Monday, May 25, 2015
Ntozake Shange is having another moment, or two, this fall: she has a new novel, co-written with her sister, and the film adaptation of “For Colored Girls” will be released in No…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMichael Crawford is set to play the Wizard in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of "The Wizard of Oz."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMAs the artistic director of the Big Apple Circus, Guillaume Dufresnoy is now the ringmaster of the little top.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe show is scheduled to debut in September at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it will be directed by Diane Paulus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMatthew Lopez makes his New York debut as a playwright with “The Whipping Man,” about a Jewish Confederate soldier and two former slaves at the end of the Civil War.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMPhylicia Rashad will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PM"The American Slavery Project," set to begin on March 7 at the CAP 21 Theater, is a free reading series to showcase black playwrights who are exploring issues of slavery and the Civil War.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe National Black Theater, a cultural anchor in Harlem for decades, is threatened with closing because its building faces foreclosure.
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The production originated at the Royal Shakespeare Company and has also played at the American Repertory Theater.
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“Hands Up: Six Testaments” consists of monologues or “performance essays” prompted by the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
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Ms. Monte founded Elisa Monte Dance in 1981, and will be replaced as artistic director by Tiffany Rea-Fisher.
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The show, which opened at Soho Rep in May, will run as part of the Theater’s new season, and will retain the actress Amber Gray and the director Sarah Benson.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:03PMAn Australian opera company says it won't stage "Carmen" because of a sponsorship deal with a government health agency.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Stipends will be awarded to a psychologist studying racial perceptions in crimes, the maker of the film “The Act of Killing” and a law professor seeking to help American Indian women, am…
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The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is mounting an exhibition in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is …
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An online petition demands resignations after the departure of Julie Crosby, the producing artistic director for Women’s Project Theater.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Marcus Gardley’s play “The Box: A Black Comedy” examines black men in prison and the justice system that puts them there.
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A world premiere from the choreographer Robert Moses is among the highlights of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater's two-week engagement at Lincoln Center.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The 65th season at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., will include “The Originalist,” a political drama about a liberal law clerk and Justice Antonin Scalia.
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George Brant, author of many plays produced regionally but never in New York, is enjoying a moment with “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot directing drones.
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“Facing Our Truth: 10-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege” will be performed at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
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Isaac Mizrahi is transforming “Peter & the Wolf” at the Guggenheim Museum from concert and art installation to full theatrical production.
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David Leveaux’s production, starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, will have played 93 regular performances.
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