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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…
Robert De Niro will revisit the first movie he directed, this time as an off-Broadway musical.  The 1993 film, A Bronx Tale, is an adaptation of Chazz Palminteri’s acclaime…
 Virgil “Lil O” Gadson is a Broadway actor and dancer who has appeared in NFL commercials, season eight of So You Think You Can Dance, MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew,Â�…
When it comes to prison dramas, the television landscape has long been littered with them, from "Hogan Heroes" in the 60's to the Emmy-winning and critically acclaimed current Netflix series…
Tonight at 9:30pm, don't just see a show, be a part of Villain: DeBlanks at 54 Below. Described as "a fill-in-the-blanks diversion," the show is a one-night production that promises to be…
Seeking to escape scrutiny about his sexuality, Griffin Matthews decides to join his church’s mission to Uganda to build a village school. While there, he meets a group of destitute or…
From the creators of the smash concert 3 Mo Tenors, World Tenors Unleashed will debut August 6th through the 9th at The Theatre at St. Jeans in New York City. World Tenors Unleashed is…
Broadway superstar Audra McDonald, Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper, multi-faceted performer and star of The Trip to Bountiful Vanessa Williams, and Newsies star Capathia Jenkins will trade in…
There is rampant speculation that Beyoncé has been offered the role of Glinda the Good Witch in NBC’s upcoming live production of The Wiz!  Although there is no official d…
Judy Juanita, an Oakland playwright, was invited by a member of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre staff to the final dress rehearsal of Anna Deavere Smith's "Notes From the Field: Doing Time in…
Tony and Grammy Award-winning diva Jennifer Holliday, the "Original Dreamgirl," who's thrilled audiences for years belting out her signature show tune, "And I'm Telling You, I'm Not Going," …
Hamilton, the new musical by Tony Award Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), is gaining new fans everyday, including President Barack Obama. Last week, the President attended a previe…
Photo Credit: Lyn Hughes As Broadway prepares for the return of The Color Purple this fall, let’s look back at the history of this incredible American story and its impact over the yea…
When you step into a pair of high heels, you better be sure you know how to sashay your way around in them and when you're Taye Diggs and you're slipping on heels previously worn by Neil Pat…
LaChanze, best known for her Tony Award-winning role as "Celie” in The Color Purple was recently featured in “Broadway Legacy,” a photographic and "online historical catalo…
Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley took on Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods in a role she thought she would never play- “The Witch”. She hinted at a possible ret…
“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…
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 trailer for the latest installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise features a familiar face, 2013 Tony Award Winner, Patina Miller (Pippin). Reprising her role from the previ…
By the time soul singer Ryan Shaw hit the stage of “America's Got Talent” he had already earned three Grammy nominations. In addition he played the role of the indomitable Stevie…
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…
On December 3, NBC will air a live production of The Wiz. While Stephanie Mills has been cast as Aunt Em, there has been rampant speculation about who would play the other roles.…
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…
