“Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking!” We all know those high school girls who were a part of the “it” crowd. They had the looks, the confidence, the boy, and the seeming…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:28PMOn a gloomy day more characteristic of February than May, the Russian Samovar served as the perfect venue for a sit-down with Tony and Drama League nominee Denée Benton, to discuss her ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:00AMOpening Act, which for more than a decade has provided free after-school theater programming to New York City’s most under-served public high schools, announced today that Jasmine Cephas J…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:06PMWhat if you had to relive the same day over and over and over AND over again? Would you try something new every time to get a different outcome? Would you drive yourself crazy trying to figu…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:40PMEarlier this week, producers Ken Davenport and Hunter Arnold announced that the Michael Arden-directed Broadway revival of Once On This Island will begin performances November 9, with an of…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:13PMA few weeks ago, previews began for the Bette Midler-led revival of Hello, Dolly! over at the Shubert Theatre. Midler last appeared on Broadway in her hilarious one-woman show I’ll Ea…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:39AMMarisha Wallace, currently the alternate Effie in Dreamgirls in London, will star as Celie in a new one-night-only concert performance of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Color …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:18PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that stage, film and television star Phylicia Rashad will direct the company’s Chicago premiere of The Roommate, starring Ora Jones and Sand…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:32PMOnly days after launching the first national tour of Hamilton last week, producer Jeffrey Sellers announced that a second national tour will kick off in Seattle starting February 2018. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:04AMArs Nova has announced an international tour of their critically acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, Underground Railroad Game, created by and starring Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R. Sheppard. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:09AMDates chosen, flights booked and a journey across the sea to see what’s easily one of my top ten favorite musicals of all time, Dreamgirls, was on the horizon. Only seven agonizing months…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:15AMSpamilton, the off-Broadway parody of the musical phenomenon Hamilton, released a cast album on DRG Records last week. The cast recording features original Spamilton cast members Dan Rosale…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:39AMThe world premiere of Dolphins and Sharks, a new comedy by James Anthony Tyler that grapples with issues of income inequality, gentrification, and capitalism, began performances at the Bank …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:21PMSo, you can’t make it to London anytime soon? No worries! The West End production of the five-time Olivier nominated Dreamgirls has announced an April 14th release date for its origina…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:33AMBefore picking up the accordion for his upcoming run in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan, from the original cast of Hamilton, will host the thir…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:12AMWe can add producer and content curator to his already rapidly growing resume as Tony and Grammy Award winner Billy Porter returns with a new studio album, Billy Porter Presents The Soul …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:34AMThere’s always a silver lining, right? After this whirlwind of the past few days with the Inauguration of an unqualified reality star to lead our country, millions of women marching around…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:15AMViola Davis has no intention of slowing down, ever. After picking up her Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences on Sunday, Deadline reported she is set�…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:03AMFeatured Image: Brinkhoff Mögenburg According to the New York Post, the current West End production of Dreamgirls, directed and choreographed by Tony winner Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin, Someth…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:27AMBack in 2015 we posted a What If: What’s Love Go To Do With It The Musical and in early 2016 there was rumor that a Tina Turner musical was supposedly in the works, and would premier…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:50PMMichael J. Lutch/Courtesy of the American Repertory Theater Five years ago today, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess revival starring six-time Tony Winner Audra McDonald and Tony Nominees Norm …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:39AMPhoto by Charles Sykes The American Theatre Wing will honor Tony winner Cicely Tyson at its annual Gala September 26 at The Plaza Hotel (Fifth Avenue at Central Park South). Tyson, who was …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:13PMMinding my business, scrolling through Instagram and I stumble across a picture Princess Amber Iman put up of Billy Porter directing something. Cool, I think. As we know Billy is not only a …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:34PMTony nominees Montego Glover, last seen in The Royale at Lincoln Center, and Tony Yazbeck are set to star with The New York Pops in a cabaret performance at Feinstein’s/54 Below …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:42PMLiesl Tommy is back! And as we know, she’s no stranger to making the type of theatre that challenges our way of thinking . This time she’s tackling the importance of two influent…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:16PMWON’T HE DO IT! When one door closes, God surely opens an even BIGGER one, can I get an Amen? Two-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry joins the Chicago company of Hamilton: The Musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:11AMHow do you like your tea? I like mine hot and served early in the morning, so this morning was a treat! Audra McDonald woke up with her receipts, ready to drag the life out of Bill O’Reill…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:07PMWe’ve been feeling down after going through what seems to be the black Broadway purge of 2k16. However, if there is anything that could give us some joy over here at Broadway Black, …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:29AMToday is bittersweet as we say farewell to one of our most beloved shows, the Broadway hit musical Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. Tod…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:08AM*BROADWAY BLACK EXCLUSIVE* “Get Up, Stand Up. Stand up for your right.” Bob Marley was on to something when he released “Get Up, Stand Up” in the early 1970s. A phras…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:33AMTony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will return to the Mark Taper stage in Head of Passes, a powerful, deeply moving new drama about family and the power of faith by playwright Tar…
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