The most anticipated musical of the year, Hamilton is set to open in three weeks. During its off- Broadway run, Hamilton has already received critical acclaim. It’s...
Amazing Grace, a musical chronicling the life of the British slave trader who penned the timeless song, will open on Broadway this summer. The musical will tell...
Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!) has entertained and inspired countless audience members over her 65 year career, including writer and director Arthur Laurents (West...
Famed playwright August Wilson , a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania lived from April 1945 to October 2005. He left behind, not only a legacy of progress, but...
A week ago, nine African Americans were gunned down during bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by a man who hoped to incite a race war....
Now, if you have been living under a rock for the past three years then you may not know who Laverne Cox is. But for the...
The wait is almost over to see three Broadway Black actresses star in The Color Purple’s revival when tickets to the musical go on sale at...
I know I’m not the only one who watches a movie and thinks, “This is a great idea for a Broadway production!” If you are a...
It’s been almost a year since Broadway dynamo (Hair) and “The Voice” finalist Sasha Allen joined the National Tour of Pippin and she is still going...
Tony award winning actress Jennifer Holliday is set to return to the stage in Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies. The concept for this musical was developed by...
As mentioned before Dominique Morisseau’s Paradise Blue will have it’s world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival in July. Immediately after, Audra McDonald will star alongside her husband, Will Swenson, and Glynn Turman in...
If you are going to be anywhere around Canoga Park, CA this weekend then there’s something you may just want to check out. David E. Talbert’s 15th...
Brandy Norwood has been making headlines for her Broadway performance as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago lately, but she recently took time out of her...
Black actors on Broadway have a long legacy of being activists for social change. Paul Robeson was famously quoted as saying, “The artist must take sides....
Fresh off of his win as the inaugural recipient of the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education, Corey Mitchell granted BroadwayBlack an exclusive interview to discuss...
For me, there is nothing more important than a lesson in history. Over the last few years when we thought of an African American ballerina,...