82 stories by "Andrew Shade"
You’ve been seeing Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o a little bit of everywhere nowadays. She is currently starring in the new Star Wars movie that just released a tra…
The British actor and star of the motion picture “Selma”, David Oyelowo will return to his roots in a production of Othello Off-Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop (NYTW) a…
The incredible Tony nominated costume designer Paul Tazewell, who also designed the costumes for Hamilton, gave People magazine a first look at the costumes for The Wiz Live. He talks about …
The new musical, Gotta Dance, adds additional cast members to join Tony Award winner Lillias White (The Life, Cats, Chicago, Fela!), Tony nominee Andre De Shields (The Wiz, Ain't Misbehav…
We’ve known that it was coming for some time but we only had a few pieces of the puzzle. The Color Purple is a Tony Award winning musical that will return to Broadway starring Jennifer…
On Monday October 5th, “Sticks & Stones,” on of our favorite songs from Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical,  will be available for free download in honor of the World Day…
We can’t rave enough about a new musical coming to Second  Stage Theatre, one of our new favorite places this season for their strong diverse lineup. That new musical is Invisible T…
We’re not even going to hold you up with words and other things that you’re not going to read. Simply because… it’s Hamilton. We understand. Listen to the entire show…
If you weren’t watching the Denzel Washington livestream Q&A lead by the Notorious Ph.D., Todd Boyd, last night, you missed a great conversation. However, you shouldn’t worry…
This is really blowing our minds. We already thought we were going to have a heart attack when it was announced that Savion Glover & George C. Wolfe would be working together with Aud…
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Kyle Jean-Baptiste. Â Kyle had an accident at home, falling off of his mother’s fire escape. Â He was just 21 years old. As we previ…
The Queen of Soul wants to be the Queen on Broadway. Recently in an interview with Billboard, Aretha Franklin had a few things to say about her life story being told and how. Allegedly…
The Tony Award winning & How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis will return to the role that garnered her her 2nd Tony Award. Davis will star in a film adapation of August Wilson&#…
We couldn’t be more thrilled to make this announcement. Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker will make his Broadway debut this spring. Known for roles in blockbuster movies like "The B…
Dropped exclusively on EW.com, a new video starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo has been released. As previously reported, Hudson will star as “Shug Avery“ and Erivo as …
Well here we have it. We have been waiting for the additional cast members of the highly anticipated The Wiz Live on NBC scheduled to air Dec. 3rd. So, not to delay, award winning singer-son…
The show that made Billy Porter a Tony Award winner and ultimately let the world see his light shine will be lead by a new star. Porter will pass the torch to Emmy Award winner Wayne Brady, …
This doesn’t even seem real. It’s like we keep having to ask ourselves what did we do to deserve this. And by “this” we mean, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, B…
Brandon Victor Dixon & Capathia Jenkins are shown in their best light as the focus of the next set photos in a series that features the talent of Broadway Black actors with eleganc…
There was so much anticipation and speculation of who will portray the young Dorothy in The Wiz Live set to air on NBC Dec 3rd. Many have voiced their wishes and hopes for their favorite act…
Wow! Its becoming more and more real. It has officially been announced by producers Craig Zadan & Neil Meron that Tony Award nominee David Alan Grier had joined the cast of #TheWizLiv…
We are so glad they didn’t bring us “no bad news!” NBC, that is. Since they revealed the new live musical for this winter, everyone has been on pins and needles as NBC h…
The Color Purple family is getting a little bit bigger. It seems we’ve found our Mister, Harpo, AND Nettie. Olivier nominee and Broadway alum Kyle Scatliffe (Les Miserables, Scottsb…
When Kyle Jean-Baptiste stepped on stage July 23rd he made history in a show that already has a very long history, Les Miserables. Not only did he become the youngest actor to play the role …
We recently chatted it up with Grammy award winning Brandy Norwood and, just in case you’ve been living under a rock, she is currently starring on Broadway as Roxie Hart in Chicago The…
