Langston Hughes News

Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will host a special Birthday party on Thursday, May 24th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Little / Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street), which opened on March 12, 1912 with John Galsworthy’s play The Pigeon. The theatre is currently home to the smash hit musical Rock of Ages. (more...)

Urban Stages, Frances Hill (Artistic Director) and the Board of Directors, to host the 28th annual Urban Stages benefit in the Central Park Boathouse on Monday, May 21st, 6:30 to 11PM, with celebrated performer KT Sullivan as the fabulous Master of Ceremonies. (more...)

Legendary choreographer, dancer, and director George Faison revives the writings of influential African Americans in the staged production Steppin’ Out of the Negro Caravan. This anthology of key literary works that have greatly influenced the thinking of African Americans will take place on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 8pm in the historic Ira Aldridge Theater. (more...)

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. "Jersey Boys," three musicals that start with "Pi," Cromer's "Rent" leads a Larson fest, JRB in Indiana, "Street Scene" and much more.... (more...)

Jessica Alba, Owen Wilson, Liev Schreiber and John Leguizamo recite poetry set to classic Disney animation in new installments of the acclaimed short-form series A POEM IS... premiering during National Poetry Month, MONDAY, APRIL 2 through SATURDAY, APRIL 21 (8:25 a.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel's Disney Junior. (more...)

The 20 year old New Perspectives Theatre Company and 30 year old NY Artists Unlimited have joined forces to present ISAIAH'S DREAM: A Parade of Poets on closing on March 25 at 2 p.m. at New Perspectives Theatre, 456 W. 37 St., ground floor. They will be Pay-What-You-Want performances. Following the mid-town premiere, the play goes on a tour of libraries, community centers, and schools throughout the boroughs. (more...)

San Francisco’s African-American Shakespeare Company has announced that due to unforeseen circumstances the company’s World Premiere of Nambi E. Kelley’s, XTIGONE, directed by Darrel V. Jones, has been postponed, and removed from African-American Shakespeare Company’s current season schedule. A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Lorraine Hansberry’s timeless play about a 1950s-era Chicago family longing for a better life, will be the third and final production of the company’s 2011-12 season. (more...)

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival has a knack for introducing Seattle audiences to up-and-coming African American directors – today Seattle, tomorrow Sundance! Alrick Brown (KINYARWANDA), Charles Officer (NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY) and Ava Duvernay (I Will Follow) have all been part of past festival events (more...)

The 20 year old New Perspectives Theatre Company and 30 year old NY Artists Unlimited have joined forces to present ISAIAH'S DREAM: A Parade of Poets on Saturdays & Sundays, March 17 & 18 and March 24 & 25 at 2 p.m. at New Perspectives Theatre, 456 W. 37 St., ground floor. They will be Pay-What-You-Want performances. Following the mid-town premiere, the play goes on a tour of libraries, community centers, and schools throughout the boroughs. (more...)

The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for the presentation of Carlyle Brown & Company’s Are You Now or Have You Ever Been…, a speculative drama about the clash between art and politics that celebrates the legacy of Langston Hughes and his history of literary activism in the face of oppressive power. This new and original piece will play from May 4 – 20, 2012 in the Dowling Studio. (more...)

The 20 year old New Perspectives Theatre Company and 30 year old NY Artists Unlimited have joined forces to present ISAIAH'S DREAM: A Parade of Poets on Saturdays & Sundays, March 17 & 18 and March 24 & 25 at 2 p.m. at New Perspectives Theatre, 456 W. 37 St., ground floor. They will be Pay-What-You-Want performances. Following the mid-town premiere, the play goes on a tour of libraries, community centers, and schools throughout the boroughs. (more...)

After two-years of using temporary venues and piecing together multiple locations for the festival’s film screenings, the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (LHAAFF) comes home to its Performing Arts Center. (more...)

Eugene O'Neill's Hughie opened last week at The Theatre Centre, and it is the inaugural presentation of the new Alley Theatre Workshop. Director David Ferry and actor Michael Kash spoke withe BWW about why they chose this particular piece, and about why it is relevant in today's troubling times. (more...)

In February, the Arts-A-Fire Youth Theater Troupe will present its second original musical production. (more...)

Harlem Stage has announced its Spring 2012 schedule, which includes tributes to jazz giant Cecil Taylor and modern legends A Tribe Called Quest, as well as barrier-busting works in music, dance and film. (more...)

In February, the Arts-A-Fire Youth Theater Troupe will present its second original musical production. (more...)

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In February, the Arts-A-Fire Youth Theater Troupe will present its second original musical production. (more...)

Harlem Stage has announced its Spring 2012 schedule, which includes tributes to jazz giant Cecil Taylor and modern legends A Tribe Called Quest, as well as barrier-busting works in music, dance and film. (more...)

Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive Director Stephen J. Albert present the World Premiere of Invisible Man, adapted from Ralph Ellison’s novel by Oren Jacoby, and directed by Christopher McElroen. (more...)