Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Spring has finally arrived In New York City and so has awards season! The nominations for the first major award, the 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, were announced on April 19 in Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:28AMHey, Bernie Sanders have you met Tabitha Holbert? You need to, because she’s the creative mind that put together the most genius, creative support video I’ve seen this year. I…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:00AMMonday, April 11, 2016
Starting Monday, April 11th, the ultimate open-mic experience Lights Out On Broadway will now open at its new home, 42West at The OUT Hotel (514 W. 42nd Street, Hell’s Kitchen, NY 1003…
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It’s mainstream and it wasn’t made for them, because, let’s be real– everything was created for them. Hamilton caused quite a stir with its newest casting notice that…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:45AMMonday, March 28, 2016
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story I’ m reminded of those Hamilton lyrics every single time I go to see a show that was written by a person of color. But tonight, this line has a…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:59PMMonday, March 21, 2016
Broadway Black had the wonderful honor of attending the world premiere of Dennis A. Allen II‘s When We Wake Up Dead at Brooklyn College over the weekend, and what a treat it was. If yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:42PMFriday, March 4, 2016
I’ve already deemed 2016 the year of #BlackGirlMagic. 2015 gave us a plethora of Black women shattering glass ceilings in the arts (Misty Copeland! Viola Davis! Danai Gurira!) and I h…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:45PMTuesday, March 1, 2016
The York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Series (Mufti means in street clothes; without the usual trappings) has officially launched, and leading the season is a limited engagemen…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:08AMMonday, February 29, 2016
Last Monday night talk shows were filled with #Blackgirlmagic and #BroadwayBlack magic. Not only were we treated to Audra McDonald talking Shuffle Along on Fallon, right after on NBC the dyn…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:21AMFriday, February 26, 2016
In his Broadway debut in Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie, Forest Whitaker dutifuly reminds us why he’s one of the best actors of our generation. In Hughie, which takes place in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:39PMWednesday, February 24, 2016
I just knew when I saw the tweet. Jimmy Fallon couldn’t have the remarkable Audra McDonald as a guest and not do a Yahoo! Answers. As usual, I was right. On Monday night’s R…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:38PMThursday, January 28, 2016
photos by Chasi Annexy Is that a statue or a real person? I couldn’t imagine being in character and rigidly in place for pre-show up until start time. But somehow, the actors did. I al…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:19AMMonday, January 18, 2016
Something big is happening at Riverside Church in Harlem tomorrow afternoon. Blackout for Human Rights is hosting MLK Now, described as “a special MLK Day event to celebrate and honor …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:10AMWednesday, January 13, 2016
“The year 2015, saw the rise of #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackGirlsMatter, both movements helmed by powerful, fearless Black women. In 2016 I’m starting #BlackPerspectivesMatter.”…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:02PMMonday, January 11, 2016
Eleven-year-old Canadian twins Nia and Imani Lindsay are making a name for themselves in the ballet world. They were awarded scholarships to the American Ballet Theatre’s annual “Young …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:42PMSunday, December 13, 2015
I was one of the lucky audience members in attendance for The Color Purple on Broadway, and what a wonderful time it was. I was brought to tears multiple times in the show. I laughed at th…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:55PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
Is there anything that Denzel Washington can’t do? He directs, he acts, he has an Oscar and a Tony, he’s been nominated for a Grammy and tons of Emmys (don’t worry D, we…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:06PMFriday, December 4, 2015
Tis the season for new musicals! The Greene Space announced its newest addition to this holiday season: the premiere of The Soul Now Sings, a new Christmas musical directed and composed by…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:46PMThursday, December 3, 2015
There is something beautiful happening at Second Stage Theatre. Having been to the same theatre to see Whorl Inside A Loop, I was pleasantly surprised to see how they made the space fit int…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:34PMCan’t you feel a brand new day? By now you’ve probably watched The Wiz Live! behind the scenes special on NBC last Wednesday, caught the performance at Macy’s Thanksgiving…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:52AMTuesday, December 1, 2015
Move over, ladies; there’s a new Mama in town! As previously announced, Real Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes began her run as Matron “Mama” Morton in the hit Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:34PMIt’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I’m not talking about Tonys season, but Christmas season! The time of year where it gets darker earlier, the huge Christmas tree is …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:25PMWednesday, November 18, 2015
You’ve been listening to the Hamilton cast recording for weeks? Me too! At first, I was listening just to get a general gist of the musical. I wasn’t REALLY following plot points…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:03AMMonday, November 9, 2015
Last month, as part of Project Protest: The Art of Revolution, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation presented a world premiere reading of 12 Angry…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:32PMFriday, November 6, 2015
Yes. We are now living in a time where colorblind casting can go both ways– or not. Last month Kent State (located in Ohio, of the top theatre and dance schools of the state) Departm…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:59AMThe year is 2011 and my college is doing our own production of the Henrik Ibsen classic tragedy, Hedda Gabler. I never read it in high school and this is my first time seeing it performed o…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:43AMMonday, November 2, 2015
Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper (Amazing Grace) and his children Lilli, Eddie, and Alex are set to perform as apart of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, which celebrates the…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:53PMThe teacher in me burst with happiness upon reading the news: history is happening in Manhattan and some lucky students just happen to be in the greatest city in the world. When I first saw …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:30PMThursday, October 29, 2015
Last Sunday, the Nederlander Theatre said goodbye to the heartfelt production, Amazing Grace. The show, which opened July 16 and played 24 previews and 114 regular performances, will reco…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:33PMMonday, October 26, 2015
Freedom’s Song, a new musical about a Civil War-era interracial family torn apart by slavery, is set to receive a private, industry-only reading on Nov. 16, featuring a cast led by�…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:34PMFriday, October 23, 2015
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present the The Minstrel Show Revisited, a reworking of Donald Byrd‘s 1991 Bessie Award-winning dance/theater production. The show tak…
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