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Black In America is a multi-part series of documentaries hosted by reporter Soledad O'Brien on CNN. The series is about various issues regarding blacks (African-Americans) which includes panel discussions on issues facing the black community, and a look at the culture of black families in America, men and women.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Announces In-Person, Live Jazz Performances Beg Photo The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Announces In-Person, Live Jazz Performances Beginning in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2021

NJPAC is welcoming live, in-person jazz back to its stage throughout 2021 beginning with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Gregory Porter (Sep 24). The TD Jazz Series continues in the Fall with 'Salsa Meets Jazz' (Sep 25), saxophonist Boney James (Oct 14), and vocal powerhouse duo Tierney Sutton and Ann...


Review: Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones' DUTCHMAN Is a Powerful Punch in the Gut at American Photo Review: Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones' DUTCHMAN Is a Powerful Punch in the Gut at American Stage
by Peter Nason - July 02, 2022

Led by a visionary, risk-taking director, Erica Sutherlin, this important work will rattle you to your core....


SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season Photo SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 01, 2021

San Francisco Bay Area's SuperBad Theater Company, a Affiliate Company (Dedrick Weathersby, Executive Director) and Sacramento's The Guild Theater (St. HOPE Academy) have announced the titles for their collaborative inaugural upcoming 2021-2022 season....


An Other Theatre Presents SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT Photo An Other Theatre Presents SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT
by Stephi Wild - October 26, 2020

Following closely on the heels of their recent drive-in theatre production of Last Train to Nibroc, An Other Theater Company will be producing another COVID-safe production--this time available online....


Virtual Theatre Today: Monday, February 22- with Santino Fontana, Lynn Nottage and Mo Photo Virtual Theatre Today: Monday, February 22- with Santino Fontana, Lynn Nottage and More!
by Nicole Rosky - February 22, 2021

Today (February 22) in live streaming: Santino Fontana sings with Seth Rudetsky, Patrick Page takes on Shakespeare's villains, and more!...


Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Cast for Gala Photo Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Cast for Gala
by Marissa Tomeo - March 12, 2022

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a star-studded cast for this year's 2022 TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices!, a virtual gala scheduled for Sunday, March 20, 2022 from 5pm to 7pm. Presented with generous sponsorship from R.K. Greene and The Storyline Project, Patrick Blake of Rhymes Over Beats, Me...


Interview: Destyne R. Miller of SEVEN GUITARS at August Wilson In The Park Photo Interview: Destyne R. Miller of SEVEN GUITARS at August Wilson In The Park
by Armando Urdiales - July 31, 2024

Read our interview with Destyne R. Miller of SEVEN GUITARS at August Wilson In The Park....


VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene' Photo VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene'
by Sarah Leiber - February 16, 2021

The actors in the film, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Kingsley Ben-Adir, take the audience “Behind the Scene” in this once-in-a-lifetime convergence of legends in which Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown all meet over the course of an evening together to debate and celebr...


BWW Feature: Pandemic-Informed Art Is Acceptable, It's Valuable, And It's Just Fine Photo BWW Feature: Pandemic-Informed Art Is Acceptable, It's Valuable, And It's Just Fine
by Stephen Mosher - July 14, 2021

A wise man once said that art isn't easy. Well, life isn't either, and since life inspires art, the performers of the small venue circuit of New York City may be leaning into the pandemic for source material, for a while. Or for as long as they need to....


SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season Photo SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - June 12, 2021

San Francisco Bay Area's SuperBad Theater Company, a Affiliate Company (Dedrick Weathersby, Executive Director) and Sacramento's The Guild Theater (St. HOPE Academy) have announced the titles for their collaborative inaugural upcoming 2021-2022 season....


Free Screening of LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S BLACK & BLUES Comes to The 12th Annual TD James M Photo Free Screening of LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S BLACK & BLUES Comes to The 12th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival
by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2023

The 12th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival will present a FREE screening of the Imagine Documentaries and Apple TV+ critically-acclaimed film, Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, on Wednesday, November 15, 7:00 pm, at The Newark Museum of Art....


Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts Present IN CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD Photo Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts Present IN CASE YOU HADN'T HEARD
by A.A. Cristi - February 04, 2021

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts, in partnership with Eastville Community Historical Society and the Southampton African American Museum, is pleased to announce the online world premiere of In Case You Hadn't Heard: A Conversation Between America's Past And Its Promise, a provocat...


Virtual Theatre This Weekend: June 5-6- with Alex Newell, Heather Headley, and More! Photo Virtual Theatre This Weekend: June 5-6- with Alex Newell, Heather Headley, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - June 05, 2021

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, June 5-6, 2021....


VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene' Photo VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene'
by Sarah Leiber - February 16, 2021

The actors in the film, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Kingsley Ben-Adir, take the audience “Behind the Scene” in this once-in-a-lifetime convergence of legends in which Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown all meet over the course of an evening together to debate and celebr...


Review: FLY at Hotchner Theatre on the Washington University Campus Photo Review: FLY at Hotchner Theatre on the Washington University Campus
by James Lindhorst - February 18, 2024

Edwards script if filled with humor but it does not shy away from taking on the current realities of unfairness, inequality, and discrimination in the United States today. His script is layered and complex. The text is foreboding with an admonitory tone, and Edwards realism reaches his audience beca...


The Late Ones Drop New Video 'Troubled Streets' On Easy Star Records Photo The Late Ones Drop New Video 'Troubled Streets' On Easy Star Records
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 14, 2020

Conscious reggae/hip-hop hybrid band The Late Ones just released their new EP, Lately, via Easy Star Records. ...


The Leah Ryan Fund Announces Winner Of “The Leah”: GLORIA MAJULE'S CULTURE SHOCK Photo The Leah Ryan Fund Announces Winner Of “The Leah”: GLORIA MAJULE'S CULTURE SHOCK
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023

The Leah Ryan Fund has announced the winner of the 2023 Leah Prize, Gloria Majule's Culture Shock.  Majule's new play concerns two African students, Zahra from Tanzania and Hawi from Kenya, who start school in an Ivy League institution. ...


Theater Resources Unlimited Presents 'TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices!' Photo Theater Resources Unlimited Presents 'TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices!'
by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2022

Presented with generous sponsorship from R.K. Greene and The Storyline Project, Patrick Blake of Rhymes Over Beats, Merrie L. Davis of Next Act 2 Follow, Neal Rubinstein/Dangerous, Judith Estrine of Prism Stage Company, Stephanie Rosenberg/Financial Advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors and Judith Manoche...


Review: A SOLDIER'S PLAY at AMANSON THEATRE Photo Review: A SOLDIER'S PLAY at AMANSON THEATRE
by Tracey Paleo - May 30, 2023

The production values and cast of the Ahmanson Theatre's, A SOLDIER'S PLAY, are absolutely stellar. But, I had to wonder, is this story 'enough' for the younger African-American audiences of today?...


BWW Review: THE LATRELL SHOW Is an Uneven but Ultimately Powerful One-Man Show Photo BWW Review: THE LATRELL SHOW Is an Uneven but Ultimately Powerful One-Man Show
by Harker Jones - June 04, 2021

Just when it reaches the point where it’s almost unbearable, the show takes a hard turn, cutting to a frustrated office worker named Jeremiah, who is in a psychiatric session trying to process his rage at living in an America where Black lives do not matter to everyone and where being gay is conside...


Asolo Rep Announces New Commission to Playwright Ty Greenwood Photo Asolo Rep Announces New Commission to Playwright Ty Greenwood
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 14, 2020

Asolo Repertory theatre  has announced that its first Ground Floor Playwright Commission will go to emerging Black playwright Ty Greenwood for a new work inspired by writer and activist James Baldwin....


SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season Photo SuperBad Theater Company Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2021

San Francisco Bay Area's SuperBad Theater Company, a Affiliate Company (Dedrick Weathersby, Executive Director) and Sacramento's The Guild Theater (St. HOPE Academy) have announced the titles for their collaborative inaugural upcoming 2021-2022 season....


Awadagin Pratt Releases 'Still Point' (single) via New Amsterdam Records Photo Awadagin Pratt Releases 'Still Point' (single) via New Amsterdam Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 02, 2023

Awadagin Pratt has released 'Still Point', the second single from his upcoming album STILLPOINT. Read more about the internationally acclaimed pianist's latest release and upcoming album on New Amsterdam Records....


VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene' Photo VIDEO: Watch Leslie Odom Jr. & the Cast of ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI in 'Behind The Scene'
by Sarah Leiber - February 16, 2021

The actors in the film, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Kingsley Ben-Adir, take the audience “Behind the Scene” in this once-in-a-lifetime convergence of legends in which Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown all meet over the course of an evening together to debate and celebr...


BWW Interview: Kaliswa Brewster Talks Moliere In The Park's THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES Fea Photo BWW Interview: Kaliswa Brewster Talks Moliere In The Park's THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES Featuring an All-Woman Cast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2020

Kaliswa Brewster is starring alongside an all-woman cast in Molière in the Park's live stream of Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's satire THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, directed by Lucie Tiberghien. This production looks at the classic play through a modern lens, putting the focus on the power of jus...






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