Roust Theatre Company presents Off-Broadway world premiere of Dan McCormick’s...
Brian Hickey and Richarda Abrams in HOMELESS AND HOW WE GOT THAT WAY. Photo by Jay Rivera:Beez Eye Photography The author of the award-winning play THE MORONS at the 1st Irish Play Festival, Mr....
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The Wiz Live!, NBC’s holiday special airing Thursday, December 3rd, stars Queen Latifah as the title character, Mary J. Blige as Evillene, newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy, David Alan Grier as the...
View ArticleLizan Mitchell and Nikki Walker star in National Black Theatre’s New York...
Lizan Mitchell. Photo by Lia Chang Lizan Mitchell and Nikki Walker star in the National Black Theatre’s New York premiere of Dead and Breathing by Chisa Hutchinson, helmed by Obie winner Jonathan...
View ArticleFull Circle Theater presents premiere of THEATER: A SACRED PASSAGE at...
Rhiana Yazzie, Carolyn Pool, Allen Malicsi and John Stephens. Photo Credit: LK Bachman. Rick Shiomi. Photo by Lia Chang Full Circle Theater presents the premiere of Theater: A Sacred Passage at...
View ArticleThe Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret at The Cutting Room on Nov. 9
The Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, directed by Leigh Silverman, and with musical direction by Georgia Stitt, is set for Monday, November 9, 2015 beginning at 8:00 p.m. at The Cutting Room (44 East...
View ArticleDebra Ann Byrd and Mary Chieffo lead the All – Female Cast of THE TRAGEDY OF...
TAKE WING AND SOAR PRODUCTIONS and VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP present The Harlem Shakespeare Festival’s all-female, multi-racial THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO: The Moor of Venice, starring Debra...
View ArticleBranden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau will be honored at 2015...
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Photo by Lia Chang The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will honor Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau with 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on Monday,...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS EVE’S HOLIDAY HUNKFEST with Ann Harada to Benefit BC/EFA on Dec. 14
On Monday, December 14th, Ann Harada will once again spread holiday spirit as the hysterical, sincere yet highly inappropriate therapist from Avenue Q as CHRISTMAS EVE’S HOLIDAY HUNKFEST (#hunkfest)...
View ArticleKaren Perry, Regina Taylor, Chuck Smith, Eugene Lee, Terry Bellamy, Kelvin...
Edgar Sanchez (J), Tim Decker (Tim), Eugene Lee (Alexander Ames), Lisa Tejero (Deb) and Jacqueline Williams (Jan) in the Goodman Theatre’s production of stop. reset. written and directed by Regina...
View ArticleErin Quill, Billy Porter, Stephanie J. Block, Max von Essen, Robin De Jesus,...
Haul out the holly and put up the tree because Scott Nevins (one of the breakout stars of Bravo TV’s hit show The People’s Couch) is bringing his star-studded holiday benefit SPARKLE: An All-Star...
View ArticleJoniece Abbott-Pratt, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Keith Randolph Smith star in...
Keith Randolph Smith. Photo by Lia Chang Joniece Abbott-Pratt, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Keith Randolph Smith are currently starring in City Theatre’s Pittsburgh premiere of Sunset Baby in the Hamburg...
View ArticleAndré De Shields to Talk THE WIZ, New Musical GOTTA DANCE on News 4 NY Live...
André De Shields. Photo by Lia Chang André De Shields talks THE WIZ and GOTTA DANCE live tonight (Monday, November 23) with NBC-TV’s Janice Huff on News 4 New York at 7:00 PM. De Shields, who created...
View ArticleVideo: André De Shields Talked THE WIZ and GOTTA DANCE on News 4 NY with...
NBC-TV’s Janice Huff and André De Shields at the News 4 New York Studios in New York on November 23, 2015. Photo by Merle Frimark André De Shields chatted with NBC-TV’s Janice Huff on News 4 New York...
View ArticlePlaywright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to receive $300,000...
Suzan-Lori Parks. Photo by Lia Chang Congratulations to playwright, novelist and songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks who is this year’s recipient of the 22nd Annual $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. The...
View ArticleNBC’s THE WIZ LIVE! starring Shanice Williams, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige,...
The cast of The Wiz Live!: Common as The Bouncer, Mary J. Blige as Evillene, Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Amber Riley as Addapearle, Uzo Aduba as Glinda, Stephanie Mills as Auntie Em, Toto, Ne-Yo as...
View ArticleJason Dirden, Wendell B. Franklin, Lynda Gravatt, Nikiya Mathis and Adesola...
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is presenting the world premiere of Dominique Morisseau’s play Skeleton Crew, directed by Ruben...
View ArticleVideo: Lori Tan Chinn as Mae in the Broadway-Bound World Premiere of ‘Gotta...
Image via JoJo Whilden for Netflix The beloved Broadway vet Lori Tan Chinn (M. Butterfly, G.R. Point, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen-NY stage debut), familiar to many TV viewers as Chang from Netflix’s...
View ArticleVideo: Getting to Know Tony Award Winner Lillias White, Star of the...
Lillias White sings “Home,” at the BC/EFA’s Gypsy of the Year at The New Amsterdam Theatre in New York on December 9, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang Tony award-winner Lillias White (Fela!, The Life) stars as...
View Article‘Gotta Dance’ starring André De Shields, Lillias White, Georgia Engel,...
The Broadway-Bound World Premiere of Gotta Dance, based on the 2008 documentary by Dori Berinstein which tells the story of professional basketball’s first ever aged 60-and-older dance team, kicks off...
View ArticleNoMBe on Mood Indigo Tour in Chicago (12/16), Minneapolis (12/17) and Los...
NoMBe is currently on his Mood Indigo tour this winter, and has released a new single, Kemosabe, which will appear on his forthcoming sophomore EP Mood Indigo, along with Miss California and Miss...
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