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‘You Can’t Win’ A Win-Win For NBC’s The Wiz

The closer the days get to Dec. 3, the excitement builds for NBC’s The Wiz Live (people are talking sleepovers; and by people… adults)...

Broadway BlackNovember 9, 2015

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12 Angry Men Directed by George Faison Gets An Extended Run

Last month, as part of Project Protest: The Art of Revolution, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation presented a...

Broadway BlackNovember 9, 2015

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Yes, There Are More Tickets For Hamilton On Sale Now!

Get out your iCal, planner, alarm clocks, and credit cards! The voice of God via Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, has announced a new block...

Broadway BlackNovember 9, 2015

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Canadian Artist Ryan G. Hinds Takes on #KanderandEbb

International performer Ryan G. Hinds will perform a selection of Kander and Ebb’s greatest works during his New York cabaret debut #KanderandEbb at the legendary Don’t Tell...

Broadway BlackNovember 6, 2015

Hot Topics

A White Man Went To ‘The Mountaintop’ At Kent State

Yes. We are now living in a time where colorblind casting can go both ways– or not. Last month Kent State (located in Ohio, of the...

Broadway BlackNovember 6, 2015

Events and Happenings

New Musical By Phillip Howze Reaches Trans/Queer Youth

In America, it is estimated that 1.6 million youth are homeless each year and that up to 40% of them identify as lesbian, gay,...

Broadway BlackNovember 6, 2015

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Daniel J. Watts Presents THE JAM: Spoken Word Preserves

So often, beautiful things are born from adversity . Such is the case with Daniel J. Watts‘ spoken word show, Daniel J. Watts’ THE...

Broadway BlackNovember 5, 2015

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Forest Whitaker Gets Co-Star & Official Dates For His Broadway Debut

We recently told you that Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker would make his Broadway debut next spring in a revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie....

Broadway BlackNovember 4, 2015

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Songs For A New World Demo with Billy Porter Released

Take a moment to think about the time you first fell in love with this art. For some, it was the 90’s cult classic Songs For...

Broadway BlackNovember 4, 2015

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Ne-Yo & Elijah Kelley Pen New Song for The Wiz Live!

The cast of The Wiz Live! sure know how to build anticipation! Since the announcement that NBC will be doing a live reboot of...

Broadway BlackNovember 4, 2015

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New Play Features Marian Anderson & Albert Einstein Relationship

Most of us are familiar with the story of legendary contralto Marian Anderson’s pivotal role in civil rights history. In 1939, Anderson was denied...

Broadway BlackNovember 4, 2015

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Showtime Develops Adaptation Of Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz

Adding to the sports-themed shows populating the land of television comes the adaptation of playwright Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz for Showtime. The play, which had...

Broadway BlackNovember 3, 2015

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Hanging With The Coopers: An American Songbook Concert

Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper (Amazing Grace) and his children Lilli, Eddie, and Alex are set to perform as apart of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, which...

Broadway BlackNovember 2, 2015

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Hamilton Will Be A Field Trip For 20K NYC Public School Students

The teacher in me burst with happiness upon reading the news: history is happening in Manhattan and some lucky students just happen to be...

Broadway BlackNovember 2, 2015

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Brian Stokes Mitchell & James Earl Jones Honor Angela Lansbury

Broadway leading men and Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and James Earl Jones have been very busy recently. In September, Mitchell debuted at...

Broadway BlackNovember 2, 2015

Celebrity Takeover

Leon Addison Brown Shares Stage With Bruce Willis, Laurie Metclaf In Misery

Leon Addison Brown will die on Broadway multiple times for 16 weeks. He plays “Buster,” the sheriff hell-bent on finding author Paul Sheldon and...

Broadway BlackNovember 2, 2015

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‘You Can’t Win’ A Win-Win For NBC’s The Wiz

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12 Angry Men Directed by George Faison Gets An Extended Run

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Yes, There Are More Tickets For Hamilton On Sale Now!

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Canadian Artist Ryan G. Hinds Takes on #KanderandEbb

Hot Topics

A White Man Went To ‘The Mountaintop’ At Kent State

Events and Happenings

New Musical By Phillip Howze Reaches Trans/Queer Youth

A Must See

Daniel J. Watts Presents THE JAM: Spoken Word Preserves

A Must See

Forest Whitaker Gets Co-Star & Official Dates For His Broadway Debut

Congrats!

Songs For A New World Demo with Billy Porter Released

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Ne-Yo & Elijah Kelley Pen New Song for The Wiz Live!

A Must See

New Play Features Marian Anderson & Albert Einstein Relationship

A Must See

Showtime Develops Adaptation Of Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz

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Hanging With The Coopers: An American Songbook Concert

Congrats!

Hamilton Will Be A Field Trip For 20K NYC Public School Students

Coming Soon

Brian Stokes Mitchell & James Earl Jones Honor Angela Lansbury

Celebrity Takeover

Leon Addison Brown Shares Stage With Bruce Willis, Laurie Metclaf In Misery

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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

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Tamara Jade on Freedom, Faith, and the Power of Using Every Part of Her Voice

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Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight, Harlem Stage Honors 10 Years of Reckoning and Resistance

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Monifah, C. King, and More Star In Man Of The House At Brooklyn’s Billie Holiday Theatre

Broadway Bound

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer to Star in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway, Directed by Debbie Allen

Breaking News

Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

Broadway Bound

Broadway-Bound Polly: The Musical Taps All-Black Creative Team Including Debbie Allen and Lena Waithe

Season Announcement

Whoopi Returns, Ragtime Rises: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Joshua Henry Lead Lincoln Center Theater’s New Era

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Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

Features

Power and Privilege on Broadway: Patti LuPone’s Disrespect of Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald Explained

Broadway Bound

Broadway-Bound Polly: The Musical Taps All-Black Creative Team Including Debbie Allen and Lena Waithe

Broadway Bound

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer to Star in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway, Directed by Debbie Allen

Breaking News

Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

Events and Happenings

Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

Season Announcement

Whoopi Returns, Ragtime Rises: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Joshua Henry Lead Lincoln Center Theater’s New Era

Events and Happenings

Broadway Responds: A Collective Call for Accountability

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Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight, Harlem Stage Honors 10 Years of Reckoning and Resistance

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