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On Aug. 3, two weeks after celebrating her 32nd wedding anniversary with husband Norm Nixon, director-choreographer Debbie Allen announced that she will be at the helm of a brand new musical…
Liesl Tommy is back! And as we know, she’s no stranger to making the type of theatre that challenges our way of thinking . This time she’s tackling the importance of two influent…
Photo by Lelund Durond for Broadway Black The Broadway For Black Lives Matter electric sensation felt at the Roone Arledge Auditorium at Columbia University this past Monday was un…
Unless you were under a rock, we hope you were tuned into the livestream video broadcast of the unforgettable and star-studded Broadway For Black Lives Matter benefit concert that took pl…
WON’T HE DO IT! When one door closes, God surely opens an even BIGGER one, can I get an Amen? Two-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry joins the Chicago company of Hamilton: The …
On July 31 WattsWords Productions in association with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Presents Daniel J. Watts’  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…
After a sold-out run in Atlanta and Toledo, the award-winning iLLA! A Hip Hop Musical continues its reign and returns as part of the 2016 New York Musical Festival this week for concert perf…
Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines join forces to take us back to 1996 when Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk was winning Tony Awards and taking audiences on a ride that only an all Black c…
On July 26, Tony Award-winning film actor and Broadway entertainer Ben Vereen advocated for arts education in schools by speaking on behalf of Americans for the Arts, the principal nonprofit…
On Wednesday night, July 27, at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Convention Hall in Philadelphia, a cavalcade of Broadway stars performed the charity single "What the World Need…
How do you like your tea? I like mine hot and served early in the morning, so this morning was a treat! Audra McDonald woke up with her receipts, ready to drag the life out of Bill O'Reilly.…
Since replacing actors Billy Porter and Wayne Brady, Broadway veteran actor-singer Timothy Ware-Hill took on a role with the ever-popular Kinky Boots as Lola, the fabulous beyond compare …
After a stint in both San Diego and Seattle, Rodney Hicks will return to Broadway in the new 9/11 musical Come From Away. The musical, which takes its Broadway bow in February 2017, featu…
We’ve been feeling down after going through what seems to be the black Broadway purge of 2k16. However, if there is anything that could give us some joy over here at Broadway Bla…
In advance of the long-awaited West End premiere of Dreamgirls, show-runners released a four-minute video recording that has immediately turned the upcoming production of the American musica…
Today is bittersweet as we say farewell to one of our most beloved shows, the Broadway hit musical Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.Å
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…
They’ll remember syncopation. They’ll remember them stomping feet. Well here at Broadway Black, we’ll make sure you remember more than that. Listening to “They Wo…
Set your DVRs! FOX’s reboot of the cult classic musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will air on October 20th, just in time for Halloween. The two-hour special stars Lav…
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 …
*BROADWAY BLACK EXCLUSIVE* “Get Up, Stand Up. Stand up for your right.” Bob Marley was on to something when he released “Get Up, Stand Up” in the early 1970s. A phras…
Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will return to the Mark Taper stage in Head of Passes, a powerful, deeply moving new drama about family and the power of faith by playwrig…
