A. Brown News

Kentucky Shakespeare, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth, has announced the 64th annual free Kentucky Shakespeare Festival May 29-August 11, 2024, at the C. Douglas Ramey Amphitheater in Old Louisville's Central Park. Learn more about the season here!

Beginning Monday February 19th (from 7pm) Mint will be streaming the three-camera archival recording of the World Premiere of one of its most exciting discoveries: Becomes a Woman.

Guest stars for season six include Emmy winner Lynn Whitfield, Jill Marie Jones, Kandi Burruss, La La Anthony, Vic Mensa, Carolyn Michelle Smith, Jason Weaver, Iman Shumpert, Nia Jervier, L'lerrét Jazelle, Hannaha Hall, Ahmad Ferguson, Genesis Denise Hale, Joel Steingold, and more. Watch the video teaser!

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual run at The Kennedy Center is consistently a highlight of the winter season, and this year is no exception. This year the company brings three programs to D.C., all including Mr. Ailey’s 1960 classic Revelations, representing the best of recent revivals and new works. 

Check out pics of the new marquee for Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen on Broadway!

MCC Theater presents The Connector, a new musical. From Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade) comes a timely new musical about two talented young journalists on increasingly diverging paths. Read the reviews!

AKW Productions has just announced the Broadway premiere of the new musical HELL’S KITCHEN and we have the full list of stars and newcomers!

Lyric Opera of Chicago has released video footage of Justin Austin performing 'What Makes a Man a Man' from Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION below. Ahead of his fateful fight with Benny 'Kid' Paret, Emile Griffith finds himself torn between societal expectations and the desire to be his true self. Watch the performance here!

The National Black Theatre, in partnership with Chelsea Factory, has announced the public presentation of the latest body of work commissioned as part of its I Am Soul Playwright Residency, Packages O’ The Things We Deliver by playwright Oya Mae Dxtchxss-Davis (Skin, Wade in the Water (The Great Divide), Grandmother’s Gift (C.A.P.)) and director Daniel Boisrond (ShopTalk (ArtYard), Roots (Dixon Place & La MAMA),  that will take place at the Chelsea Factory from March 27th - 31st for a limited engagement of six performances.

The cast has been revealed for the world premiere of Gloria Calderón Kellett’s One of the Good Ones at Pasadena Playhouse. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

 Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet (JGCO) will present Jamel Gaines’s multimedia theater work Remembering, featuring dance, theater, live music, spoken word, and video projection, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. and February 17th at 2 p.m.

Masterwork Arts Grants $10,000 Premier Award to Camille A. Brown & Dancers for the development of their new work, I AM.

The music of Terence Blanchard has returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago with his first opera: Champion, an 'opera in jazz' inspired by the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who threw a fatal punch in the boxing ring in 1962. Get a first look at the production in an all-new trailer!

The music of Terence Blanchard has returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago with his first opera: Champion, an 'opera in jazz' inspired by the true story of boxer Emile Griffith, a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who threw a fatal punch in the boxing ring in 1962. Check out production photos here!

Roxey Ballet presents Carmen, a contemporary masterpiece full of passion and betrayal. Witness the twists of romance and tragic consequences unfold in this sizzling dance production

Harlem Stage has announced the five artists selected as 2024 WaterWorks Emerging Artists. Learn more about the artists here!

YoungArts has announced the nominees for the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students who exemplify artistic and academic excellence.

'I'M GONNA BE STRONG' - New music video released from Bronco Billy The Musical opening this week at the Charing Cross Theatre. Watch now on YouTube.

In an all-new video, Associate Choreographer Christopher Jackson discusses the gumbo of dance found in Terence Blanchard's CHAMPION.

Alicia Keys and Broadway’s HELL’S KITCHEN have established a comprehensive Fellowship Program. Learn more about the program here!