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Jackie Alexander’s BROTHERS FROM THE BOTTOM Starring Wendell Pierce, Kevin...
The Billie Holiday Theatre has kicked off a two-year residency at the Brooklyn Music School Playhouse with Brothers from the Bottom, starring actor and TONY Award-winning producer Wendell Pierce...
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Apr. 13: THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE Original Cast CD Release Concert at Joe’s...
The Company of The Fortress of Solitude. Photo Credit: Joan Marcus THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE Original Cast CD Release Concert will feature original cast members André De Shields, Adam Chanler-Berat,...
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Rebecca Naomi Jones kicks off run as Yitzhak in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on...
Rebecca Naomi Jones. Photo by Susan Rosenberg Jones On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot, Passing Strange) kicks off her run as Yitzhak in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical...
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Brandon J. Dirden, Merritt Janson, Roslyn Ruff, Andrew Hovelson and Charles...
Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Photo by Lia Chang Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, is presenting the World Premiere of Your Blues...
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Mar. 23: League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) Presents “Roundtable...
Dael Orlandersmith On Monday, March 23, 2015, the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in...
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Mar. 28: NBT’s INSIGHT/SECOND SIGHT: Celebrating the Journey of Veteran...
On Saturday, March 28, 2015, National Black Theatre Communication Arts Program Presents INSIGHT/SECOND SIGHT: Celebrating the Journey of Veteran Actresses, conceived and directed by Seret Scott, and...
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NYTW Presents New York Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Finalist Dael...
Dale Orlandersmith. Photo by Kevin Berne Tickets for the New York premiere of FOREVER, the fourth production of the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) (Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing...
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Dael Orlandersmith, Jenny Lyn Bader, Lee Hunkins, Kara Lee Corthron, Caridad...
On Monday, March 23, 2015, the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional...
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Kenny Leon Helmed ‘The Wiz’ Set as NBC’s Next Live Musical to air on Dec. 3;...
Kenny Leon. Photo by Lia Chang NBC has announced that The Wiz will be its next live musical performance — with Cirque du Soleil boarding the project with plans to bring the show to Broadway in 2016....
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The Classical Theatre of Harlem 15th Anniversary Benefit featuring Patina...
Leslie Odom, Jr. Theater and Harlem luminaries will converge on the Apollo Theater Soundstage, 253 West 125th Street in New York on April 13 to mark the 15th anniversary of The Classical Theatre of...
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Paula Madison’s Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China, Screens at MOCA on...
On Saturday, April 11, 2015, the Museum of Chinese in America is screening Paula Madison’s documentary Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China, at 5:00 pm. Award-winning broadcast journalist Ti-Hua...
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Jerome Preston Bates, Michael Chenevert, Stephanie Berry, Terria Joseph, Kim...
Autumn, an absorbing new drama by Richard Wesley that probes the fragility of political legacies and human relationships, will premiere at Crossroads Theatre Company, April 23 through May 3. Opening...
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WSJ.com: Actor André De Shields on His Self-Made Journey
Actor-dancer André De Shields in his 39th-floor Manhattan apartment. PHOTO: AXEL DUPEUX FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Actor, singer and dancer André De Shields, 69, has appeared on TV and in Broadway...
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Photo: The Public Theater Presents Tony Award-winner Lemon Andersen’s ToasT...
Tony nominees Keith David (Jelly’s Last Jam) as Dolomite and John Earl Jelks (Radio Golf) as Stackolee lead the cast of The Public Lab production of Lemon Andersen’s ToasT, helmed by Elise Thoron, with...
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Photos: Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s YOUR BLUES AIN’T SWEET LIKE MINE starring...
Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presents the world premiere of Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, written and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. The...
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David Henry Hwang, Laura Poitras, Amitav Ghosh, Deeyah Khan, Bill Rauch,...
David Henry Hwang. Photo by Lia Chang The Ford Foundation has announced a new effort centered on the roles art and culture play in illuminating and addressing urgent issues of equity, opportunity, and...
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Lia Chang Photos: Inside THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE CD Release Concert with...
Michael Friedman and André De Shields. Photo by Lia Chang The audience in the sold-out house of The Fortress of Solitude Original Cast CD Release Concert at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater on Monday,...
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Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside and Crazy Garners 2015 Pulitzer Prize...
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Victor Almanzar, Elizabeth Canavan, Michael Rispoli, Liza Colón-Zayas, Rosal Colón, and Ron Cephas Jones; photo by Carol Rosegg. Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Between Riverside and...
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Tony Award Nominee Michael McElroy and Broadway Inspirational Voices to...
Marva Hicks and Michael McElroy, founder and director of Broadway Inspirational Voices, at the Central Presbyterian Church in New York on June 20, 2011. Photo credit: © Lia Chang Tony award nominee...
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Hamilton Sweeps 2015 Lucille Lortel Awards with 10 Wins; Between Riverside...
Emmy-nominated actors Anna Chlumsky (“Veep,” Broadway’s Living on Love) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family,” this summer’s The Tempest) co-hosted the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for...
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