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Extended Runs

Between Riverside and Crazy Gets Off-Broadway Extension

Between Riverside and Crazy, from actor and playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (Jesus Hopped the A Train, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot), opened to...

Broadway BlackAugust 4, 2014

How Do We Feel

de’Adre Aziza Gives A Piece Of Her Heart On & Off The Stage

You may remember the Tony nominated actress de’Adre Aziza, for her role in Passing Strange or more recently in A Night With Janis Joplin. If you’re a...

Drew ShadeAugust 4, 2014

Concert Night

Mykal Kilgore At 54 Below Tonight

We’ve raved about this young man for some time. The first ever featured vocalist here at BroadwayBlack, long before he was bringing down the...

Drew ShadeAugust 4, 2014

Inspiration

The International Impact of Denzel Washington

Just a little something light to keep you inspired. The two important lessons here are you never know who’s life you’re having an impact...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

Awards Nominees & Winners

Watch: THR’s Interview With This Year’s Tony Nominated Actors

This was a particularly good year for the men of theater and we’ve got an interview that features them all. From Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig,...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

Events and Happenings

54 Sings The Wiz!

Notorious Broadway hangout and supper club 54 Below will be featuring a special night covering the music from the classic film The Wiz. Part of their “54...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

Coming Soon

Walter Mosley Brings “Devil in a New Dress” to Broadway, Scored by Branford Marsalis

Earlier in July, acclaimed author Walter Mosley took to the Edward Tyler Nahem Theater to share excerpts from his latest offering Debbie Doesn’t Do It...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

Behind The Scenes

Natalie Cole Provides Harsh Criticism of Patti Labelle in “After Midnight”

While After Midnight was able to garner notable reviews during its time on stage, many fans felt the short-lived production didn’t get a chance to reach...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

Coming Soon

City Center Brings “The Band Wagon” to Life with Star Brian Stokes Mitchell

Noted Broadway player and Tony Award Winning singer/actor Brian Stokes Mitchell will be starring in a stage adaptation of the MGM silver screen hit The...

Broadway BlackAugust 1, 2014

A Must See

Audra McDonald Has Returned To Broadway As Billie Holiday

5 time Tony award winner, Audra McDonald has returned to Broadway this season in the musical Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. You may remember...

Drew ShadeMay 1, 2014

A Must See

A Different Side Of Muhammad Ali: Fetch Clay, Make Man

If we hear one more thing about this show our smile is going to be permanent. Sat next to an older couple on the...

Drew ShadeSeptember 19, 2013

Events and Happenings

Dee Dee Bridgewater Stars In Lady Day The Billie Holiday Musical

Billie Holiday continues to live on the stage. This time in Tony and Grammy Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater (The Wiz) in the Off-Broadway...

Drew ShadeSeptember 19, 2013

Celebrity Takeover

Romeo & Juliet Opens On Broadway

The time has come. Its opening night of the new Romeo & Juliet starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad on Broadway and We can’t...

Drew ShadeSeptember 19, 2013

Coming Soon

Tony Award Winning Star Of Pippin Patina Miller Joins The Hunger Games Mockingjay Cast

It’s a dazzling day on Broadway and then the lights get a little bit brighter when news like this gets around. The amazingly talented...

Drew ShadeSeptember 19, 2013

Concert Night

Amber Iman At 54 Below With Eric Anderson

Amber Iman, who stars as Nina Simone in the new musical Soul Doctor will join her leading man, Eric Anderson, on stage in a...

Drew ShadeSeptember 18, 2013

A Must See

Don’t Miss It: Pullman Porter Blues At The Goodman Theatre Starring Cleavant Derricks

Straight on the heels of the world premiere of Jungle Book, The Goodman Theatre in Chicago brings another must see, Cheryl L. West’s Pullman...

Drew ShadeSeptember 18, 2013

Coming Soon

Win Two Tickets To John Grisham’s A Time To Kill On Broadway

It’s time for another givewaway! We love these. It’s no secret that we have so much love for Tonya Pinkins here at BroadwayBlack.com and...

Drew ShadeSeptember 18, 2013

Celebrity Takeover

One Week Only: LaToya Jackson & Jackee Harry Star In Off-Broadway’s NEWSical The Musical

Thats right. No. It’s not a joke. Both of these world famous women, Latoya Jackson (The Celebrity Apprentice) and Jackee Harry (227, Sister, Sister),...

Drew ShadeAugust 22, 2013

Celebrity Takeover

Todrick Hall Does It Again With Cinderonce´

The same creative mind that brought us “Beauty and the Beat” returns with an unfrogettable version of Cinderalla entitled Cinderonce´ using the music of...

Drew ShadeAugust 21, 2013

A Must See

You Have No Excuse: Don’t Miss August Wilson Cycle Recordings Live Stream

We’ve posted about the all of August Wilson’s work being read and recorded by BroadwayBlack’s finest at The Greene Space. we’ve also been raving...

Drew ShadeAugust 21, 2013

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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Breaking News

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

BWYBLK Event

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

Features

WATCH: Amandla Stenberg Talks Dear Evan Hansen + Anonymous Ones

Just Wow!

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