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Kennedy Center Honors Featuring Cicely Tyson Airs on CBS

Legendary actress Cicely Tyson stunned on Sunday as one of the honorees for the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. The annual celebration has become the star-studded event of...

December 8, 2015

A Must See

Viola Davis Will Star In Film of Wilson’s Fences Directed By Denzel Washington

The Tony Award winning & How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis will return to the role that garnered her her 2nd...

August 27, 2015

Broadway Black History Fact

Ed Bullins: A Pioneer of the Black Arts Movement

Ed Bullins (Edward Bullins, Kingsley B. Bass, Jr.) is a revolutionary of words and actions. He cemented his place in the history of American...

July 16, 2015

Coming Soon

Cicely Tyson Among 2015 Kennedy Center Honorees

The legendary Cicely Tyson who will soon return to Broadway alongside James Earl Jones in The Gin Game, has been announced as one of...

July 15, 2015

Coming Soon

Broadway Is The New Black: 2015-16 Season Line-Up

It seems as though Broadway is taking a page out of televisions’s book and bringing more actors of color front and center–where they belong....

June 11, 2015

Happy Birthday!

All Hail King August Wilson!

On April 27, 2015 the world celebrated the seventieth birthday of American playwright August Wilson. We here at Broadway Black took the entire day...

May 14, 2015

Award Nominations

The 2015 Tony Award Nominations Announced

Today was a thrilling day for the theatre community. The Tony Awards are what every theatre artists hopes to be nominated for (and actually...

April 28, 2015

Award Nominations

The 81st Annual Drama League Award Nominations Announced

It’s award season if you didn’t already know and with that comes nomination announcements. This we’ve already seen The Outer Critics Circle nominations released...

April 21, 2015

A Must See

Black Girls Rock Will Honor Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson will receive the Living Legend Award at this year’s Black Girls Rock, presented by BET. Tyson made her Broadway debut in Jolly’s Progress (1959) as Eartha Kitt’s understudy....

March 22, 2015

Events and Happenings

The Book Of All Books: Black Broadway By Stewart F. Lane

Recently there has been a serious buzz about Black Broadway, or BroadwayBlack as we like to call it, and it’s all due to a...

February 27, 2015

Leads & Legends

(WATCH) August Wilson Documentary: The Ground On Which I Stand

“If I said the name August Wilson, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind?” “Storyteller.” “Prophet.” “Truth-teller.” “An amazing visionary.” Friday night (February...

February 27, 2015

A Must See

Big News for Broadway Week 2014

It’s no secret that Broadway ticket pricing has become more and more of a deterrent for those seeking to experience the magic of the...

August 5, 2014

Tony Nominees 2013

Meet 2013 Tony Nominee: Courtney B. Vance “He’s Back!”

He’s worked with Whitney Houston in the movie the Preacher’s wife, and James Earl Jones on Broadway in August Wilson’s Fences. He recently returned...

June 7, 2013

A Must See

Amber Riley Will Play Effie in ‘Dreamgirls’ on the West End

This is a really special announcement. Back in November when we interviewed Amber Riley for The Wiz Live!, before she blew us all away with...

February 4, 2016

A Must See

Joshua Henry Joins The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall

Although he’ll soon be wowing audiences in the much-anticipated Broadway production of Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and...

January 31, 2016

A Must See

Audra McDonald To Make West End Debut In Lady Day

You may remember we told you that Broadway’s superwoman Audra McDonald would be taking a leave of absence from the upcoming production of Shuffle...

January 14, 2016
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