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Last Sunday, the Nederlander Theatre said goodbye to the heartfelt production, Amazing Grace. The show, which opened July 16 and played 24 previews and 114 regular performances, wil…
As the date looms ever closer, we are shining our ruby red slippers and making sure our oilcans are topped off in preparation of NBC's The Wiz Live! to be broadcast on December 3. While we p…
Photo Credit: Brent Dundore It's almost time to start dreaming of a white Christmas, hanging mistletoe, decking the halls, and jingling those bells. Each year during the holiday season, we'r…
If this is what the cast of The Color Purple looks like on Day One of rehearsal, we’re definitely gonna need a box of tissues when the show opens Dec. 10. Filmed on Oct. 6 and…
At the Harlem Arts Alliance monthly meeting Oct. 5, it was announced that three of the oldest Black theatres in New York were de-funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. H…
Ever wonder what your favorite Broadway stars are doing when they aren’t on the stage under bright lights? Some are taking a much deserved break after those long eight shows a week for…
Sixty years before ballet dancer and media darling Misty Copeland changed the face of the American Ballet Theatre when she became the company's first African American female principal dancer…
On the surface, the subject matter of Chisa Hutchinson's play, Dead and Breathing, may seem morbid and heavy. A terminally ill woman trying to convince her caregiver nurse to help her end he…
There are very few musicals that give you chills from the very first note but when you hear it and you get the chance to experience it, you never want to let it go. This has been the experie…
Freedom’s Song, a new musical about a Civil War-era interracial family torn apart by slavery, is set to receive a private, industry-only reading on Nov. 16, featuring a cast ledÃ…
Are you ready to throw your shoe?!  Or maybe catch the Holy Ghost?  Either is probable when Marisha Wallace and Nick Rashad Borroughs join forces at their Feinstein’s/54…
The NFL Legend and Heisman Trophy winner, Eddie George, will surprisingly make his Broadway debut in the new year. The revival company of Chicago, now in it’s 19th year, will welcom…
"My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history." That was playwright August Wilson, considered one of the greatest literary voices of the 20th century and the Black Amer…
Jeannette Bayardelle (Hair, The Color Purple) leads the cast of Sister Act as “Deloris Van Cartier” at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, from November 3…
Having performed in musicals since she was 8, Tony-nominated actor Terri White takes a bow from the live concert stage. White, 68, announced her farewell when she opened the ninth season of …
It’s time for the announcement of the 2015 44th Annual Audelco Awards nominees. Audelco (Audience Development Committee, Inc.)  was established and incorporated in 1973 by …
Unlike many Americans, I didn't grow up on Disney films. Sure, I owned Pocahontas, The Lion King and Aladdin on VHS, but I can't quote an entire movie and I certainly don't know every son…
It seems the holiday season is already upon us. Stores are putting up Christmas displays and the sound of Christmas music is already sneaking onto commercial radio playlists. But before we d…
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present the The Minstrel Show Revisited, a reworking of Donald Byrd‘s 1991 Bessie Award-winning dance/theater production. The show t…
In partnership with Apollo Theater, The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents the world premiere of The First Noel for the winter season. Performances will be from Dec 13-31, with previews De…
If you remember on last season’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe Leakes took the show behind the scenes of her Broadway debut in Cinderella starring herself & the first Broadway B…
While you may not know her name, you definitely know her face and work. Tamara Tunie is a consummate performer, finding her home on both stage, the silver screen, and television.  Tomorro…
You’ve been seeing Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o a little bit of everywhere nowadays. She is currently starring in the new Star Wars movie that just released a tra…
I remember over the summer entering the Hamilton lottery when it was at the Public Theater, and not getting in, no biggie. I thought of it this way- if I had seen it and loved it but the cas…
The British actor and star of the motion picture “Selma”, David Oyelowo will return to his roots in a production of Othello Off-Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop (NYTW) a…
