Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) will honour Actress Tonya Lee Williams at their 26th annual Vision Celebration Gala, to be held Saturday, January 28th, 2012 in Montreal, Canada. The prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award is given to a person who has a measure of distinction in Canada and has made significant contributions to [...]
After premiering in NYC last winter hip-hop musical Negroes On Ice – starring Grammy award-winning producer Paul “Prince Paul” Huston, and 19 year old son, Paul Jr.–AKA comedic actor/ rhymer P Forreal announce a string of upcoming tour dates. Directed by (ego trip) co-founder Sacha Jenkins, produced by famed concert promoter Peter Oasis, and featuring [...]
New York: Front Row Productions (Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones) is proud to announce that the role of Blanche DuBois, in their upcoming Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire will be played by seven-time NAACP Image award nominee, Nicole Ari Parker. This production is slated to hit the boards, Spring, 2012. Theatre TBA.
1. Why did OK Magazine call Ginuwine a rapper? Note: As of today 8/29/09 the magazine has changed the title of the article because people in the comments section called them out about it. You can’t see the word rapper in the title but if you look in the comments section you can see the [...]
Bill T. Jones is directing this musical about the James Brown inspired Afrobeat legend who once had 27 wives but divorced them because “no man has a right to own a woman’s vagina.” The show ran briefly last year to critical success get your tickets here.
New York: Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director; Rosetta LeNoire, Founder), will celebrate its 40th Anniversary with a Gala evening on Monday, March 30th featuring a special “Blast from the Past” concert of songs and numbers from four decades of Amas Musicals, including Bubbling Brown Sugar, It’s So Nice to Be Civilized, Zanna [...]
Eurweb is reporting that India.Arie’s broadway debut has been postponed because a backer pulled out. It would have been nice to see India take on this monumental play by Ntozake Shange. Read the story here.
