The Uptown Collective Reveals Renaissance Residency Playwrights
by Stephi Wild - September 05, 2024 The Uptown Collective has announced the culmination of the inaugural Renaissance Residency, an annual program designed to nurture and develop emerging and seasoned playwrights and screenwriters.... 
Sadler's Wells Unveils Rose International Dance Prize Shortlist
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 29, 2024 Discover the shortlisted choreographers for the inaugural Rose International Dance Prize by Sadler’s Wells. Celebrating global dance, the biennial prize recognizes both established and emerging talents in the dance world. ... 
Cast and Creative Team Set for THE HOT WING KING at Hartford Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2024 Hartford Stage has revealed the cast and creative team for The Hot Wing King, directed by Christopher D. Betts. Learn who is starring and how to purchase tickets.... 
The REcreate Agency and Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo Present BLUEPRINTS, 12 - 17 June
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2023 Blueprints is the debut full-length play from Brummie writer Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo, opening at the Pleasance, London this June. This Afro-futurist play is a Black love story, where one couple's relationship sees the personal, political and historical collide in a not-too-distant UK, where knowledge ... 
MCC Theater Unveils Public Engagement Programming for Fall 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 05, 2024 MCC Theater revealed programming for their Fall 2024 public engagement season. Learn more and see how to attend!... 
EDINBURGH 2023: BLUEPRINTS Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 16, 2023 BWW catches up with Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo to chat about bringing Blueprints to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.... 
USHER Developing New Series Based on His Music
by Michael Major - February 14, 2024 Inspired by the music of Grammy Award winner USHER, the Untitled Usher Project is a series about Black love in Atlanta and individuals looking to find a place to call home. The series will explore music, style, sex, romance and secrets that threaten to tear relationships apart. ... 
Cast Announced for LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2023 Steppenwolf Theatre Company is continuing its 47th season with the Chicago premiere of Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Last Night and the Night Before, a powerful, poetic exploration of what it takes to create a future from a past you long to forget.... 
Raja Feather Kelly's THE FIRES Extended at Soho Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2024 Soho Rep will present a two-week extension of The Fires, the world premiere play written and directed by Raja Feather Kelly that opened to acclaim last week. Learn how to purchase tickets.... 
Rising Phoenix Repertory Announces Lina Patel As The Recipient Of The Cornelia Street American Playwriting Award
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2024 Lina Patel wins the Cornelia Street Playwriting Award for 2024, recognizing her outstanding contributions to contemporary theater.... 
The International Association Of Blacks In Dance In Partnership With Collage Dance Collective Announces 2024 Performance Presentations
by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2024 The International Association of Blacks in Dance in partnership with Collage Dance Collective announces their 2024 performance presentations. Stay tuned for exciting dance performances and collaborations.... 
Seattle Theatre Group to Present serpentwithfeet's HEART OF BRICK in November
by Blair Ingenthron - September 25, 2023 “Heart of Brick” tells the story of two men finding themselves and falling in love in a gay dance hall and captures the multi-generational spirit of the Black queer community. Get event and ticket information here!... 
Video: Spinall Releases New Video for 'One Call' Feat. Tyla & Omah Lay
by Josh Sharpe - July 25, 2024 Nigerian DJ/ producer SPINALL released the highly-awaited visuals to his newest single, 'One Call,' featuring South African Grammy-winning Tyla, Afrobeats singer-songwriter Omah Lay, and co-produced by Nigerian Producer P.Priime. Watch the video now!... 
A.I.M By Kyle Abraham 2023 Homecoming Gala Honoring Debra Martin Chase And Theaster Gates Draws Media And Art World Luminaries
by Michael Major - October 04, 2023 A.I.M by Kyle Abraham 2023 Homecoming Gala Honoring Debra Martin Chase and Theaster Gates brings together media and art world luminaries. Attendees included White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Emmy and Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth.... 
Sandy Duncan, Andrea McArdle, Krysta Rodriguez & More to Star in LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at Theatre Aspen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 06, 2024 Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore will be presented at Theatre Aspen in March. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!... 
Exclusive: Hasna Muhammad, Daughter of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Reflects on the Women of PURLIE VICTORIOUS
by Team BWW - February 02, 2024 As Purlie Victorious enters its final weekend on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is very excited to share an exclusive essay written by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee's daughter, Hasna Muhammad, who played a key role in getting this landmark play back on Broadway. ... 
Dom Flemons Releases New Album 'Traveling Wildfire'
by Michael Major - March 24, 2023 Produced by Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Dropkick Murphys) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs, Traveling Wildfire is Flemons’ most personal album to-date as he refocuses on songwriting—reflecting on recent epiphanies and spiritual evolution as well as the current social climate....
EDINBURGH 2023: BLUEPRINTS Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 16, 2023 BWW catches up with Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo to chat about bringing Blueprints to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.... 
IABD & Collage Dance Collective to Present 34th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2024 The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) and Collage Dance Collective will honor the Bluff City Cluster of the LINKS Incorporated, The Jenkins Family Foundation, and Tommie-Waheed Evans at the 34th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance. ... 
HBO Acquires GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT Documentary Film
by Michael Major - August 29, 2023 From directors and producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson (“American Promise,” “Stateless”), producer Tommy Oliver (HBO’s “40 Years A Prisoner,” “Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss”), and executive producers Taraji P. Henson and Codie Elaine Oliver, the film premiered in January at the Sundance Film ... 
Dom Flemons Debuts New Song 'It's Cold Inside'
by Michael Major - March 09, 2023 Produced by Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Dropkick Murphys) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs, Traveling Wildfire is Flemons’ most personal album to-date as he refocuses on songwriting. Watch the music video directed, produced and edited by Weird Life Films now!...
Sandy Duncan, Andrea McArdle, Krysta Rodriguez & More to Star in LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE at Theatre Aspen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 06, 2024 Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore will be presented at Theatre Aspen in March. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!... 
Photos: THE HOT WING KING Arrives At Baltimore Center Stage
by A.A. Cristi - April 05, 2024 Baltimore Center Stage has released first look photos of the regional premiere production of the Pulitzer-Prize winning comedy-drama The Hot Wing King, written by P-Valley’s Katori Hall and directed by Christopher D. Betts.... 
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center
by Martrese Meachum - February 09, 2023 What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The Kennedy Center?... 
Live Nation Urban Announces Black History Month Event Series 'Afro-Renaissance'
by Michael Major - February 08, 2023 Live Nation Urban, in collaboration with Live Nation’s BE-Nation internal employee resource group, have launched Live Nation Entertainment’s company-wide Black History Month celebration – AFRO-RENAISSANCE – a multi-event series across six cities comprising of artist showcases through different enter... |
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