fifth Avenue at Central Park South). Tyson, who wa…
The Color Purple and Shuffle Along are exuberant examples of Black excellence. Even more so, these shows are the gifts that just keep giving. Shuffle Along's beloved Joshua Henry is no…
I had the pleasure of attending this Wednesday's Ham4Ham and it was nice, perfectly satisfactory. However, I'd like to take us back to August 10th's Ham4Ham. This was the day the stage doors…
Minding my business, scrolling through Instagram and I stumble across a picture Princess Amber Iman put up of Billy Porter directing something. Cool, I think. As we know Billy is not only a …
The more footage and promotional material released, the more I get excited about FOX’s “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” reboot premiering October 20th. The two-hour special …
A Rosa Parks Musical in the Works? Wow. Now that is a sight to see. It almost sounds too good to be true on account of all the colorless productions to date. But, in a positive light, we are…
Tony nominees Montego Glover, last seen in The Royale at Lincoln Center, and Tony Yazbeck  are set to star with The New York Pops in a  cabaret performance at Feinstein’s/5…
The Broadway Edition of  The Covenant House Sleep Out is quickly approaching! This year's goal is $350,000 in service to 51,000 youth as some of our Broadway Black stars take part in C…
