This landmark musical based on Alice Walker’s novel of the same name follows the the inspirational Celie, as she journeys from childhood through joy and despair,...
First Lady Michelle Obama is all about celebrating black women & today is no different as she invites several black women leaders in dance to The...
If I had to imagine what God’s alarm clock sounded like, I’d imagine it’d be Mykal Kilgore‘s voice belting “reeeejoice.” To hear him sing is to catch...
This is a really special announcement. Back in November when we interviewed Amber Riley for The Wiz Live!, before she blew us all away with her performance...
Nearly a year ago, playwright and actor Dennis A. Allen II introduced When We Wake Up Dead to The Classical Theatre of Harlem for its Future...
Stop / The madness / Freeze frame / Take a good look at this picture Three-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer/director extraordinaire Debbie Allen wants those who witness...
Ask Nigerian-American playwright, actress and educator Mfoniso Udofia what her first love is and she’ll tell you, to the surprise of many, “singing.” Surprising only because in...
Photo credit: Daniel Robinson I sat down with Broadway performance artist Grasan Kingsberry to find out just what the key to his success and longevity on Broadway...
Broadway vet T. Oliver Reid announced via social media on Thursday that Pippin star Carly Hughes would be joining him for a performance of his Bistro Award-winning show Drop Me Off...
Although he’ll soon be wowing audiences in the much-anticipated Broadway production of Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That...
Around this time last year news that a new musical was going to play at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Florida, with hopes the show would then...
Pulitzer Prize winning screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner has teamed up with Denzel Washington to complete the screenplay for August Wilson’s play Fences. As previously reported,...
It’s showtime…(cue music)…at the Apollo. You would kill me if I didn’t do it. Those of us who remember staying up until midnight to watch the...
photos by Chasi Annexy Is that a statue or a real person? I couldn’t imagine being in character and rigidly in place for pre-show up until...
Theater Talks: The Royale Presented by Schomburg Center Moderator: Andrew Shade, Founder & Editorial Director of Broadway Black Cast: McKinley Belcher III, Khris Davis, Clarke Peters...
Doing theater is all about imagination. There is a fictive leap the audience must take. This is true especially with musical theater. I doubt most of...