Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Last year’s Harlem-based holiday musical The First Noel returns to the famous Apollo, but this year the “21st Century Dickens” shines on the main stage. The Apollo Theate…
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Broadway Black was on the scene Saturday night at LIU’s Billie Holiday Theatre for the premiere of Richard Wesley’s political drama, Autumn. As the country gears up for an intens…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:45PMTuesday, September 20, 2016
Broadway may go dark on Mondays, but Broadway Black stars were still shining all over New York City last night. First up was the New York POPS Underground performance. Formerly ...
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Taking over a lead role early in the run of a high cost, highly anticipated musical could be daunting for any performer. Taking over the lead role for an actress with more Tony awards tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:38PMTuesday, April 5, 2016
Ready to dance with somebody? Broadway’s biggest belters will take on legendary music icon Whitney Houston in the upcoming edition of “Broadway Sings: Whitney Houston.” B…
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Nikki Renée Daniels and André De Shields will star in City Center Encores! highly anticipated production of the revolution based musical 1776. Originally written in 1969 and revived…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:50PMMonday, February 1, 2016
Ask Nigerian-American playwright, actress and educator Mfoniso Udofia what her first love is and she’ll tell you, to the surprise of many, “singing.” Surprising only bec…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:09AMThursday, December 3, 2015
They really might be the three best friends that anybody could have. And even more, family. Broadway Black had a chance to catch up with Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley and David Alan Grier last week…
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I was 13 years old when the original production of Ragtime opened on Broadway. A friend of mine played “Little Girl” in the original cast and invited me to her new show. I …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:48AMTuesday, November 10, 2015
The production we’ve been waiting for is finally here! Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo and Danielle Brooks will each make their Broadway debut when The Color Purple begins previe…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:55AMFriday, November 6, 2015
International performer Ryan G. Hinds will perform a selection of Kander and Ebb’s greatest works during his New York cabaret debut #KanderandEbb at the legendary Don’t Tell M…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:12PMThursday, October 29, 2015
In 1982 Alice Walker published an extraordinary novel that would go on to not only win awards and set records, but remain instrumental in constructing cinematic, stage, and Black history…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:22PMTony Award-winner Nikki M. James is affirming her presence in primetime! The Broadway belter recently signed on to join theater heartthrob Aaron Tveit in the new CBS series, “Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:18PMTuesday, October 27, 2015
If this is what the cast of The Color Purple looks like on Day One of rehearsal, we’re definitely gonna need a box of tissues when the show opens Dec. 10. Filmed on Oct. 6 and set t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:57PMMonday, October 26, 2015
Are you ready to throw your shoe?! Or maybe catch the Holy Ghost? Either is probable when Marisha Wallace and Nick Rashad Borroughs join forces at their Feinstein’s/54 Below deb…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:39PMThursday, October 15, 2015
PBS will broadcast the 2014 revival of theater classic Showboat starring Tony nominee Vanessa Williams on Friday, Oct. 16. Touting an all-star cast, Williams stars as “Julie” …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:17AMWednesday, October 14, 2015
The reunion 50 years in the making is finally here as Black Theater legends James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson celebrate opening night for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Game. Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:24AMTuesday, October 13, 2015
Broadway legends flooded Symphony Space on Oct. 5 to attend the Up In The Air benefit, a tribute to famed choreographer Louis Johnson. Theater greats including Phylicia Rashad, Melba Moore…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:25AMThursday, October 8, 2015
NEW YORK, Jennifer Hudson has ARRIVED! The Grammy and Oscar Award winner has a lot going on these days: moving from her hometown of Chicago to New York, being scouted to play one of the mos…
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