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Class Is In Session: 5 Plays by Black Playwrights Every Young Black Student Should Read
With the pandemic closing the doors on Broadway and schools shifting their teaching methods to remote learning, students across our country are devoid of...
Next Gen Broadway: Theatre Producers of Color Launch free ‘Producing 101’ Course for BIPOC
Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC), a newly formed organization of talented and experienced Broadway producers, has just announced an inaugural program to prepare the...
Sandra Adell Releases Ten Contemporary Plays by African American Women
I've already deemed 2016 the year of #BlackGirlMagic. 2015 gave us a plethora of Black women shattering glass ceilings in the arts (Misty Copeland! Viola...
Shanice Williams Interviews Audra McDonald at Lincoln Center
Audra and Shanice in the same room? For free!? Where is this going on and how can I be there?
Well, if you're in New...
Have The Tonys Been More Fair Than The Oscars?
Another Winter means more cold weather, hot chocolate, hopefully snow and -- oh, another #OscarsSoWhite.  Last year Broadway Black Managing Editor, April Reign, coined the...
Broadway Black Celebrates National Swing Day
Actors' Equity Association has declared Jan. 13 "National Swing Day" in an attempt to "honor the unsung heroes of theatre." As mentioned on Broadway...
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Donald Byrd’s The Minstrel Show Revisited – Limited Engagement
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...
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African-American Shakespeare Company 2015 -16 Season
African-American Shakespeare Company (San Fransisco, CA) recently announced its 2015-2016 season entitled: Love, Satire, and  Betrayal. This will be their 21st season under the artistic leadership...
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Suzan-Lori Parks’ Watch Me Work Series Returns
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, the master writer chair at New York's The Public Theater, launched a new season of her "Watch Me Work"...
Broadway Black History Musical
5 Great Musicals You’ve Probably Overlooked
You have heard of Dreamgirls, Wicked and In The Heights, but there are always a few musicals you leave off of your "My Top Ten Musicals...
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How Do We Feel
Is Broadway Any Different Than Hollywood? Viola Davis & Sanaa Lathan Talk Marginalization
Viola Davis and Sanaa Lathan both recently touched on the subject of the marginalization of Black actors in Hollywood, which led us here at Broadway...
Behind The Scenes
Swings: Unsung Heroes of the Theatre
It's opening night. Performers wait anxiously for the overture to begin. A final mental pass through of lines and choreography complement the simmering back...
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Dreamgirls Rocks Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee Repertory Theater is getting ready to launch the Quadracci Powerhouse season with their highly anticipated production of the Tony Award-winning musical, Dreamgirls. After producing  sold-out...
Behind The Scenes
How to Get Carded: The Actors Equity Association
On the opening night of Hamilton, Betsy Struxness received the coveted Gypsy Robe® from Actor's Equity Association. It is an honor bestowed upon the ensemble...
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