Monday, December 19, 2022
The Collaboration, a play about the unlikely partnership between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, is set to open on Broadway tomorrow at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. T he production,…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Broadway Black is pleased to announce that the Antonyo Awards will be returning this Fall for an in-person celebration that will also be live-streamed. www.AntonyoAwards.com Find the full li…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:08PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Suzan-Lori Parks Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, will return to Broadway this Fall in a 20th Anniversary Production, directed by Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon and starrin…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Broadway Black is pleased to announce that the Antonyo Awards will be returning this Fall for an in-person celebration that will also be live-streamed. A private event for the Antonyo Awards…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:09PM[SHARE]Friday, June 3, 2022
Check out the exclusive first look at production photos for the new play soft by Donja R. Love at MCC Theater. Running now thru June 26th in the Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater at The Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Nikki Renee Daniels, who usually plays Jenny in Broadway's Company, will step into the role of Bobbie (played by Katrina Lenk) for both performances on March 30, making her the first B…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Producers Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that August Wilson's seminal, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson will ret…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:18PM[SHARE]Monday, March 28, 2022
Audible Inc., the leading creator, and provider of premium audio storytelling is pleased to announce An Evening with Amber Iman, the next live event from Audible Theater, running for t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:03PM[SHARE]Friday, March 18, 2022
"WHO MAKES THE FLOWERS BLOOM AGAIN, IN SPITE OF HER MAN? SHE DO WHO'S DOING THE BEST SHE CAN? PERSEPHONE, THAT'S WHO!" The producers of Hadestown, winner of eight Tony Awards includ…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 17, 2022
Roundabout Theatre Company announced today that Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee Norm Lewis will star as 'Captain Richard Davenport' in a 20-week North American tour of Roundabout's 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 2, 2022
The Shubert Organization, Inc., today announced that the 110-year-old Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street) will become the James Earl Jones Theatre, in recognition of Mr. Jones's lifetime of …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 14, 2022
The highly anticipated upcoming production of MACBETH, starring DANIEL CRAIG in his return to Broadway as Macbeth and RUTH NEGGA's Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth, has announce…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Directed by Blitz Bazawule (Black is King), Oscar- and Emmy-nominee Taraji P. Henson (Annie Live!, Hidden Figures) will star as Shug Avery in "The Color Purple" musical film, according…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:10PM[SHARE]Freedom. What is freedom? Finding Freedom: A Night With Chondra Profit Ardrey (The Lion King, Lights Out On Broadway) presented by Cali Girl Productions will play LIVE at the Nine30 Gala Ree…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Last night at Broadway's new hit play, Thoughts of a Colored Man, playwright Keenan Scott II made the exceedingly rare move of going on in one of the roles, after a cast member test…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:31AM[SHARE]Monday, December 20, 2021
USHER! USHER! Michael R. Jackson's 2020 Pulitzer-Prize winning musical, A STRANGE LOOP, directed by Stephen Brackett, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, will open at Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:59PM[SHARE]Monday, November 29, 2021
You're Invited! It's the time of year for holiday cheer and live musicals! December 2nd NBC's Annie Live! is sure to make you fully dressed with a smile. Join us for a one-of-a-kind Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The New Group proudly announces complete casting for the world premiere production of Black No More. Originally announced and slated for fall 2020, this new musical, inspired by George S. Sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:30AM[SHARE]Monday, November 15, 2021
Broadway veteran and icon Stephanie Mills (Original Dorothy in The Wiz, NBC's "The Wiz Live") and the legendary Chaka Khan (The Color Purple) will go head-to-head in the next Verzuz showd…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:54PM[SHARE]The Public Theater announced a one-week extension of the world premiere play CULLUD WATTAH through Sunday, December 12. Written by Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner Erika Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:42AM[SHARE]The for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Broadway revival written by Ntozake Shange will play the Booth Theatre this spring! The fully reimagined production…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Jawan Jackson (Ain't Too Proud) & Amber Wright are expecting a new addition to their family! A few weeks ago, the couple creatively announced Wright's pregnancy via Instagram. The gorgeo…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:10PM[SHARE]Monday, November 1, 2021
Broadway Black and Broadway for Racial Justice came together to host #TheReckoningOnBroadway Halloween Party at RPM Underground on October 31st, 2021. Sponsored by RPM, Broadway Cares/Equity…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:49PM[SHARE]There's a new Broadway premiere coming to town! Emmy, Grammy, and Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway starring in Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy, direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:08AM[SHARE]Friday, October 22, 2021
"The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow" this holiday season as NBC has found its next live musical event: the seven-time Tony Award-winning hit "Annie Live!" will air on December 2nd. As previousl…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 14, 2021
Broadway Black announced today that Davon Williams has been named Executive Director of the one-of-a-kind multi-media platform which is dedicated to highlighting the achievements…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Broadway Black in collaboration with Signature Theatre hosts a BIPOC theatre night on October 15th, 2021 7:30 PM for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992  by Anna Deavere Smith in the Pershing …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 31st, 2021! Don't miss The Reckoning! This high-spirited Halloween Party is brought to you by Broadway Black, BFRJ (Broadway for Racial Justice) & RPM Underground. Hostin…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 7, 2021
Sponsored by REALEMN Productions, In this special edition of Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast your host, Drew Shade, sits down with leading men, Jon Michael Hill & Namir Smallwood of …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:57PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 2, 2021
EMERGENCY!: Written and performed by Obie Award-winning playwright and Russell Simmons Def Poetry alumnus, Daniel KOA Beaty and presented as part of the Fall Crossroads Festival Theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:00PM[SHARE]Friday, October 1, 2021
We got the chance to sit down with the President and one of the co-founders of Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Britton Smith. He exclusively let us in on his Tony Awards preparation that ultima…
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