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Leads & Legends

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...

Broadway BlackJanuary 13, 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

Broadway Black Approved: The Productions You Should See in Spring 2016

My how time flies! 2015 has come to a close. Last year, there was much dismay over a season that was pointedly woman- and melanin-free, but never...

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

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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...

Broadway BlackJanuary 12, 2016

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The Signifigance of Lion King VS Aladdin on GMA

Theater Heads did you miss it? The chance to see two amazing casts sing each other’s books live on a television for free. Well...

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 2016

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First-Ever BroadwayCon Gives Theatre Fans Ultimate Experience

There’s no place like Broadway, and BroadwayCon is a place where theatre fans can converge with artists to celebrate shows and the people who...

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 2016

Cast Recording

iTuned In: The Color Purple Cast Album

The first time I saw the musical version of The Color Purple I think I was on a date. I say think because through some seating...

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 2016

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Smokey Joe’s Cafe Sets Broadway Return

The longest-running musical revue to play Broadway is making a triumphant return this summer as producers announced the comeback of hit revue Smokey Joe’s Cafe....

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 2016

Broadway Black Kids

11 Year Old Twins Receive Scholarships to the American Ballet Theatre

Eleven-year-old Canadian twins Nia and Imani Lindsay are making a name for themselves in the ballet world. They were awarded scholarships to the American Ballet...

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 2016

A Must See

Fact, Fiction, or Just a Whorl?

Look at all these rumors surrounding me every day. I just need to know if ‘Whorl’ will reach Broadway. Maybe Club Nouveau’s classic song...

Broadway BlackJanuary 11, 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

Solomon And Kuff’s Host An ‘Off The Kuff’ New Year’s Eve Affair!

Solomon and Kuff’s Caribbean-influenced restaurant ushered in the 2016 New Year with a star-studded, glittering soiree! The 5000 square ft. event venue housed “Off...

Broadway BlackJanuary 10, 2016

A Must See

Bayardelle, Stallings Wrap Season 1 Of I Take Thee Zoe

The first season of the web series “I Take Thee Zoe” – conceived by Jeannette Bayardelle and Lawrence Stallings – wrapped up 2015 with...

Broadway BlackJanuary 10, 2016

Congrats!

Ngozi Anyanwu Wins Inaugural Humanitas CTG Playwriting Prize

Actress and emerging playwright Ngozi Anyanwu recently won first place for the inaugural Humanitas/Center Theatre Group (CTG) Playwriting Prize for her play Good Grief....

Broadway BlackJanuary 10, 2016

A Must See

Robert Battle’s Train to Make NYC Premiere at Joyce Theater

Parsons Dance brings “sexy athleticism and a stunning ensemble” for the New York Premiere of Finding Center at Joyce Theater. The work of former...

Broadway BlackJanuary 8, 2016

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Atlantic Theater Company Premieres Skeleton Crew

She’s won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, received the Steinberg Playwright Award, and Huffington Post hailed her as...

Broadway BlackJanuary 7, 2016

Coming Soon

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko Presents #Negrophobia at American Realness

American Realness is an annual festival of contemporary performance, in its seventh season, held at Abrons Arts Center. Housing seventy events by nineteen artists,...

Broadway BlackJanuary 7, 2016

A Must See

Sarah Jones Unveils New Play: Sell/Buy/Date

Tony- and Obie Award-winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones is known for her humorous yet delicately humane treatment of a variety of multicultural characters. After...

Broadway BlackJanuary 7, 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

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

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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

Features

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

Events and Happenings

PHOTOS: Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” Opening Night

Events and Happenings

The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Sponsors ‘Push Party’ World Premiere Performance

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Features

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

Events and Happenings

PHOTOS: Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” Opening Night

Broadway Bound

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

Events and Happenings

The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Sponsors ‘Push Party’ World Premiere Performance

Events and Happenings

Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

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

Features

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

Events and Happenings

PHOTOS: Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” Opening Night

Events and Happenings

The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Sponsors ‘Push Party’ World Premiere Performance

Broadway Bound

Audra McDonald to Star in Revival of Legendary Musical “Gypsy”

Opening Night

PHOTOS: Lempicka Opening Night & Curtain Call

Features

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

Events and Happenings

PHOTOS: Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” Opening Night

Broadway Bound

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

Events and Happenings

The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Sponsors ‘Push Party’ World Premiere Performance

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

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

Features

WATCH: Amandla Stenberg Talks Dear Evan Hansen + Anonymous Ones

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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

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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