Sure you’ve heard about the Live From Lincoln Center concert Billy Porter: Broadway & Soul and maybe you haven’t gotten the chance to watch it but...
Last night I was privileged to see the closing of the beautifully produced one-woman show Josephine and I; written and performed by the incredibly warm hearted Cush Jumbo...
Last week we sadly reported on the passing of legendary New Orleans and Broadway vocalist, Lady B.J. Crosby. Known for her show stopping work in Smokey Joe’s Cafe,...
With all the hype of TV Land’s frustration around diversity– more artistic homes are following through with their companies original mission- “to present distinctive work that raises...
Two-time Tony-winner Viola Davis (2001, Best Featured Actress in a Play, King Headley II, 2010, Best Actress in a Play, Fences) is keeping busy while her ABC hit How To...
The League Of Off-broadway Theatres & Producers have announced the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards and the nominations that come along with that for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway. The...
Well, NBC broke the internet yesterday with the announcement that their next live musical will air on December 3rd with a production of The Wiz. It...
It’s that time again. Another episode of Broadway Black Box. Last time we sat down with the phenomenal Ben Vereen. Well, this time we had the...
A bomb was dropped yesterday in the midst of NBC’s announcement about The Wiz being the next Live Musical. We were aware that a new project by...
“I’m not your magical negro” exclaimed Jackson, one of the characters in Tracey Scott Wilson‘s thought-provoking new play Buzzer, directed by Anne Kauffman. When I heard...
Hip hop mogul, and lets not forget, Tony Award-winner, Russell Simmons (Def Poetry Jam 2002) is set to bring the genre back to Broadway with Scenario, a musical...
Race is one of those conversations that, as of recently, everyone seems to be having, yet so many people are trying to ignore. In the reading...
Welcome to New Black Works, a bi-monthly profile of emerging Black playwrights and their work. This is a new venture here at Broadway Black that we...
It is with our deepest sympathies that we report the passing of a wonderful talent, Tony Award nominee B.J. Crosby. Having been seen on the Broadway...
Kevin Mambo (Fela!, The Convert, Ruined, The Book of Mormon) & Kyle Beltran (In The Heights, Choir Boy, Head of Passes) led a cast that included Tony Award nominee André De...
Grammy award winner Brandy Norwood, known to her fans as B-Rocka or just Brandy to most, will join the cast of the Broadway musical Chicago in...