It’s mainstream and it wasn’t made for them, because, let’s be real– everything was created for them. Hamilton caused quite a stir with its newest casting notice that…
You cannot understand what a Black Mecca is unless you live there. There is something about being surrounded by black folks, HBCUs and soul food every day. You can forget, for a minute, the …
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Award season is here and as we're excited to announce the nominations for the 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which celebrates Off-Broadway theat…
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story I' m reminded of those Hamilton lyrics every single time I go to see a show that was written by a person of color. But tonight, this line has…
As we previously reported, we were all saddened when Brandy Norwood ended her critically acclaimed and mesmerizing run as "Roxie Hart" in Chicago. But, the way she totally owned the role and…
Shondaland is letting us borrow one of our favorites in May. Joe Morton who plays Rowan Pope/ Command on ABC's hit, Scandal, is coming back to the stage in Turn Me Loose. Written by Gretchen…
Who doesn’t love a good podcast? Sitting on the train? Pop in those headphones and listen to a podcast. Bored at work? Podcast. Cleaning your apartment? Podcast. They’re the perf…
Broadway Black had the wonderful honor of attending the world premiere of Dennis A. Allen II‘s When We Wake Up Dead at Brooklyn College over the weekend, and what a treat it was. If yo…
Cynthia Erivo has been snatching wigs left and right as Celie in The Color Purple, at the Bernard Jacobs Theater, for a couple months now. She's meeting us off stage in an intimate concert s…
Photo:Â Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater by Andrew Eccles There are many traditions that shape the south. Football is king. Fried delicacies. At the Fox Theater in Atlanta, the annual re…
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…
Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey are visionaries and calculated risk takers. The two who are the heart and soul of Front Row Productions currently represent the only Black producers on Bro…
I’ve already deemed 2016 the year of #BlackGirlMagic. 2015 gave us a plethora of Black women shattering glass ceilings in the arts (Misty Copeland! Viola Davis! Danai Gurira!) and I…
If I had a hero in the theater right now, it would be Danai Gurira. For YEARS, I have been watching this gifted performer KILL it as “Michonne” on “The Walking Dead.”…
Meet me in St. Louis! Seriously. This summer, Grammy Award-winner Michelle Williams, known for being 1/3 of Destiny’s Child, will return to the stage in a role she knows very well. She…
The York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Series (Mufti means in street clothes; without the usual trappings) has officially launched, and leading the season is a limited engagem…
Last Monday night talk shows were filled with #Blackgirlmagic and #BroadwayBlack magic. Not only were we treated to Audra McDonald talking Shuffle Along on Fallon, right after on NBC the dyn…
Lupita Nyong’o sat down with TODAY Show’s Savannah Guthrie recently to talk about her Broadway debut in Danai Gurira’s acclaimed, Eclipsed, diversity and #OscarsSo…
We've anxiously waited for months and gone through cast changes but, finally, the moment has arrived. Actor and playwright Colman Domingo's highly anticipated play DOT officially opened on F…
In his Broadway debut in Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie, Forest Whitaker dutifuly reminds us why he’s one of the best actors of our generation. In Hughie, which takes place  in…
There are few things that make your eyes pop and your jaw drop like the beauty of Black people. Being captured in the right lighting in the right elements can make all the difference in how …
I just knew when I saw the tweet. Jimmy Fallon couldn’t have the remarkable Audra McDonald as a guest and not do a Yahoo! Answers. As usual, I was right. On Monday night’s …
The wait is over. Oscar winner, Lupita Nyong'o, makes her Broadway debut, leading the highly acclaimed run of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed. Coming off of a solid and sold out 10 week run at The P…
Schomburg Center is always curating great events. This one is no exception. Continuing with their Theatre Talks event we’ve seen previously with The Color Purple & The Royale, toni…
Tonight there is a livestreamed Times Talks that we think you will definitely enjoy. We had a great time live-tweeting The Color Purple Times Talks with Alice Walker, Jennifer Hudson, …