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Lean in… 366 days, not just 31!
And we are off!! Many of us are ripping and running at the start of 2020, seeking to catapult ourselves into the new decade....
The Women of Eclipsed Shine in Uptown Magazine
There are few things that make your eyes pop and your jaw drop like the beauty of Black people. Being captured in the right...
WATCH: Times Talks Shuffle Along with Audra McDonald & George C. Wolfe
Tonight there is a livestreamed Times Talks that we think you will definitely enjoy. We had a great time live-tweeting The Color Purple Times Talks...
The Gift of Theatre: Eclipsed Launches 10,000 Girls Campaign
Theatre is a gift that provides the opportunity to dream a different dream—well, at least, that’s how Eclipsed star Lupita Nyong’o sees it. In...
Sojourners: A Different View of the American Dream
Sojourners by playwright Mfoniso Udofia captures the story of a Nigerian family who has come to America. Their goal is to get their college...
Mykal Kilgore Brings Life To The Apollo Theater’s Music Cafe
If I had to imagine what God's alarm clock sounded like, I'd imagine it'd be Mykal Kilgore's voice belting “reeeejoice." To hear him sing is...
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Alice Walker’s The Color Purple Sets New Edition Release + Times Talks Livestream
In 1982 Alice Walker published an extraordinary novel that would go on to not only win awards and set records, but remain instrumental in constructing cinematic, stage,...
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Dance Pioneer Arthur Mitchell Honored With Symposium
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...
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Playwrights Morisseau, Jacobs-Jenkins To Receive Steinberg Award
“My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.” That was playwright August Wilson, considered one of the greatest literary...
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Every 28 Hours: 1-Minute Play Festival Tackles Race & Police Brutality in Black Communities
Every 28 hours in America, a Black person is killed by the police. It's a statistic that is frightening to even conceptualize. However, it's...
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New Federal Theatre Presents In White America By Martin Duberman
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...
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Opening Night: Cicely Tyson & James Earl Jones In The Gin Game
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...
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Film Noir Meets The Stage in Helen Lawrence
1948 Vancouver. Recession. Grim. Noir. Human experience.
As part of the 2015 Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music will present the US premiere of...
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Theater Royalty Gather To Celebrate Louis Johnson
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...
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Tamara Jade on Freedom, Faith, and the Power of Using Every Part of Her Voice
Tamara Jade, a versatile artist from Maryland, embraces her diverse musical influences. Now starring in Jeanine Tesori's contemporary opera "Blue," she highlights the need for authentic storytelling. Jade seeks freedom and connection in her art, blending genres and reflecting her own experiences and truths.
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Freedom Riders: A Journey With No End in Sight, Harlem Stage Honors 10 Years of Reckoning and Resistance
Harlem Stage, the powerhouse institution known for setting untold...
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Monifah, C. King, and More Star In Man Of The House At Brooklyn’s Billie Holiday Theatre
This fall, A-Diamond Entertainment presents the acclaimed stage play...
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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
A monumental collision of Black artistry is set for...
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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club
The curtain is rising on a grand finale you...


