Ngozichukwuka Anyanwu and Marlow Wyatt are among 10 finalists announced for the inaugural HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize by Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles’ leading nonprofit theatre company. More...
You can finally be in the room where it happens! Kinda, well your living room or a studio will be enough to get you there! The hard...
I have news. I have commentary. First, the news. Fox has tapped Tyler Perry to host and narrate the musical, The Passion. According to a recent press...
Shanice Williams is a star in the making. On the heels of being nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Movie Made...
iLLA: /ilə/ adjective. Exceedingly ill. Greater than. More superior. “His beat is ill, but mine is illa.” Do you have what it takes to be iLLA?...
I totally understand why Mary J. Blige – who was cast as Evilene, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the Dec. 3 performance of The Wiz...
Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra will be honored at the Lincoln Center for a career that spanned over 60 years. Ol’ Blues Eyes, as he was affectionately...
Over the last 10 years, the theater industry has experienced a significant artistic boost with performers flocking to New York and L.A. by the thousands every...
Saturday Night Live finally has enough Black cast members to put together a hilarious The Wiz Live! sketch. On the Ryan Gosling hosted December 5th episode, the scarecrow...
He was born on a slave ship in 1729. After his mother died and his father committed suicide to avoid living as a slave, Charles “Sancho”...
Last summer I had the privilege of experiencing the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me Kate at Pasadena Playhouse, featuring — get this — an all-Black cast....
It’s the holiday season! We must have been extra good this year because Santa has gifted us some extraordinary news that has us giddy with visions...
I was one of the lucky audience members in attendance for The Color Purple on Broadway, and what a wonderful time it was. I was brought to tears...
Obie Winner Nilaja Sun is currently filling an entire stage with her humor, wit, and story of resilience in her one-woman show, Pike St., on stage...
Some of you may be too young to remember, but “back in the day” disco music was as big as hip hop and Sylvester was disco’s...
‘Tis the season to start planning what holiday gatherings you want to attend. If you are looking for a party with hosts that read like a...