Last year, playwright and actress Nambi E. Kelley's adaptation of "Native Son" by Richard Wright was one of the highest grossing productions in the 60-year history of the Court Theatre in Ch…
Aspiring performers looking to make their big break in Broadway and beyond can bring their jazz and tap shoes or best 16 bars to Disney Theatrical Productions' multi-city open casting call f…
On October 14, Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o made her highly anticipated New York stage debut in Obie-winning playwright Danai Gurira's war drama Eclipsed at the Public Theatr…
Woodie King’s New Federal Theatre presents a 50th anniversary revival of Martin Duberman’s In White America, which tracks American race relations from colonial times through the …
Second sight is defined as "the supposed ability to perceive future or distant events." While there is no scientific evidence that second sight exists, the insight from copious years of expe…
Montego Glover is a consummate Broadway professional. She recently appeared on Broadway in It Shoulda Been You, which played its final performance on August 9. She earned a Tony nomination i…
Since he stepped onto the Broadway stage as "Brother Boxer" in the 1983 musical Amen Corner, Chuck Cooper has delighted audiences and tickled their eardrums with his rich baritone in a varie…
Broadway’s favorite Phantom, Norm Lewis (Phantom of the Opera, Porgy and Bess) will be caroling and catering to our holiday hearts in Norm Lewis Wishes You a Swinging’ Christm…
PBS will broadcast the 2014 revival of theater classic Showboat starring Tony nominee Vanessa Williams on Friday, Oct. 16. Touting an all-star cast, Williams stars as “Julie&#…
It is opening day of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Gin Game, starring legendary thespians Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones, and you can forget the applause. Entrance applause, th…
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald are a talented and beloved duo that has been delighting audiences since they first appeared on stage together in Ragtime. Since then, they've each go…
What better time than now to explore on stage the topic of race in our nation? As part of Project Protest: The Art of Revolution, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Rest…
Broadway actress and singer Zakiya Young is currently starring in DISGRACEDÂ by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Kimberly Senior at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Â From its website: Amir Ka…
The reunion 50 years in the making is finally here as Black Theater legends James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson celebrate opening night for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Gam…
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton has been a hit since it opened on Broadway, garnering acclaim from theatre critics, celebrities, and political figures, alike. As previously reported, Presid…
Yes, you read that title correctly. Stars of Broadway’s Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs, as well as Questlove will be featured on tonight’s H…
The incredible Tony nominated costume designer Paul Tazewell, who also designed the costumes for Hamilton, gave People magazine a first look at the costumes for The Wiz Live. He talks about …
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. And how sweet it was, the musical based on the beloved song that we all know and love is coming to a close. The news is bittersweet, as it was the f…
New York City Center will be graced with the return of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater  December 2nd  through January 3rd. This season, dance aficionados will have a plethora of…
It's always a sad occasion when a play ends its theatre run. But it's especially bittersweet when it's a production whose provocative and stimulating scenes warrant employing the talents of …
Broadway legends flooded Symphony Space on Oct. 5 to attend the Up In The Air benefit, a tribute to famed choreographer Louis Johnson. Theater greats including Phylicia Rashad, Melba M…
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of BroadwayBlack actress Barbara Meek. She was best known for playing the character of Ellen Canby for three seasons on Archie …
Broadway Black was please to attend both a preview and opening night of Barbecue at the Public Theater. Written by Obie Award Winner Robert O'Hara, the play is full of twists and turns th…
While Las Vegas is the place for big shows and dreams to be made,  some ideas should never make it to the stage. That's exactly what the executives at Disney were thinking when they ca…
On October 1st  at 9 pm, PBS THIRTEEN aired The New Group’s  production of Rasheeda Speaking, written by Joel Drake Johnson. This was a part of the collaboration b…