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Broadway BlackAugust 18, 2015

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Fetch Clay Make Man Comes to True Colors!

Float like a butterfly down to True Colors Theatre Company and watch the fascinating and electrifying Fetch Clay Make Man. The play by Will Power follows the...

Broadway BlackAugust 17, 2015

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Saycon Sengbloh & More Will Join Lupita Nyong’o in Eclipsed

Saycon Sengbloh, Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia and Zainab Jah will join previously announced Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o in the New York premiere of Eclipsed. Directed by...

Broadway BlackAugust 17, 2015

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Taye Diggs On Hedwig: My Most Challenging Role

His remarkably blue glittered eyes and magenta pursed lips have been staring from billboards and banners for months now. Taye Diggs took the stage...

Broadway BlackAugust 14, 2015

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We Were There: Rachel at New Brooklyn Theatre

Fresh off a week of PD (Professional Development) for my training to be a Performing Arts teacher in Brooklyn I made sure I made...

Broadway BlackAugust 14, 2015

Events and Happenings

Straight Outta Compton: Performing Arts Center by Dr. Dre

In a Rolling Stone article posted last week, Andre Romelle Young, better known as Dr. Dre (@drdre) kept it 1,000 (100 is nothing for...

Broadway BlackAugust 14, 2015

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Audra McDonald Joins Meryl Streep & Kevin Cline on the Big Screen

From Sophie Zawitowski and Miranda Priestley to Julia Child and Margaret Thatcher, it’s no secret that iconic actress Meryl Streep has incredible acting range...

Broadway BlackAugust 14, 2015

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Ne-Yo, Common, & Elijah Kelley Join NBC’s The Wiz Live

Well here we have it. We have been waiting for the additional cast members of the highly anticipated The Wiz Live on NBC scheduled...

Drew ShadeAugust 13, 2015

Awards Nominees & Winners

Wayne Brady Will Be The New Lola In Kinky Boots

The show that made Billy Porter a Tony Award winner and ultimately let the world see his light shine will be lead by a...

Drew ShadeAugust 13, 2015

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Mykal Kilgore Doo-Wops My Heart Will Go On

Recently, American Idol and The Voice alum Frenchie Davis wowed the masses when she turned Fetty Wap’s “Trap Queen” from chirpy hip hop hit...

Broadway BlackAugust 12, 2015

Awards Nominees & Winners

Denzel Washington Inspires Youth at Boys and Girls Club

As a shy, overweight boy growing up in Mt. Vernon, NY, Oscar- and Tony-winning actor Denzel Washington spent most of his time after school...

Broadway BlackAugust 12, 2015

Events and Happenings

Broadway Serves: The “Change Beyond the Stage”

Continuing in the tradition of many Broadway actors who give back to their communities, Broadway Serves is an organization created three years ago for...

Broadway BlackAugust 12, 2015

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Marquise Neal In Kids of the Arts’ Dream Street

World famous director Sebastian Rickter is holding open auditions for a new West End musical called Dream Street and is looking for undiscovered talent. No,...

Broadway BlackAugust 11, 2015

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Quick Silver and Classics In Color Theatres Present Proof With Artists of Color

David Auburn’s play, Proof, is getting a colorful update! Quick Silver Theater and Classics in Color: A Theatre Company are co-producing the play that features all actors...

Broadway BlackAugust 10, 2015

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Clive Rowe, Debbie Kurup In Hackney Empire’s Jack And The Beanstalk

Any talk of a cow, goose, giant, harp, golden eggs and magic beans means there will be some “fee-fi-fo-fum” fun in the atmosphere. At...

Broadway BlackAugust 10, 2015

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Montego Glover Joins the Cast of Les Miserables as Fantine

Tony nominee Montego Glover is set to take on the role of Fantine in Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony...

Broadway BlackAugust 10, 2015

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Sophie Okonedo Leads the New Broadway Revival of The Crucible

The Crucible is coming back to Broadway and Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun) was recently announced to take the...

Broadway BlackAugust 9, 2015

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Billy Porter, Joshua Henry, & Brandon Victor Dixon Join Audra McDonald & Brian Stokes Mitchell For Shuffle Along

This doesn’t even seem real. It’s like we keep having to ask ourselves what did we do to deserve this. And by “this” we...

Drew ShadeAugust 9, 2015

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Always Bet On Broadway Black

In 1906 on the campus of Cornell University, seven Black men created Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., the first African-American Greek Letter Organization. After being...

Broadway BlackAugust 8, 2015

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King Liz Starring Karen Pittman Extended Through August 15

Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz, the tale of a female sports agent who’s fighting to stay on top of a male-dominated industry, was such a...

Broadway BlackAugust 8, 2015

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

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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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

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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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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