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Ngozi Anyanwu, Marlow Wyatt Humanitas/CTG Playwriting Prize Finalists

Ngozichukwuka Anyanwu and Marlow Wyatt are among 10 finalists announced for the inaugural HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize by Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles’ leading nonprofit...

Broadway BlackDecember 19, 2015

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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...

Broadway BlackDecember 17, 2015

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Tyler Perry to Host The Passion for Fox

I have news. I have commentary. First, the news. Fox has tapped Tyler Perry to host and narrate the musical, The Passion. According to a...

Broadway BlackDecember 16, 2015

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Shanice Williams To Perform At The Apollo Theater

Shanice Williams is a star in the making. On the heels of being nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a...

Broadway BlackDecember 16, 2015

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New Hip Hop Musical iLLA Is Creating A New Beat

iLLA: /ilə/ adjective. Exceedingly ill. Greater than. More superior. “His beat is ill, but mine is illa.” Do you have what it takes to...

Broadway BlackDecember 16, 2015

Concert Night

Fantasia and Billy Porter Sing Sinatra at Lincoln Center

Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra will be honored at the Lincoln Center for a career that spanned over 60 years. Ol’ Blues Eyes, as he...

Broadway BlackDecember 15, 2015

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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...

Broadway BlackDecember 15, 2015

A Must See

Saturday Night Live Spoofs The Wiz Live!

Saturday Night Live finally has enough Black cast members to put together a hilarious The Wiz Live! sketch. On the Ryan Gosling hosted December 5th episode,...

Broadway BlackDecember 14, 2015

A Must See

UK’s Paterson Joseph Paints Sancho’s Life In One-Man Show

He was born on a slave ship in 1729. After his mother died and his father committed suicide to avoid living as a slave,...

Broadway BlackDecember 14, 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

Anika Noni Rose & Forest Whitaker Set For Roots Remake

It’s the holiday season! We must have been extra good this year because Santa has gifted us some extraordinary news that has us giddy...

Broadway BlackDecember 13, 2015

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Nilaja Sun’s “Pike St.” Extended Through December 19th at Abrons Arts Center

Obie Winner Nilaja Sun is currently filling an entire stage with her humor, wit, and story of resilience in her one-woman show, Pike St.,...

Broadway BlackDecember 11, 2015

A Must See

Mighty Real Is Headed to Broadway

Some of you may be too young to remember, but “back in the day” disco music was as big as hip hop and Sylvester...

Broadway BlackDecember 11, 2015

Celebrity Takeover

Get Your Holiday Purple Mormon Shuffled Lion On!

‘Tis the season to start planning what holiday gatherings you want to attend. If you are looking for a party with hosts that read...

Broadway BlackDecember 10, 2015

A Must See

Must See: First Glimpse Of The First Noel, “Life Happens”!

It’s so easy to get caught up in the travel plans, red cup debates, and dinner arrangements that have come with the approaching holiday...

Broadway BlackDecember 10, 2015

A Must See

Dionne Figgins Shows Out On STARZ’s Flesh and Bone

Dionne Figgins constantly shows us that she is indeed a force to be reckoned with. From her stand out work on Motown the Musical...

Broadway BlackDecember 9, 2015

Broadway Black TV

Denzel Washington To Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at The Golden Globes

Is there anything that Denzel Washington can’t do? He directs, he acts, he has an Oscar and a Tony, he’s been nominated for a...

Broadway BlackDecember 9, 2015

A Must See

Christmas with Nova Y. Payton & Friends At Signature Theatre

This is the time of year when holiday concerts abound and music lovers have a cornucopia of confections from which to pick and choose....

Broadway BlackDecember 8, 2015

Award Show Performance

Kennedy Center Honors Featuring Cicely Tyson Airs on CBS

Legendary actress Cicely Tyson stunned on Sunday as one of the honorees for the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. The annual celebration has become the star-studded event of...

Broadway BlackDecember 8, 2015

A Must See

LaChanze, Norm Lewis & Chuck Cooper Will Star in Cabin in the Sky

As we previously announced, New York City Center will kick off its 2016 Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert season with Cabin in the Sky....

Broadway BlackDecember 8, 2015

Features

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

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

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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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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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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

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Patti LuPone Releases Public Apology to Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald

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Broadway Responds: A Collective Call for Accountability

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

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PHOTOS: Cats: “The Jellicle Ball” Opening Night

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

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

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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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Whoopi Returns, Ragtime Rises: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Joshua Henry Lead Lincoln Center Theater’s New Era

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Broadway Responds: A Collective Call for Accountability

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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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

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Whoopi Returns, Ragtime Rises: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Joshua Henry Lead Lincoln Center Theater’s New Era

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Broadway Responds: A Collective Call for Accountability

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

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

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

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

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

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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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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

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WATCH: Amandla Stenberg Talks Dear Evan Hansen + Anonymous Ones

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Make Them Hear You – A Trayvon Martin Tribute

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Leslie Odom Jr And Nicolette Robinson SMASH Stay By Rihanna

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The Eve Of Jackie World Premiere Starring Chester Gregory

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Motown: The Musical Commerical

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Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace to Lead Cabaret’s Final Broadway Run at the Kit Kat Club

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

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Whoopi Returns, Ragtime Rises: Kerry Washington, Kara Young, Joshua Henry Lead Lincoln Center Theater’s New Era