Friday, October 11, 2019
The Color Purple writer Alice Walker has spoken publicly for the first time about the Seyi Omooba case, in a letter that
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:35PMOn Facebook this week, producer Scott Sanders shared the below letter from the Pulitzer Prize winning writer of The Color Purple, Alice Walker...
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
The fast-rising director talks about staging Maxim Gorky’s Vassa with a last-minute lead, her passion for musicals and the joy of brain-digging in rehearsals
When I meet the director Tinuk…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:42AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Broadway veterans Quentin Earl Darrington and Will Swenson will lend their voices to the score of the 2004 Broadway musical Brooklyn at its upcoming 15th anniversary reunion concert. Darri…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:06PMMonday, October 7, 2019
Tony-winning actresses LaChanze and Andrea Martin will return to Broadway this holiday season, taking on the roles of the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Past, respect…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:12AMThursday, October 3, 2019
BroadwayWorld has a first listen to the 2019-20 North American tour cast of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE. Preview performances will begin October 19, 2019 i…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMNational Geographic, with Imagine Television Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios, announced today that Tony®-, Emmy®- and Grammy® Award-winning Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” Broadway's …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThe Path Fund Inc. announces the initial list of performers that will appear at the 26th Annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY. The event will honor and TONY Award-winner for The Color Purple a?…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMMonday, September 30, 2019
Seyi Omooba, the actor who was replaced in a production of The Color Purple following the emergence of historic anti-gay comments, is
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:06AMSunday, September 29, 2019
The answer is yes. Yes, they sure are. And it’s not just Harry Potter or And Tango Makes Three. “Our government doesn’t actually ban books, does it? Sure it does! The federal gover…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 10:06AMAs we previously reported, actress Oluwaseyi (Seyi) Omooba was removed from Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome's revival of musical The Color Purple after Hamilton actor Aaron …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMFriday, September 27, 2019
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will soon presents the Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose. The cast is led by J. Quinton Johnson (Choir Boy, Hamilton, Broadway …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will soon presents the Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose. The cast is led by J. Quinton Johnson (Choir Boy, Hamilton, Broadway …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
More stars have been announced to appear in the 2019 edition of the outdoor musical celebration Elsie Fest. The previously announced event, created by Emmy winner Darren Criss, will take p…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:06PMSurely we are not heading towards awards season yet again? We had better hurry up then and check out the musical theatre nominees in this year’s UK Theatre Awards. Who will you be rooting …
Linked From Stage Faves at 01:45PMTickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated Broadway premiere of Six. The main-stem transfer of the Olivier-nominated musical will begin previews on February 13, 2020 ahead of a Marc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:42AMLili-Anne Brown's staging of the musical based on Alice Walker's classic novel brings down the house.
There is no doubt the 2005 musical adaptation of Alice Walk…
Linked From www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMTuesday, September 17, 2019
Casting has been announced for the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The Color Purple, and Mariah Lyttle, Sandie Lee and Chédra Arielle will lead th…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:36PMThe tour of the Tony Award-winning revival will open in New Orleans in October.
Linked From Playbill at 12:58PMTROIKA Entertainment announced today the tour cities and casting for the 2019-20 North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of THE COLOR PURPLE.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMThursday, September 12, 2019
Collage Photo Credit: Café Mocha Radio Show’s 9th Annual Salute Her Awards. Top Row - Left to Right: LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Leslie Uggams, Alia Jones-Harvey, Cookie Jordan -- Bott…
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:33PMTuesday, September 10, 2019
Full casting is set for the highly anticipated Broadway premiere of Six. The previously announced main-stem transfer of the Olivier-nominated musical will begin previews on February 13, 202…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe half-dozen actresses needed to play the iconic Queens of the eagerly anticipated Broadway production of SIX have been crowned. Producers Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Sti…
Linked From Broadway Direct at 10:45AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
Kyle Scatliffe, the multi-talented star recently seen on tour as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton, steps into the Broadway production for a limited engagement from September…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:36PMThe Color Purple alum steps in as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 02:00PMMonday, August 26, 2019
The Color Purple Tony winner will play Denver as part of the Legendary Women’s Voices series.
Linked From Playbill at 11:43AMTuesday, August 20, 2019
by Ryan Kristopik. @ryankristopik. Everyone’s favorite cheat (out) meal takes place at the Applebee’s on 42nd Street. What Broadway Babies don’t know is that there is a hidden menu for…
Linked From www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57AMMulti-talented performers Todrick Hall and Colleen Ballinger join the company of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress on August 20. The pair takes over the roles of Ogie and Dawn from Noah Ga…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:54AMThursday, August 15, 2019
Casting is complete for Classic Stage Company's upcoming revival of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy Macbeth. The previously announced production, directed by CSC Artistic Director John Doyle, i…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:33PMTuesday, August 13, 2019
Casting has been announced for the Broadway transfer of Jeremy O. Harris' acclaimed work Slave Play. The previously announced production, directed by Robert O'Hara, will begin previews on Se…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:42AMFriday, August 9, 2019
Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe, the married songwriters who made their first splash on Broadway with the 2007 musical adaptation of Legally Blonde, have been recruited to write an origin…
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