Review Roundup: A SOLDIER'S PLAY Opens On Broadway - See What the Critics Are Saying
by A.A. Cristi - January 21, 2020 A Soldier's Play opens tonight on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre....
Complete Casting Announced For Feinstein's Presents MostlyNEWmusicals: FREEDOM RIDERS On Martin Luther King Day
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2020 LA's newest monthly musical series, Feinstein's Presents mostlyNEWmusicals, returns Monday, January 20th, 2020 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), with FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical by Richard Allen and Taran Gray....
Wake Up With BWW 12/20: ALADDIN, MOULIN ROUGE!, and MORNING SUN Cancel Performances, and More
by - December 20, 2021 Today's top stories include more cancelled performances this weekend, including Aladdin, Moulin Rouge!, and Morning Sun. Learn more here. Plus, watch Andrew Barth Feldman and Seth Rudetsky rehearse for their streaming concert, and more!...
Photos: Harry Jowsey, Howie Mandel, Skeet Ulrich, and More Whip Around LA Coliseum Ahead of 2024 NASCAR Clash
by Blair Ingenthron - February 04, 2024 On Friday, February 2, NASCAR kicked off its 2024 campaign by returning to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash. Check out photos from the event below!...
BLACK NO MORE Announces New Preview and Opening Night Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2022 The New Group has announced that the new musical Black No More will begin previews January 18, in advance of an Official Opening Night now set for Tuesday, February 15, a schedule update due to Covid-19. Previews were previously slated to begin January 11....
Anchorage Symphony to Present VIRTUOSITY Concert This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 18, 2022 On Saturday, February 26th (7:30 pm), the Anchorage Symphony takes the stage for their fourth classic concert of the season, Virtuosity. This evening of musical mastery and artistic performances includes Rossini's comedic overture from The Thieving Magpie, Billy Child's new Violin Concerto No. 2 fea...
BWW Interview: Patrisse Cullors & Rodney Diverlus of BLACK LIVES MATTER: IN CONVERSATION in Melbourne
by Victoria Beal - November 01, 2017 In February 2012, an unarmed African-American high-school student, Trayvon Martin, was shot dead in Sanford, Florida. His death was a flashpoint in American race relations, sparking protests across the United States and the beginning of a totally new kind of civil-rights movement: #blacklivesmatter....
Firehouse Theatre Announces World Premiere Musical GABRIEL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 03, 2022 Firehouse Theatre has announced the dates, cast, and creative team for its world premiere musical GABRIEL, about the revolutionary leader of a very significant slave rebellion that history has mostly ignored....
PBS Presents the American Experience's New Film THE EUGENICS CRUSADE
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 23, 2018 The Eugenics Crusade tells the story of the unlikely –– and largely unknown –– project to breed a better American race, tracing the rise of a movement that turned a scientific theory of heredity into a powerful instrument of social control. Populated by figures both celebrated and obscure, it is an ...
Jennifer Damiano, Brandon Victor Dixon and More to Star in World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 04, 2020 The New Group will launch its 2020-2021 Season with Black No More, featuring Book by John Ridley (Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave), Music and Lyrics by Tarik Trotter (Black Thought of The Roots), Choreography by Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening, Fela!) and Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Ar...
Mosaic Theater Reveals 2023-2024 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 22, 2023 Mosaic Theater Company's 2023-2024 Season reexamines, reinvestigates, and reframes our shared history through striking productions by some of the country's most exciting and formidable contemporary playwrights. Learn more about the lineup here!...
VIDEO: Tariq Trotter Talks BLACK NO MORE Off-Broadway on FALLON
by Michael Major - February 01, 2022 Tariq TrotterTariq Trotter returned to the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss the new Off-Broadway adaption of Black No More, which he stars in and wrote the music and lyrics for with the Roots. The cast also features Brandon Victor Dixon, Jennifer Damiano, Tamika Lawrence, Ephraim...
Deon'Te Goodman Will Lead FREEDOM RIDERS: In Concert at Feinstein's at Vitello's
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2020 Broadway's Deon'te Goodman (currently performing in Hamilton) will be flying from NYC to LA just for this special performance of FREEDOM RIDERS: In Concert on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He will be playing civil rights activist John Lewis. The concert, presented by MostlyNEWmusicals will be at F...
Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Brandon Victor Dixon & More Featured in The New Group Off Stage's Upcoming Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 20, 2020 The New Group in association with John Ridley's Nō Studios are joining forces through The New Group Off Stage division, and have announced an upcoming slate of projects. The New Group Off Stage will feature theatrical expressions in different media. ...
Firehouse Theatre Announces New Dates for GABRIEL
by Stephi Wild - August 15, 2022 Firehouse Theatre has announced the new dates, cast, and creative team for its world premiere musical GABRIEL. This 'true story of freedom' centers on the mostly unknown revolutionary leader Gabriel and the insurection he organized that has been 'Lost, Buried, Forgotten,' as the title of the show's ...
BLINK OF AN EYE Races Into Select Movie Theaters Nationwide September 12 Only
by Tori Hartshorn - August 08, 2019 Based on the inspiring life story of NASCAR icons Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Sr., the high-octane documentary “Blink of an Eye” is set to race into select cinemas nationwide this September. The film features interviews with Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. along with former Executive Vice Pres...
Sundance Institute Announces 2020 Momentum Fellows and Launch Grant Fund Recipients
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 28, 2019 Sundance Institute announced today two support tracks for artists from underrepresented communities, continuing the Institute's commitment to fostering inclusive artistic visions. Announced today are the eight members of the second class of the Momentum Fellowship, a full-year program of deep, custo...
Anchorage Symphony to Present VIRTUOSITY Concert This Month
by Stephi Wild - February 18, 2022 On Saturday, February 26th (7:30 pm), the Anchorage Symphony takes the stage for their fourth classic concert of the season, Virtuosity. This evening of musical mastery and artistic performances includes Rossini's comedic overture from The Thieving Magpie, Billy Child's new Violin Concerto No. 2 fea...
FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About The Life Of Michael Jackson Returns To Los Angeles
by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2023 Bazalaam Beats Productions has announced the reopening of the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: AN UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL FABLE ABOUT THE LIFE OF MICHAEL JACKSON AS TOLD BY HIS GLOVE....
Photo Flash: Kitchen Theatre Company's THE ROYALE Packs A Dramatic Punch
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2019 Next up at the Kitchen Theatre Company is The Royale by Marco Ramirez, a play that will leave audiences breathless with its emotionally-charged fight scenes, lyrical dialogue, and poignant critique of American race relations. Performances of The Royale begin at the Kitchen Theatre Company in the Per...
Review Roundup: PARADISE SQUARE Opens on Broadway
by Marissa Tomeo - April 03, 2022 New York City. 1863. The Civil War raged on. An extraordinary thing occurred amid the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of the Five Points, the notorious 19th-century Lower Manhattan slum. For many years, Irish immigrants escaping the devastation of the Great Famine settled alongside f...
Ephraim Sykes to Join Walter Bobbie, Brandon Victor Dixon, Lillias White & More in the World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - November 03, 2021 The New Group has announced that Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud, Tony Award nominee; Hamilton) will join the cast of the world premiere production of Black No More....
VIDEO: Tariq Trotter Talks BLACK NO MORE Off-Broadway on FALLON
by Michael Major - February 01, 2022 Tariq TrotterTariq Trotter returned to the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss the new Off-Broadway adaption of Black No More, which he stars in and wrote the music and lyrics for with the Roots. The cast also features Brandon Victor Dixon, Jennifer Damiano, Tamika Lawrence, Ephraim...
Project1VOICE Marks The MLK50th With #SIX01
by Julie Musbach - March 30, 2018 This year marks a half-century since Dr. Martin Luther King's earthly journey ended and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed. To memorialize this occasion, The New School's Nth Degree Series and Project1VOICE present Words of Change-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the New School on April 4, 2018, ...
World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE to Begin Performances January 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 The New Group has announced the world premiere of Black No More, a new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’s 1931 novel of the same name, featuring Book by John Ridley, Music and Lyrics by Tariq Trotter, Choreography by Bill T. Jones, Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Da... |