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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...

Broadway BlackNovember 15, 2025

Features

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

The recent controversy around Patti LuPone and Kecia Lewis, compounded by LuPone’s dismissive remarks about Audra McDonald and her derogatory name-calling toward Lewis, has...

Drew ShadeMay 28, 2025

Features

PHOTOS: BAC’s Britton Smith Lets Us In & Tells Us What He Didn’t Say

We got the chance to sit down with the President and one of the co-founders of Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Britton Smith. He exclusively let...

Broadway BlackOctober 1, 2021

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Up Close: Jocelyn Bioh Talks Adapting Shakespeare and Hopes For The Future of The American Theatre

It is Pistol that says in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, “Why, then the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword shall open.”...

Tremaine A. PriceJuly 14, 2021

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A Letter From The Director: You Must Keep Starting Over

“I ain’t never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain’t nothing to find no...

Broadway BlackFebruary 1, 2021

2013 Tonys

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 BlackJanuary 20, 2016

Events and Happenings

Race and Privilege: Exploring MLK’s Two Americas Discussion At Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater and WYNC (NYC Public Radio Station) have linked up to put on their 10th annual event to honor the life and...

Broadway BlackJanuary 16, 2016

How Do We Feel

Black Perspectives Matter: Why Black Voices Deserve To Be Heard

“The year 2015, saw the rise of #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackGirlsMatter, both movements helmed by powerful, fearless Black women. In 2016 I’m starting #BlackPerspectivesMatter.” When...

Broadway BlackJanuary 13, 2016

A Must See

Life Essentials with Ruby Dee Documentary To Air On Centric

Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee finally has a release date, this Sunday, January 17, at 3:00 p.m. EST on Centric. And what a fitting time...

Broadway BlackJanuary 12, 2016

Events and Happenings

Tonya Pinkins Pt 2. : It’s Not A Card, It’s An Issue

I’m so thankful for the Internet. It acts as a way to connect. It serves as a body of information. It provides entertainment. It...

Broadway BlackJanuary 10, 2016

Events and Happenings

Mark J.P. Hood Returns to Chicago for Performance at Black Ensemble Theater

If you are a fan of NBC’s “The Voice,” then you must be a fan of Mark J.P. Hood. From the first time we...

Broadway BlackJanuary 6, 2016

Hot Topics

Broadway Black Presents Off-Book: The New Theatre Podcast

Well, you asked for it and its here. Broadway Black will produce a weekly podcast starting NOW! Off-Book is a fresh & new theatre...

Drew ShadeJanuary 6, 2016

Events and Happenings

Kecia Lewis Assumes The Role of “Mother Courage”

I don’t know about y’all, but I was biting my nails waiting to see who was going to step into the role of “Mother...

Broadway BlackJanuary 5, 2016

Good Works

And The Winner Is…Broadway Black Top 10 of 2015

As we enter a new year, it’s only right to reflect on the greatness that happened in 2015. From Broadway to Off-Broadway to live...

Broadway BlackDecember 26, 2015

BB Casting Agency

BB Casting Agency: The Music Man & More

Last summer I had the privilege of experiencing the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me Kate at Pasadena Playhouse, featuring — get this — an...

Broadway BlackDecember 14, 2015

A Must See

What You Need To Know Before Seeing “Chi-Raq”

Nearly 2,500 years ago Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote an anti-war comedy measuring the rage of war versus the power of sex. One of his most popular...

Broadway BlackDecember 3, 2015

Broadway Black TV

Leslie Odom Jr. Visits Late Night with Seth Meyers

Broadway’s favorite villain, Leslie Odom Jr., hit “Late Night with Seth Meyers” last week to discuss his role in the hit musical Hamilton, what lends...

Broadway BlackNovember 21, 2015

BB Casting Agency

BB Casting Agency: Legally Color Blind? A New Elle Woods

I love Elle Woods. I love the color pink. And when I’m indulging in my sensitive side, I love stories about love. I also...

Broadway BlackNovember 18, 2015

A Must See

Pomme is French for Apple Arrives in NY!

Pomme is French for Apple is a hilarious look at femininity and womanhood from the sketch duo Liza Paul and Bahia Watson. The show...

Broadway BlackNovember 13, 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

Good Works

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...

Broadway BlackOctober 25, 2015

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Features

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

Features

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

Features

PHOTOS: BAC’s Britton Smith Lets Us In & Tells Us What He Didn’t Say

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Up Close: Jocelyn Bioh Talks Adapting Shakespeare and Hopes For The Future of The American Theatre

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A Letter From The Director: You Must Keep Starting Over

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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

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

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

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

Events and Happenings

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

Events and Happenings

Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

Events and Happenings

Broadway Responds: A Collective Call for Accountability

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

Broadway Bound

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

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

Events and Happenings

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

Events and Happenings

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

BWYBLK Event

Twilight Los Angeles, 1992 BIPOC Theatre Night Oct 15 at Signature Theatre

Features

WATCH: Amandla Stenberg Talks Dear Evan Hansen + Anonymous Ones

Just Wow!

Make Them Hear You – A Trayvon Martin Tribute

Music

Leslie Odom Jr And Nicolette Robinson SMASH Stay By Rihanna

World Premiere

The Eve Of Jackie World Premiere Starring Chester Gregory

Broadway Bound

Motown: The Musical Commerical

2013 Tonys

Have The Tonys Been More Fair Than The Oscars?

Events and Happenings

Race and Privilege: Exploring MLK’s Two Americas Discussion At Apollo Theater

How Do We Feel

Black Perspectives Matter: Why Black Voices Deserve To Be Heard

A Must See

Life Essentials with Ruby Dee Documentary To Air On Centric

Events and Happenings

Tonya Pinkins Pt 2. : It’s Not A Card, It’s An Issue

Events and Happenings

Mark J.P. Hood Returns to Chicago for Performance at Black Ensemble Theater

Hot Topics

Broadway Black Presents Off-Book: The New Theatre Podcast