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Norm Lewis: Live From Lincoln Center

Tony-nominee Norm Lewis’ rich baritone is set to radiate on an episode of PBS’ Live from Lincoln Center titled Norm Lewis: Who Am I? Broadway’s first Black...

Broadway BlackMarch 17, 2015

Broadway Bound

Cynthia Erivo Will Join Jennifer Hudson In The Color Purple This Fall

The return of The Color Purple has been all the rave, especially since Oprah called Jennifer Hudson and asked her to play Shug Avery...

Drew ShadeMarch 17, 2015

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Billy Porter: Live from Lincoln Center

Tony and Drama Desk-winner Billy Porter is set to light PBS on fire with his Live from Lincoln Center show Billy Porter: Broadway & Soul. Putting a jazz-influenced spin...

Broadway BlackMarch 14, 2015

Broadway Black Box

Broadway Black Box Featuring Ben Vereen

Here at Broadway Black we’ve wanted to really sit down and pick the brains of the Leads & Legends who have paved the way...

Drew ShadeMarch 13, 2015

A Must See

Audra McDonald Will Shuffle Along With Savion Glover & George C. Wolfe

A trio of Broadway Black powerhouses are set to collaborate on an important but forgotten hit. Audra McDonald will return to the theater next...

Broadway BlackMarch 13, 2015

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OITNB’s Uzo Aduba Is Othello At Public

Emmy Award winner and star of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black Uzo Aduba will be Othello, opposite Heather Lind’s Desdemona, and Cynthia Nixon’s Emilia in Public Forum’s Drama Club: An...

Broadway BlackMarch 12, 2015

TV Land

Chris Chalk Will Join The Cast Of Gotham On Fox

Chris Chalk, last seen on Broadway in 2010 in the revival of August Wilson’s Fences, opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, has joined the cast...

Broadway BlackMarch 12, 2015

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Grantham Coleman Leads NYC Premiere Of BUZZER At Public Theater

Grantham Coleman joins Tessa Ferrer and Michael Stahl-David in the forthcoming Public Theater production and New York premiere of Tracey Scott Wilson’s Buzzer. Jackson left his tough Brooklyn neighborhood by winning...

Broadway BlackMarch 12, 2015

Broadway Black History Fact

On Today: A Raisin In The Sun Opened On Broadway

A RAISIN IN THE SUN Keep your eyes glued to @BroadwayBlack for the rest of the day as we honor #LorraineHansberry and her CLASSIC...

Broadway BlackMarch 11, 2015

A Must See

Billy Porter Directs The Colored Museum In Boston

Boston is ALIVE, and will be for the next month, with the characters of George C. Wolfe’s powerful satirical play The Colored Museum. Under the direction of...

Broadway BlackMarch 9, 2015

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Colman Domingo To Direct A Band Of Angels At NYC Children’s Theater

The New York City Children’s Theater (formerly known as Making Books Sing) will present a production of A BAND OF ANGELS, which originally premiered in 2005....

Broadway BlackMarch 7, 2015

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Deborah Cox To Play Josephine Baker In Broadway Bound Musical

The Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida announced March 6th that they would be mounting the world premiere of Josephine, an original Broadway-bound musical about the life of American-born...

Broadway BlackMarch 7, 2015

Music

Strike Up The Band: Broadway Black Comes To Spotify

We here at Broadway Black, where all things Black theatre related come to groove, have created our own Spotify playlist with over 35 hours...

Broadway BlackMarch 6, 2015

Just Wow!

Courtney B. Vance Stirs Up Emotions & Conversation With Scandal

If you weren’t by your television last night for >>>this week’s episode of Scandal<<< then you still have some tears that you don’t know need...

Drew ShadeMarch 6, 2015

A Must See

Anika Noni Rose & Phylicia Rashad Sign On For CBS Drama Series “For Justice”

As of late, tons of our veteran stage actors are taking to the small screen. We’ve cried out for more faces of color on...

Drew ShadeMarch 6, 2015

Coming Soon

Black Repertory Group Presents: The Amen Corner by James Baldwin

From April 10th to May 10th, the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley, California will stage a production of James Baldwin’s powerful play The Amen Corner, under the...

Broadway BlackMarch 4, 2015

How Do We Feel

Oprah Dodges Broadway Debut Again

There have been so much talk about Oprah Winfrey potentially coming to Broadway. Would she ever play Sophia in The Color Purple The Musical?...

Drew ShadeMarch 4, 2015

Celebrity Takeover

How To Speak With Intent: BET Honors Phylicia Rashad

On February 23rd when the BET Honors aired, I sat at the TV perched and ready to give my respects to black America’s collective...

Drew ShadeMarch 4, 2015

Annual Conference

NOW SEEKING PROPOSALS: Black Theatre Network’s 29th Annual Conference

Black Theatre Network, “the nation’s preeminent organization of scholars, artists, students, and educators dedicated to the study and promulgation of African and African Diasporic,...

Broadway BlackMarch 3, 2015

Events and Happenings

The Book Of All Books: Black Broadway By Stewart F. Lane

Recently there has been a serious buzz about Black Broadway, or BroadwayBlack as we like to call it, and it’s all due to a...

Drew ShadeFebruary 27, 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

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

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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

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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

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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

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 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