History was made tonight, and we at Broadway Black are thrilled. As the creator of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, I debated for quite a while about whether I would watch the 2015 Emmy Awards. T…
3: Black Girl Blues, a one-woman show starring Danielle Mone' Truitt, is a tale of three close friends who grew up together and are confronted with facing their demons at thirty years …
Now that the full cast for NBC's The Wiz Live has been announced, fans of the acclaimed musical are eagerly awaiting its airdate of December 3rd. Recently, Uzo Aduba and David Alan Grier …
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…
In March, Keith Josef Adkins was one of four finalists at the 11th Annual Spring Reading Series during the 2015 Premiere Stages Play Festival hosted by Kean University. He left the event as …
"Hello, Denzel" has become a greeting for the epitome of sexy, smooth-natured manhood " in honor of actor Denzel Washington. On Sept. 17, fans of the 60-year-old star will be greeted w…
Casting Director Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd, in an interview given to Black Enterprise Magazine in 2012, suggests that there are some best practices with respect to auditions that naturally work i…
Theatre is an integral part of society. It is often the mirror that society uses to see its reflection. Oftentimes, that reflection isn’t always pretty. Though this art form has all…
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…
Most people are content to celebrate their birthday with dinner and a few friends or maybe a concert. But Tony-nominated star of Motown: The Musical Brandon Victor Dixon has flipped the swit…
There is nothing new about African-Americans composing musical theatre. From timeless classics like Porgy and Bess to the smash hit Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk, Black artist…
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 …
Those of us who have been eagerly waiting for the dynamic duo of James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the Broadway revival of The Gin Game will have to wait a bit longer. Due to Ms. Tyson's …
Grammy- and Tony-nominated Valisia LeKae has gone from starring as "Diana Ross" in Motown: The Musical, when it opened at Lunt-Fonanne Theatre in April 2013 to manifesting herself as Lillian…
“Powerful” is the best way to describe the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter organization was started by three Black women activists:Â Alicia Garza, P…
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…
Broadway's leading man, Brian Stokes Mitchell, has been thrilling audiences with his rich, powerful baritone in concert halls and on theatre stages since the early 90's. When he's not singin…
New York City Center will kick off its 2016 Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert season with Cabin in the Sky. This production was last seen on Broadway March 8, 1941, with a ca…
Poise, grace, class and talent define the additions to the Broadway Legacy series. As previously reported, the Broadway Legacy series is a spectacular photographic essay, created and dire…
For years, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival has been weaving a tapestry of performing arts and artistic expression into the cultural fabric of the Atlanta metro area. The tradition continu…
Motown: The Musical is a heart thumping, nostalgic performance of the music that made Berry Gordy king. The show pays homage to the world class musicians who were propelled to stardom via th…
August Wilson‘s Seven Guitars will be performed at Two River Theater from September 12, 2015 to October 4, 2015. The play, part of Wilson’s famous Pittsburgh Cycle, chro…
British director Trevor Nunn (former Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and is currently director of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket) has run in…
He regaled us with such hits as “Where is the Love?,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” the holiday staple “This Christmas,” and of course the deeply reflectiv…
Photo by Bill Brymer. Courtesy Actors Theatre of Louisville August Wilson’s work is getting a lot of much-deserved love and attention this upcoming theatre season. Actors Theatre…