134 stories by "Jazmine Harper-Davis"
You have heard of Dreamgirls, Wicked and In The Heights, but there are always a few musicals you leave off of your “My Top Ten Musicals of All Time” list. But fret no mo…
Viola Davis and Sanaa Lathan both recently touched on the subject of the marginalization of Black actors in Hollywood, which led us here at Broadway Black to think, is Broadway any differ…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s that time again! Back by popular demand for the sixth year in a row, Debbie Allen Dance Academy Presents The Hot Chocolate Nu…
Milwaukee Repertory Theater is getting ready to launch the Quadracci Powerhouse season with their highly anticipated production of the Tony Award-winning musical, Dreamgirls. After produc…
Ensemble Studio Theatre LA presents the world premiere of Watching O.J., a new play by David McMillan and directed by Keith Szarabajka. The production opens Saturday, October 3, 2015 and …
Public Theatre has recently announced a casting switch: Marc Damon Johnson will replace Tony nominee John Earl Jelks in the world premiere of Barbecue — though no reason has b…
The Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) recently released their list of productions for the 2015-16 season. The list includes dynamic dramas and wonderful comedies by Sam Shepard and Da…
The Second Stage Theatre Company has announced casting for the upcoming New York premiere of Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews‘ new musical Invisible Thread directed by Tony Award …
I had just finished my first day of Performing Arts teaching in Brooklyn and was excited to be around “grown-ups” to see Whorl Inside A Loop at Second Stage Theatre. It was op…
After taking Broadway by storm, the hit musical Hamilton is looking to wreak havoc in the West End in 2017 as well, according to a report in London’s Evening Standard ne…
The world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara, is set to premiere at The Public Theater this fall. Directed by Kent Gash (Miss Evers’ Boys), BarbecueÂ�…
Theater for the New City: Dream Up Festival presents the world premiere of Sister’s Keeper by Cordelia Donovan and Terri Jones Salter, only September 10 – September 14. Th…
Broadway Black is here to provide you a look inside the highly anticipated world premiere of Whorl Inside a Loop. The production, which stars Sherie Rene Scott, is now in performanc…
Fresh off a week of PD (Professional Development) for my training to be a Performing Arts teacher in Brooklyn I made sure I made time to see a show I heard about through twitter a few days a…
The Crucible is coming back to Broadway and Tony Award winner Sophie Okonedo (A Raisin in the Sun) was recently announced to take the lead as “Elizabeth Proctor”. The highly popu…
In 1906 on the campus of Cornell University, seven Black men created Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African-American Greek Letter Organization. After being faced with the inequalities of the fra…
We are familiar with African art in the form of Zimbabwean contemporary visual artist Kudzanai Chiurai, whose art challenges African regimes and comments on the nature of xenophobia…
This month, New Brooklyn Theatre explores gripping stories of repressed histories and the fear of bringing children into unjust societies with the New York premiere of Lynn Nottage&…
Are you a huge Broadway fan? Did you ever dream of becoming a Broadway Producer but don’t have thousands and thousands of dollars to invest? Standing Room Capital, a private online …
“So long, farewell to you my friend. Goodbye for now until we meet again.” In the words of Out of The Box, it is almost time to bid farewell to one of our favorite Broadway Black…
Photo Credit: Jen Rosenstein You could say it’s in the genes. While Jennifer Hudson gears up for her Broadway debut as Shug Avery in The Color Purple, her son five-year old David Danie…
Photo Credit: Peter Cooper I’ve seen many productions of The Tempest in my lifetime. I’ve seen it performed by middle schoolers, high schoolers, and my University even had the ac…
The Public Theater has announced casting for Todd Almond’s musical adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Headlining the cast will be Brandon Victor Dixon as Odysseus, who r…
If you are in Cleveland or the surrounding area, you are in luck. Aida is coming to a theatre near you! Felicia Boswell (Motown, Memphis), fresh off her run as Aldonza in Man of La Man…
On Saturday August 1, The Movement Theatre Company and Radical Evolution partner up to present GO GREEN: Pop Up ! at the Urban Garden Center in Harlem, NY. GO GREEN: Pop Up! is a free …
