On July 31 WattsWords Productions in association with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Presents Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Love Terrorists (A Benefit for Orlando) at the Marlin Room …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:55AMLate last night Broadway actor and heartthrob, Taye Diggs, took to the internet to post a poem on the effects of police brutality on the Black family. The poem is from a young black boy̵…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:52AMTony Award nominated Eclipsed playwright and “The Walking Dead” star, Danai Gurira, along with our favorite Broadway producers, Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones Harvey and the Vlc…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:58AMI don’t remember there being two Egypts in my World Geography class, but I obviously missed something. Bay Street Theater and DreamWorks Theatricals tried it with their casting choices…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:56PMYes, you read that headline correctly. Motown The Musical is closing a mere 19 days after its opening. The show based on the history of Motown Records, the Detroit-based record company that …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:25PMLead by Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham, The Television Academy announced the nominees for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday morning. Six-Time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:03PMWe’re tired. We’re angry. We’re deflated. But we all have jobs to go to and lives to live. We now have to pick up and go into places where “performance” is nece…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:11PMThe cast of Shuffle Along threw their leading lady, Audra McDonald, a baby shower and it was low-key lit! So how did my Shuffle Family close out this rough week? They threw me a baby shower.…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:51PM“Have you seen the Tony Award winning play Hamilton? Don’t trip. I ain’t seen it either” Black-Ish’s Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross gave us a hilarious …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:48AMOn Monday, July 11th Leslie Odom Jr. will have his official album release concert for his self-titled project at The McKittrick Hotel in New York City. Originally set for June 27th, the con…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:52PM…Because she’s a woman and that’s what women do. On yesterday the producers of Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed announced…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:03AMShuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed has set its official final performance for Sunday, July 24th. It is a sad day at Broadway Black as we p…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:05PMThis morning, Tony-Winner Leslie Odom Jr. (we just love saying that!) posted an impromptu invitation to an acoustic concert in Central Park to his Twitter! With more than 1k favorites and 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:55PMTurn Me Loose, starring Scandal’s Joe Morton, has been extended to July 17! The off-Broadway production was original set to end its run July 3rd, but has been getting so many rave revi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:14PMby Darnell Lamont Walker “Everyone stand up, and on the count of three, I want you all to yell ‘Nigger,’” Joe Morton in the role of Dick Gregory instructed us. The entire audience st…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:27PMLast night’s Tony Award ceremony was filled with incredible performances from some of our favorite Broadway musicals. Including the cast of Hamilton, who gave us three incredible perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:24PMLast night was epic. You hear me? EPIC! The 2016 Tony Awards was definitely one for the books. An unprecedented number of African American artists received nominations and several of our Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:42AMWe had the perfect seats (Right Mezzanine, 3rd row) to the hottest show in town, Shuffle Along, Or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. Bonus: The people in …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:04PM“I also feel so badly for Trayvon Martin’s family, because every single time this shit stain comes back up and he tries to gain notoriety from this horrible thing that he did the…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:29PMThe Obie Awards, presented by The Village Voice, are annual awards given out for the best of Off-Broadway and Off-off-Broadway theatre. On May 23, the 61st annual ceremony was held at Webste…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:39PMAugust Wilson’s Jitney is coming to Broadway. Did you hear us?! AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY IS COMING TO BROADWAY! The only play from King August’s ten play cycle to not see a …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:02PMToday, we got a first look at Audra McDonald’s adorable little baby bump in the Shuffle Along cast welcome video to The Color Purple’s new Shug Avery, Heather Headley! In the vid…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:09PMYou thought your ticket to your favorite Broadway show included a Meet and Greet? Well, that’s YOUR bad. After having my life slain by Beyoncé’s “LEMONADE” last nigh…
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SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:56PMEver wonder what your favorite Broadway stars are doing when they aren’t on the stage under bright lights? Some are taking a much deserved break after those long eight shows a week for…
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