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humRumbleROAR Presents ALONDRA WAS HERE World Premiere at The Wild Project, Now thru 5/18

humRumbleROAR Productions has announced the world premiere production of Chisa Hutchinson's ALONDRA WAS HERE, directed by Jade King Carroll. ALONDRA WAS HERE will play a limited engagement at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street, NYC). Performances begin tonight, May 4 and continue through Saturday, May 18. Opening Night is Wednesday, May 8 (7 p.m.). (more...)

Pharrell Williams Joins Rihanna's STYLED TO ROCK on Style

Style Media announced today that multi-Grammy Award winner and fashion designer Pharrell Williams will serve as one of the mentors on "Styled to Rock," the new reality competition series from executive producer Robyn Rihanna Fenty that searches for the next trendsetting designer. (more...)

Pharrell Williams Joins Rihanna's STYLED TO ROCK

Style Media announced today that multi-Grammy Award winner and fashion designer Pharrell Williams will serve as one of the mentors on “Styled to Rock,” the new reality competition series from executive producer Robyn Rihanna Fenty that searches for the next trendsetting designer. (more...)

Delena Smith Writes About Childhood with Alopecia

In her new book "The Girl from Orchard Park with Alopecia" (published by Trafford Publishing), author Delena Smith tells her personal and authentic story growing up as a poor young Black Girl affected by the alopecia hair disease at a young age, living in the vicious Orchard Park projects in the violent part of Roxbury during the late '70s and '80s. (more...)

DOMA Theatre Company's DREAMGIRLS Will Open 3/8

DOMA Theatre Company opens its second "all musicals" season with a Tony, Drama Desk and Grammy Award-winning hit that sizzles with R&B soul. Marco Gomez directs a cast of 28 in Dreamgirls, with musical direction by Chris Raymond and choreography by Rae Toledo. The six-week run opens March 8 at the intimate MET Theatre in Hollywood. (more...)

DOMA Theatre Extends DREAMGIRLS Through May 5

DOMA Theatre Company extends its hit production of DREAMGIRLS through May 5. With more than two-dozen cast members and a six-piece on-stage band, this story about a Black Girl group from Chicago that makes it big in a business controlled by white men sizzles with R&B soul, capturing the spirit and hope of Motown. As superstardom challenges the trio's musical and cultural identity they must fight for recognition, fellowship and love. (more...)

Playwrights Horizons Announces 2013 Auction Details; Bidding to Open Tomorrow, 3/29

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons has announced initial details for its 2013 special online Auction in connection with its annual Spring Gala. Bidding for the auction, which will feature an eclectic array of items and unique opportunities, begins Friday March 29 at 10AM at www.biddingforgood/playwrightshorizons. Online bidding will continue through Monday, April 15 at 8PM. (more...)

Sarah Ruhl's STAGE KISS Joins Playwrights Horizons Season

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced the sixth and final production of its 2013/2014 Season. (more...)

Playwrights Horizons Sets HEROINES Gala for 5/6

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will hold its annual Spring Gala on Monday evening, May 6 at the event space 583 Park Avenue. (more...)

humRumbleROAR to Present ALONDRA WAS HERE World Premiere at The Wild Project, 5/4-18

humRumbleROAR Productions has announced the world premiere production of Chisa Hutchinson's ALONDRA WAS HERE, directed by Jade King Carroll. ALONDRA WAS HERE will play a limited engagement at The Wild Project (195 East 3rd Street, NYC). Performances begin Saturday, May 4 and continue through Saturday, May 18. Opening Night is Wednesday, May 8 (7 p.m.). (more...)

Playwrights Horizons Extends THE FLICK Through April 7

Due to popular demand, Playwrights Horizons has announced an extension of its critically-acclaimed, sold out World Premiere production of The Flick, a new play by the heralded Obie Award-winning playwright Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya). Originally set to play a limited engagement through Sunday, March 31, the production has extended to Sunday, April 7 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street). (more...)

PCA Presents Readers' Theatre to Present BLACK GIRL IN SEARCH OF GOD, 3/23 & 4/20-23

Prescott Center for the Arts (PCA) Readers' Theatre is proud to present Black Girl IN SEARCH OF GOD by Dan H. Lawrence, directed by Parker Anderson. (more...)

DREAMGIRLS, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL and More Set for DOMA's 2nd All-Musical Season

DOMA Theatre Company has announced its second all-musical season for 2013. Audiences will be able to experience four large-cast, Broadway-style musical productions, including Dreamgirls, Sweet Charity, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, in a personal and intimate setting at Hollywood's MET Theatre. (more...)

Strand Theater and StillPointe to Present THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, 2/8-23

Strand Theater Company joins forces with StillPointe Theater Initiative to co-produce The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin - an Obie Award-Winning, autobiographical, 'smartly sweet' musical about a woman named Bubbly learning to embrace her color, as she pursues a dream of becoming the greatest dancing star in the world. Directed by Ryan Haase. The production will begin with Previews on February 8-14, will officially open on February 15, and run through February 23. (more...)

Playwrights Horizons Extends THE FLICK Through April 7

Due to popular demand, Playwrights Horizons has announced an extension of its critically-acclaimed, sold out World Premiere production of The Flick, a new play by the heralded Obie Award-winning playwright Annie Baker (Circle Mirror Transformation at PH, The Aliens, her recent adaptation of Uncle Vanya). Originally set to play a limited engagement through Today, March 31, the production has extended to Today, April 7 at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street). (more...)

Stratford Festival Announces New Panels, Screenings and More

The Stratford Festival has announced that comedians Albert Howell, Elvira Kurt and Matt Watts will be part of this season's Forum, joining the impressive lineup of comics already confirmed for June 13's Stand Off, featuring Sean Cullen, Chris Gibbs and Sharon Matthews. (more...)

Scoop: LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY on NBC - Week of April 29, 2013

Get all the scoop on LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, airing on NBC for the week of April 29, 2013! (more...)

BWW Exclusive: Alexander Gemignani, Julia Murney, Rob McClure, Michael James Scott to Lead SHREK at the MUNY this June

The Muny announced principal casting for the second show of its fantastic 95th Season, Dreamworks Shrek The Musical, directed by John Tartaglia and choreographed by Vince Pesce. Shrek is sponsored by US Bank. (more...)

Scoop: LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY on NBC - Week of April 29, 2013

Get all the scoop on LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY, airing on NBC for the week of April 29, 2013! (more...)

PCA Presents Readers' Theatre to Present BLACK GIRL IN SEARCH OF GOD, 3/23 & 4/20-23

Prescott Center for the Arts (PCA) Readers' Theatre is proud to present Black Girl IN SEARCH OF GOD by Dan H. Lawrence, directed by Parker Anderson. (more...)

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