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Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical To Be Featured On TV One’s Unsung

Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical, will be featured on TV One’s award-winning series “Unsung” Wednesday, July 1 at 8 P.M. EST. The creators Anthony Wayne and Kendrell...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 26, 2015

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The Gin Game Starring James Earl Jones & Cicely Tyson Will Arrive Early

As previously reported, Broadway Black veterans and Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are set to star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 25, 2015

Readings & Workshops

Patina Miller Joins Norm Lewis In The Prince of Egypt Musical Concert Reading

Fresh off of her stint as CBS’s official social media correspondent for the 2015 Tony Awards, Tony Award winner Patina Miller will join the...

Broadway BlackJune 25, 2015

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Jennifer Hudson, Danielle Brooks, & Cynthia Erivo Discuss The Color Purple

Recently, Jennifer Hudson, Danielle Brooks, and Cynthia Erivo sat down with Broadway.com to discuss their upcoming roles in the revival of The Color Purple, which begins...

Broadway BlackJune 25, 2015

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Karen Pittman To Star In King Liz Off Broadway

Featured photo by Deborah Lopez Lynch Karen Pittman, who most recently appeared on Broadway in Disgraced, will star as the lead role, Liz Rico, in the...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 25, 2015

How Do We Feel

Hollywood Roundtable Then & Now: Social Justice & Creating Art

With all that is going on in America today it’s hard to forget that some of the same issues we are fighting now were...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 25, 2015

Behind The Scenes

Bombshell will Live Again as Broadway Musical

Bombshell, the musical from the television show “Smash,” is being developed into a stage production after receiving stellar reviews following a one-night only performance. Bombshell...

Broadway BlackJune 25, 2015

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Meet The Cast of Broadway’s Hamilton + See The VOGUE Spread

The most anticipated musical of the year, Hamilton is set to open in three weeks. During its off- Broadway run, Hamilton has already received critical...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 25, 2015

Awards Nominees & Winners

A Dream Come True: Leslie Uggams As Mama Rose In Gypsy

Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!) has entertained and inspired countless audience members over her 65 year career, including writer and director Arthur...

Broadway BlackJune 24, 2015

Congrats!

The August Wilson Center Is Staying Afloat

Famed playwright August Wilson , a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lived from April 1945 to October 2005. He left behind, not only a legacy of...

Broadway BlackJune 24, 2015

How Do We Feel

Derrick Weston Brown’s Scathing Response to Charleston

A week ago, nine African Americans were gunned down during bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by a man who hoped to incite a...

Broadway BlackJune 24, 2015

Events and Happenings

Laverne Cox Almost Bares It All For Broadway Bares

Now, if you have been living under a rock for the past three years then you may not know who Laverne Cox is. But...

Broadway BlackJune 24, 2015

Celebrity Takeover

On Sale Now!: The Color Purple Revival With Jennifer Hudson

The wait is almost over to see three Broadway Black actresses star in The Color Purple’s revival when tickets to the musical go on...

Broadway BlackJune 24, 2015

2013 Tonys

Sasha Allen Shines In Pippin National Tour

It’s been almost a year since Broadway dynamo (Hair) and “The Voice” finalist Sasha Allen joined the National Tour of Pippin and she is...

Broadway BlackJune 22, 2015

Box Office

Jennifer Holliday In Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies

Tony award winning actress Jennifer Holliday is set to return to the stage in Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies. The concept for this musical was...

Broadway BlackJune 22, 2015

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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,...

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 22, 2015

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David E. Talbert Presents “Another Man Will” Live DVD Recording

If you are going to be anywhere around Canoga Park, CA this weekend then there’s something you may just want to check out. David E....

Jazmine Harper-DavisJune 22, 2015

Events and Happenings

Brandy Norwood Gives Back To Garden Of Dreams

Brandy Norwood has been making headlines for her Broadway performance as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago lately, but she recently took time out...

Broadway BlackJune 22, 2015

Broadway Black History Musical

Broadway Black Actors And The Legacy of Activism

Black actors on Broadway have a long legacy of being activists for social change. Paul Robeson was famously quoted as saying, “The artist must...

Broadway BlackJune 22, 2015

Broadway Black History Fact

Before Misty Copeland, There Was Lauren Anderson

For me, there is nothing more important than a lesson in history. Over the last few years when we thought of an African...

Broadway BlackJune 22, 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

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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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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”

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PHOTOS: Lempicka Opening Night & Curtain Call

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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

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