Everyone is excited about the upcoming Broadway production of Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. With a...
Throughout history, there have been few entertainers as passionate and outspoken about social and racial injustice than legendary actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson. Fewer still...
To say Tony Award-Winning Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is a hit is an understatement and to say everyone has seen it would be an exaggeration—but just slightly....
The Fire This Time Festival presented by Horse Trade Theater Group was founded in 2009 by playwright Kelley Nicole Girod. According to the website, it was...
When the jazzy Shuffle Along opened on Broadway in May 1921, I imagine the thrill could have been likened to the 2008 U.S. Election night. A...
Academy Award-winner, Lupita Nyong’o (“12 Years A Slave”) joins Public Theater’s production of ECLIPSED. Making her New York stage debut, Nyong’o will be portraying the character...
It’s no secret that the hit musical Hamilton was inspired by the 1969 Tony-winning musical 1776, he quotes the musical in his hit show, but when it...
We’ve known that it was coming for some time but we only had a few pieces of the puzzle. The Color Purple is a Tony Award...
African-American Shakespeare Company (San Fransisco, CA) recently announced its 2015-2016 season entitled: Love, Satire, and Betrayal. This will be their 21st season under the artistic leadership of acclaimed...
Pioneering. Classic. Talented. The outstanding career of Leonard Harper embodies a dancer, choreographer and producer who’s influence remains firmly etched in the history of Black Broadway....
In an ode to the 1960s, Trip of Love takes the audience “back to the decade that made a generation boom.” This rocking musical puts the songs of the...
Emmet Till. Trayvon Martin. Sandra Bland. Kindra Chapman. In 2015, the legacy of intolerance and discrimination against people of color continues its awful march, name after...
The world of Bikini Bottom is Broadway bound! If you have been searching for a musical that will captivate your tiny tots, then SpongeBob the Musical...
When you think of Stephen Sondheim, the man responsible for the lyrics of West Side Story, Gypsy, and Do I Hear a Waltz?, rarely do you think...
For some, it seemed that producer, filmmaker, playwright and actor Tyler Perry was an overnight sensation. His wildly popular plays centering often on family matriarch Mabel...
On Monday October 5th, “Sticks & Stones,” on of our favorite songs from Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, will be available for free download in honor of...