Sunday, July 19, 2026
The actress Kerry Washington and the director Whitney White want to honor Goldberg’s theatrical legacy by revisiting her acclaimed portraits of humanity.
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Aleshea Harris won acclaim for her drama “Is God Is.” When it came time for a film adaptation, she saw cinematic possibilities far beyond her play.
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The actors connected quickly as they prepared to make their Broadway debuts in a new revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play.
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Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday explore the fierce potential and peril of adolescent girls in Hulu's follow-up to "The Handmaid's Tale."
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Across film ("Sinners," "One Battle After Another"), theater ("Ragtime") and TV ("The Lowdown"), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Phylicia Rashad has joined the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton discuss the show's depiction of Black families.
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Ahead of the Tony Awards, the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and the acclaimed ensemble reflected on the challenges of balancing the many script revisions.
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"The place where Elphaba and I meet is empathy and advocacy for justice," said Lencia Kebede, who is the first Black actress to play the role full time on Broadway.
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Whether it's Elphaba in "Wicked" or Celie in "The Color Purple," the star doesn't choose parts "frivolously"; she wants roles that stay with viewers.
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Monday, December 23, 2024
As pop culture continues to fracture, our critic was drawn to art and performances that explored universal themes by way of specific settings.
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Walking around downtown Philadelphia, James Ijames reflected on his new play, "Good Bones," gentrification and the absence that "haunts the cities."
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Suzan-Lori Parks's play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings's life and perspective to make her fully dimensional.
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The stars Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young and the director Kenny Leon discuss the revival, and why its satirical take on racism is still so timely.
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Our critic was haunted, in a good way, by the performances she saw in movies, theater and TV that offered glimpses into other worlds.
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Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II discuss their electrifying performances in the Broadway revival of Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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As she makes her Broadway directorial debut, she said her "vision is about seeing a deeper way into" what August Wilson intended with his Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
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The actress, nominated for a Tony Award for her magnetic performance in "Macbeth," is drawn to female characters who challenge the status quo.
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The female protagonists in "Trouble in Mind," "Caroline, or Change" and "Clyde's" show the richness that comes from having a multitude of Black voices onstage.
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The "Pass Over" playwright's bold decision to alter her play's ending was essential, she said, to convey the message that "we as a people need to heal."
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Oscar-nominated performances this season put the emphasis on the trauma, not the artistry, of Billie Holiday and Ma Rainey. The most insightful movie might just be "Soul."
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The actress-turned-director of "One Night in Miami" explains why she sees the fact-based drama about a meeting of four icons as a companion piece to "Watchmen."
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