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Events and Happenings

The Shubert Organization Announces The Naming of The James Earl Jones Theatre

The Shubert Organization, Inc., today announced that the 110-year-old Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street) will become the James Earl Jones Theatre, in recognition...

March 2, 2022

Coming Soon

Brian Stokes Mitchell & James Earl Jones Honor Angela Lansbury

Broadway leading men and Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and James Earl Jones have been very busy recently. In September, Mitchell debuted at...

November 2, 2015

A Must See

Hold The Applause: Theatre Etiquette From James Earl Jones & Cicely Tyson

It is opening day of D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Gin Game, starring legendary thespians Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones, and you can...

October 14, 2015

A Must See

Opening Night: Cicely Tyson & James Earl Jones In The Gin Game

The reunion 50 years in the making is finally here as Black Theater legends James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson celebrate opening night for the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

October 14, 2015

Award Show Performance

Broadway’s A-List Join American Theatre Wing to Honor James Earl Jones

The elite of stage and film recently gathered to celebrate the works of legendary actor James Earl Jones at the American Theatre Wing Gala....

September 30, 2015

A Must See

James Earl Jones & Cicely Tyson Start The Gin Game Broadway Previews

The wait for those of us who have been eagerly anticipating the dynamic duo of James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the Broadway revival...

September 22, 2015

A Must See

Cicely Tyson & James Earl Jones Will Begin The Gin Game

Those of us who have been eagerly waiting for the dynamic duo of James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the Broadway revival of...

September 15, 2015

A Must See

Cameras Flash in Anticipation of Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones in The Gin Game

It’s been 50 years since Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones first graced a Broadway stage together. But the stars have aligned again and...

July 23, 2015

A Must See

The Gin Game Starring James Earl Jones & Cicely Tyson Will Arrive Early

As previously reported, Broadway Black veterans and Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are set to star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,...

June 25, 2015

A Must See

James Earl Jones In Driving Miss Daisy On PBS With Angela Lansbury

For one night only Broadway veteran James Earl Jones will merge theatre and television with a televised performance of Driving Miss Daisy this summer....

June 16, 2015

A Must See

Cicely Tyson & James Earl Jones Return To Broadway In The Gin Game Revival

The Tony Award winning pair, thee Cicely Tyson (A Trip To Bountiful) and thee James Earl Jones (Fences, The Great White Hope), who haven’t shared a...

April 22, 2015

Events and Happenings

James Earl Jones and Other Notables to Attend Career Transition for Dancers 2014 Jubilee

From Broadway to the Battery, NEW YORK NEW YORK a helluva town will take you on a rockin’ ride through the most inimitable, iconic...

August 6, 2014

Broadway Black History

You Should Know: Douglas Turner Ward and The Negro Ensemble Company

On February 20th, 2021 Douglas Turner Ward (playwright, actor, director, and theatrical producer) a pillar in the Black theatre community passed away. Ward founded...

March 1, 2021

Learn Your Craft

Class Is In Session: 5 Plays by Black Playwrights Every Young Black Student Should Read

With the pandemic closing the doors on Broadway and schools shifting their teaching methods to remote learning, students across our country are devoid of...

February 3, 2021

Learn Your History

6 Actors that got their “Big Break” doing August Wilson shows

There are few playwrights in the American theatre that have made an impact as large as August Wilson’s. Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle chronicling life in...

June 9, 2020

Good Works

And The Winner Is…Broadway Black Top 10 of 2015

As we enter a new year, it’s only right to reflect on the greatness that happened in 2015. From Broadway to Off-Broadway to live...

December 26, 2015
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