Monday, April 24, 2017
The day has finally come! Pharrell Williams is making a musical! Fox Studios recently bought the rights to the upcoming film, entitled Atlantis. The movie will tell the story of Pharrell�…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:53AMMonday, March 27, 2017
Cynthia Erivo, Queen Regnant of Broadway, Snatcher of Wigs has slain us again! Erivo took the stage at Broadway Backwards, an annual concert that brings Broadway’s stars together fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:55PMBroadway’s greats have gathered to bring the legacy of Henrietta Lacks to HBO. Her life began in 1920 in Roanoke, VA, but her legacy lives on today. In January of 1951, she received …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:40AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Billy Porter is back in the director’s chair! After a busy 2016, the Tony winner has reunited with the Huntington Theatre Company to bring Suzan Lori-Parks‘ Topdog/Underdog to …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:48AMMonday, March 13, 2017
Early January 2017, New Jersey’s Cherry Hill High School came under fire for their decision to censor their production of Ragtime. In response to parents and civil rights groups raisi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:21AMTuesday, March 7, 2017
Rumor has it that our Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures might see the light of Broadway! In an interview with ITN, Janelle Monae, who plays Mary Jackson, let it slip that a Broadway musical mig…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:09PMMonday, February 27, 2017
If you weren’t lucky enough to get snuck in through the side door at the 89th Academy Awards Ceremony, I’ll give you the Broadway Black rundown. With Moonlight taking the big Oscar of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:45PMFriday, February 24, 2017
The cowardly lion has shed his mane! Last week, David Alan Grier stopped by A&E’s Black & White to share some pro-acting tips. The actor stopped by the show to highlight the night …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:06PMWe’re barely into the year & 2017 is already more black and beautiful than ever! We opened the new year with Hidden Figures smashing the box office and the 2017 Golden Globes being ri…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:32PMSunday, January 29, 2017
Featured Image: LA Theatre Works As I write, my calendar reads January 19th, 2017. A seemingly irreverent date to those outside these United States and, unfortunately, to some within. On Jan…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:11AMMonday, January 16, 2017
Featured Image: Martin Luther King Kr. attends Broadway Answers Selma w/ Sammy Davis Jr. via Getty Images The man we celebrate today came from holy beginnings. Martin Luther King Jr.’s leg…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:11PMIn 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Council set their sights on Selma, AL as the stomping ground for voter registration reform. Twenty-four years later, Sel…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:06PMTuesday, November 15, 2016
What do Jill Scott, Chance the Rapper, and The Roots all have in common? They clearly all love me, because while we the people played and replayed the Hamilton soundtrack, The Hami…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:58PMSaturday, October 22, 2016
Hamilton, An American Musical begins and ends with a question. At first we find ourselves asking how Hamilton accomplished so much in his short life. Then, as the story progresses, we wonder…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:31PMFriday, August 19, 2016
The Color Purple and Shuffle Along are exuberant examples of Black excellence. Even more so, these shows are the gifts that just keep giving. Shuffle Along’s beloved Joshua Henry is not …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:07AMWednesday, August 17, 2016
I had the pleasure of attending this Wednesday’s Ham4Ham and it was nice, perfectly satisfactory. However, I’d like to take us back to August 10th’s Ham4Ham. This was the day the stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:49PMMonday, August 8, 2016
Photo by Christopher Boudewyns for Broadway Black These past weeks have been a phenomenal expressi…
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