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6 Actors that got their “Big Break” doing August Wilson shows
There are few playwrights in the American theatre that have made an impact as large as August Wilson's. Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle chronicling life in...
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...
First Lady Michelle Obama Celebrates Black Women & Dance
First Lady Michelle Obama is all about celebrating black women & today is no different as she invites several black women leaders in dance...
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...
Rest Well: Billie Allen Defied Barriers On Stage, Screen
Jan. 13, 2016, would have marked the 91st birthday of one of America’s most significant women in theatre: Billie Alllen. The dancer, actor, director...
Pasadena Playhouse Announces Cast of Fly Based on Tuskegee Airmen
In honor of Black History Month, The Pasadena Playhouse and Crossroads Theatre Company celebrate the historic contributions made by the Tuskegee Airmen as it...
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[WATCH] Off Book: Broadway Legacy with Christian Dante White
Broadway Black Box presents a behind the scenes series entitled Off Book where we explore all the things that interest and contribute to the black theatre...
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Capital Fringe Festival Presents POWER: The Rise of Stokely Carmichael
Although it is 2015, the message captured in the upcoming play, Power: Stokely Carmichael, is as eerily applicable today as it was during the time...
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Listen To All 10 Of August Wilson’s Plays Until Aug. 26
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was able to capture 100 years of African American life in his riveting, American Century Cycle. The 10 decade-by-decade plays begin in the...
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Celebrating The Life Of New York City Ballet’s Albert Evans
The artistic community is healing from a great loss last week with the death of dancer Albert Evans at the age of 46. No...
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Hollywood Roundtable Then & Now: Social Justice & Creating Art
With all that is going on in America today it's hard to forget that some of the same issues we are fighting now were...
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Broadway Black Actors And The Legacy of Activism
Black actors on Broadway have a long legacy of being activists for social change. Paul Robeson was famously quoted as saying, "The artist must...
Broadway Black History Fact
Before Misty Copeland, There Was Lauren Anderson
For me, there is nothing more important than a lesson in history. Â Over the last few years when we thought of an African American...
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Remembering A Classic: Stormy Weather Starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, & Cab Calloway
This summer marks the 72nd anniversary of the iconic film, Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Fats Waller and Cab Calloway. Named for...
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