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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...
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...
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 a...
Be Apart of the Revolution! Hamilton Posts Open Casting Call
You can finally be in the room where it happens! Kinda, well your living room or a studio will be enough to get you...
ProductionPro: Helping Artists Do It For Themselves
Over the last 10 years, the theater industry has experienced a significant artistic boost with performers flocking to New York and L.A. by the...
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...
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Audra McDonald, Glynn Turman Star in A Moon For The Misbegotten
As mentioned before Dominique Morisseau's Paradise Blue will have it's world premiere  at Williamstown Theatre Festival in July. Immediately after, Audra McDonald will star alongside her husband, Will Swenson,...
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Did You Know: Taraji P. Henson Was A Musical Theatre Major
Yes, you read that correctly. Taraji P. Henson, who portrays the ambitious, no-nonsense Cookie Lyon on Fox’s hit show Empire, was a Musical Theatre...
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Motown: The Musical Makes Millions
The producers of the First National Tour of Motown: The Musical definitely have something to sing about as the show has grossed more than $62.5 million in...
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Usage Of Blackface In American Ballet Theatre’s Production Of Othello
Out of all of the art forms, ballet is typically one that is not controversial, and the American Ballet Theatre productions are usually rather...
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Taye Diggs May Return To Broadway In Drag For Hedwig
Taye Diggs may return to Broadway is a big enough headline. However, there is more. Buzz has been heavily swirling today since entertainment reporter...
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Stephanie Mills Will Play Aunt Em In NBC’s THE WIZ Live
It always will begin with Stephanie Mills it seems. Mills, who was the original Dorothy in the Broadway production of The Wiz in 1975...
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A Historic First: Hamlet Portrayed by a Black Woman!
The Wilma Theater in Center City Philadelphia presented a notable run of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from March 25, 2015 – May 2, 2015. British-African actress Zainab...
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Are There Still Only Two Trains Running? A Talk With Ernest Perry Jr. & Chester Gregory
We had the privilege of talking with two dynamic actors who were recently a part of the cast of Two Trains Running by August Wilson at...
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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...
Events and Happenings
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...


