Twenty-four years after it opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway (then named the Virginia Theatre), George C. Wolfe's universally admired musical Jelly's Last Jam has been annou…
Man, the man is non-stop! As reported last week, Tony winner Daveed Diggs has a series of projects lined up right after departing Hamilton. And it looks like he can add another television cr…
Harry Belafonte once said, "Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization's anchor. We are the compass for humanity's conscience." This past year we’ve seen a multitude of …
In riches, and rags, And in rhythm and rhyme The people called it Ragtime! Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, currently of Shuffle Along, will star in the one-night-only concert of Rag…
Notifying all family members, children, and baes. Looks like we're going to the movie theater this Christmas! The film adaptation of August Wilson's Fences will open on December 16 for a lim…
With the critically acclaimed Shuffle Along, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation Of 1921 And All That Followed closing on July 24, Tony Award winner Billy Porter refuses to sit still. …
In conjunction with the Wallis Annaberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the east coast premiere of Debbie All…
Harold Perrineau, veteran TV and film actor (HBO's "Oz," FX's "Sons of Anarchy"), returns to the New York stage on September 15, starring as Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin, for an all-star p…
Isaiah Johnson is set to lead a reading of Reginald: From Baltimore to Billionaire, which is based on the life of Reginald F. Lewis. In case you missed this day in history class, Reginald F.…
It’s been only four days since Daveed Diggs announced his sudden departure from Hamilton, with his final curtain call taking place Friday, July 15. But not to worry. Already, the Tony …
It was small. It was intimate. It was smoky. It was the epitome of Jazz. Leslie Odom Jr. kicked off his New York Residency at the McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea last night and what a nig…
Atlantic Theater Company has announced the world premiere of George Brant’s play with music, Marie and Rosetta, starring Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Rebecca Naomi Jones. The play ce…
It’s been 35 years since The Dreamette’s “moved” their way into our hearts, and if you had the childhood I had, your home stereos. Which is why Broadway Black was mor…
Given the overwhelming achievement of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize winning White House musical bio-drama about Alexander Hamilton"the virtually forgotten U.S. Founding Fathe…
American Ballet Theatre principle dancer Misty Copeland will join the cast of Disney’s live action film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. She’ll portray the leading ballerina r…
Lead by Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham, The Television Academy announced the nominees for the  2016 Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday morning. Six-Time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonal…
The Hollywood Reporter is famous for its roundtables, pairing up a group of Hollywood’s most popular actors to sit around and talk about the politics of Hollywood. Those selected are u…
I rarely use the hashtag #RelationshipGoals , but in this case I’ll make an exception. One of the most genuine, most talented friendships on Broadway between Leslie Odom Jr. and Cynthi…
Jasmine Holloway  sang The Color Purple finale song at Carnegie Hall on July 12, 2016. Holloway (21-year-old mentee of TCP cast member, Rema Webb) was selected for "The Carnegie Hall M…
"They think me Macbeth, ambition is my folly. I'm a polymath, a pain in the.." Okay, okay, okay. You're tired of the Hamilton references? I'll "Take A Break." (That was the last one) Speakin…
Ivan van Hove's topical, bleak production, Tony-nominated for Best Revival of a Play, left me breathless, exhausted and disturbed. Due in part to Sophie Okonedo‘s heartbreaking p…
Tony Award winner Renee Elise Goldsberry will leave her award-winning role as Angelica Schuyler in the record-breaking Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical. It has yet …
Because it’s not like she has anything better to do than to continuously astound and astonish us. Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo has been on a roll these past couple of weeks, gifting…
There’s only one person that can have people pretend to be pregnant and be silly all in the name of love, and that’s Audra McDonald. The #IAmAudra campaign helmed by fellow…
At long last, as reported by The Chicago Tribune, the Chicago production of the Broadway smash Hamilton finally has its cast. The principle company includes Broadway veteran Wallace Smith an…