Grammy winner Mary J. Blige, who played Evillene in The Wiz Live!, was on hand at the Dec. 4 performance of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed new musical that fuses the contem…
The entire show has, historically, been done by black performers, because the show being about black characters and about blackness is, well, the whole point.
Phenomenal star casting and a young newcomer with killer vocal chops and eyes ripe for close-ups made Thursday night’s telecast of The Wiz Live! NBC’s smoothest outing yet in wha…
Queen Latifah may be portraying the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful Wizard of Oz and Mary J. Blige the Wicked Witch of the West for NBC's "The Wiz Live!," but in real life both artists…
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of Guys and Dolls, directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman, is currently in previews at Los Angeles' Wallis Annenberg Center. The producti…
Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is set to hold an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Ton…
Broadway World has confirmed thatMCC THEATER,in association with Kurt Deutsch, President of Sh-K-BoomGhostlight Records, will hold an invite-only workshop presentation of the new musical Ali…
In anticipation of this star-studded event, throughout the week, we are going to be looking at the impressive musical careers and when possible, musical theatre careers of THE WIZ LIVE stars…
For a wizard and two witches, there’s a good amount of pressure when presenting The Wiz to millions of television viewers. Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Amber Riley take on the role…
Award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker talks about her book of letters, Dear Mr. You, addressed to the men, real and hypothetical, who informed the person she is today.
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Mary Zimmerman watches her "Guys and Dolls" actors rehearse a scene. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) When theater director-adapter Mary Zimmerman was bestowed a MacArthur Foundation…
In the center of the rehearsal room stands a cluster of men of all ages and sizes. They're in street clothes, but from their loose postures and colorful New York patois, they are instantly r…
Sometimes they let you choose. They present a list of possible books for your review, and the crushing what-if of it all falls on you. Choose the wrong book and you'll be counting pages, sig…
Michael Donald Edwards is recognized for launching Out@AsoloRep... Read more »
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Once Upon a Mattress director Jack Cummings III reveals how an unforgettable letter from the show's composer, the late Mary Rodgers, turned a one-night-only concert into the cure…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45pm on November 23, 2015☆⚑
Click below for all-new footage of NBC's THE WIZ LIVE, featuring Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch The upcoming holiday production will air Thursday, Dec. 3.
A brooding Queen Latifah, a triumphant Uzo Aduba and more are revealed in Paul Tazewell's costumes for the upcoming NBC-TV broadcast The Wiz Live! First look here! The anticipated l…
NBC has just shared a first look at THE WIZ LIVE star Mary J. Blige in action and we've got thephotos belowPlus, CLICK HERE to check out photos of Stephanie Mills, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba and…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Spring Awakening's Clive Barnes Nods
Don't do sadness! Spring Awakening has picked up two nominations for the sixth…
Call Answered: I first interviewed Debra Ann Byrd, Take Wing & Soar Productions' founder in 2013, during The Harlem Shakespeare Festival's inaugural season. Also, featured in this interv…
Rehearsals are underway for Steppenwolf Theatre Company's Chicago premiere production of DOMESTICATED, a scandalously entertaining play written and directed by ensemble member Bruce Norris, …
