Thursday, June 13, 2024
April 30 was a “great day” to be Jocelyn Bioh, playwright of the hit Broadway show “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” Bioh was up to watch the Tony Awards nominations — “Me, my hu…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40PMMonday, February 26, 2024
Tony and Emmy winner Judith Light will be honored with the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s lifetime achievement award in honor of her storied stage and screen career. Light made her Broadway…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMWednesday, September 20, 2023
Emmy and Tony Award nominee Corey Hawkins has signed with CAA for representation. Hawkins is best known for his recent performances in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “In the Heights,” “…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThursday, April 13, 2023
The all-star cast for Netflix’s adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” has been revealed. Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington will star in the feature …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMMonday, March 20, 2023
Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winner and Oscar-nominee Cynthia Erivo has joined the producing team of “Fat Ham” as the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy heads to Broadway. “Fat Ham” will begin p…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:45AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
In June 2020, Tony-nominated actor Danielle Brooks and her fellow award-winning artists Amber Iman and Jocelyn Bioh launched the Instagram account “Black Women on Broadway,” a platform t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PMTuesday, April 5, 2022
Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson celebrated the Broadway opening of “Take Me Out” on Monday evening in New York at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater. A revival of the 2003 Tony-winni…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PMMonday, February 14, 2022
Today, Feb. 14, 2022, I make Broadway history as the first Black woman and woman of color to play the title role of Glinda in the Broadway production of “Wicked.” It is one of the greate…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:32PMFriday, June 11, 2021
Forget “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” because on June 11 and 12, audiences at the San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park will be singing a different tune, as the Frameline Film Fest takes …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:08PMWednesday, May 19, 2021
Oscar nominee and Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. is the latest A-lister to join star Daniel Craig in “Knives Out 2,” the star-studded sequel to Rian Johnson’s 2019 hit whodunnit. In what …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:37AMTuesday, May 4, 2021
United Talent Agency has promoted more than 100 employees across 30 departments, marking its largest-ever class of promotions. The promotions — which encompass employees at all levels of t…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PMThursday, April 22, 2021
As the 2021 Oscars prepare to go hostless for the third year in a row, Whoopi Goldberg shares what it takes to emcee the biggest night in movies. The 1991 best supporting actress Oscar winne…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:57PMFriday, March 19, 2021
It could be said that Suzan-Lori Parks was destined to tell the story of Aretha Franklin. Not just because the “Genius: Aretha” showrunner is a celebrated playwright who won the MacArthu…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:11PMFriday, March 12, 2021
L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon’s “Bingo,” the latest thriller on the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” slate. The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Ros…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PMOscar winner Viola Davis will receive the Icon Award from the African American Film Critics Assn. during the 12th annual AAFCA awards on April 7. Previous recipients of AAFCA’s Icon Award …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:54PMMonday, March 1, 2021
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) addressed their controversial diversity issue, namely the fact that the organization currently has no Black members, during Sunday night’s br…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:16AMFriday, February 26, 2021
Netflix unveiled its first comprehensive study of diversity and inclusion in its film and series programming, from Dr. Stacy Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative research team. M…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:16AMWednesday, February 24, 2021
With her critically acclaimed performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Viola Davis is primed to become the most nominated Black actress in Oscars history. Though Davis’ name (and h…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:56PMThursday, February 11, 2021
Last week, Disney Plus announced that 1997’s “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” starring Brandy and Whitney Houston, would begin streaming Feb. 12. The movie’s streaming deb…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06AMMonday, February 8, 2021
Move over Paddington, and beat it Winnie the Pooh! There’s a new talking bear coming to the big screen — voiced by four-time Emmy-winner Peter Dinklage. Dinklage is set to voice one of t…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:46PMFriday, February 5, 2021
Over the years, fans of singer and actor Brandy have learned to “never say never” or believe that something’s “impossible” — and their patience and perseverance has been rewarded…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:21PMTuesday, January 5, 2021
Lashana Lynch is getting musical — with the British star set to join the cast of Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of “Matilda.” The musical movie is based on Roald Dahl’s 1988 childre…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:38PM 
