Cicely Tyson will receive the Living Legend Award at this year’s Black Girls Rock, presented by BET. Tyson made her Broadway debut in Jolly’s Progress (1959) as Eartha Kitt’s understudy. She went...
Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and NAACP Image Award winner Alfre Woodard has a new film opening the New Voices in Black Cinema festival. Ben Bowman’s Knucklehead, an indie drama starring...
British playwright and actress Zawe Ashton has joined the cast of HBO’s Salem Witch Trials pilot, The Devil You Know, from Orange is The New Black creator Jenji Kohan. Described as a...
Tony-winner Tonya Pinkins (1992, Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Jelly’s Last Jam) can be seen on stage at The New Group at The Pershing Square Signature...
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 Phantom (Phantom...
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 on Broadway...
A trio of Broadway Black powerhouses are set to collaborate on an important but forgotten hit. Audra McDonald will return to the theater next spring in...