BLACK NO MORE Announces New Preview and Opening Night Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2022 The New Group has announced that the new musical Black No More will begin previews January 18, in advance of an Official Opening Night now set for Tuesday, February 15, a schedule update due to Covid-19. Previews were previously slated to begin January 11.... 
Firehouse Theatre Announces World Premiere Musical GABRIEL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 03, 2022 Firehouse Theatre has announced the dates, cast, and creative team for its world premiere musical GABRIEL, about the revolutionary leader of a very significant slave rebellion that history has mostly ignored.... 
Jennifer Damiano, Brandon Victor Dixon and More to Star in World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 04, 2020 The New Group will launch its 2020-2021 Season with Black No More, featuring Book by John Ridley (Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave), Music and Lyrics by Tarik Trotter (Black Thought of The Roots), Choreography by Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening, Fela!) and Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Ar... 
VIDEO: Tariq Trotter Talks BLACK NO MORE Off-Broadway on FALLON
by Michael Major - February 01, 2022 Tariq TrotterTariq Trotter returned to the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss the new Off-Broadway adaption of Black No More, which he stars in and wrote the music and lyrics for with the Roots. The cast also features Brandon Victor Dixon, Jennifer Damiano, Tamika Lawrence, Ephraim... 
Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Brandon Victor Dixon & More Featured in The New Group Off Stage's Upcoming Programming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 20, 2020 The New Group in association with John Ridley's Nō Studios are joining forces through The New Group Off Stage division, and have announced an upcoming slate of projects. The New Group Off Stage will feature theatrical expressions in different media. ... 
FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About The Life Of Michael Jackson Returns To Los Angeles
by A.A. Cristi - February 16, 2023 Bazalaam Beats Productions has announced the reopening of the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: AN UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL FABLE ABOUT THE LIFE OF MICHAEL JACKSON AS TOLD BY HIS GLOVE.... 
Sundance Institute Announces 2020 Momentum Fellows and Launch Grant Fund Recipients
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 28, 2019 Sundance Institute announced today two support tracks for artists from underrepresented communities, continuing the Institute's commitment to fostering inclusive artistic visions. Announced today are the eight members of the second class of the Momentum Fellowship, a full-year program of deep, custo... 
Photo Flash: Kitchen Theatre Company's THE ROYALE Packs A Dramatic Punch
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2019 Next up at the Kitchen Theatre Company is The Royale by Marco Ramirez, a play that will leave audiences breathless with its emotionally-charged fight scenes, lyrical dialogue, and poignant critique of American race relations. Performances of The Royale begin at the Kitchen Theatre Company in the Per...
VIDEO: Tariq Trotter Talks BLACK NO MORE Off-Broadway on FALLON
by Michael Major - February 01, 2022 Tariq TrotterTariq Trotter returned to the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss the new Off-Broadway adaption of Black No More, which he stars in and wrote the music and lyrics for with the Roots. The cast also features Brandon Victor Dixon, Jennifer Damiano, Tamika Lawrence, Ephraim... 
Photos: First Look At the Firehouse Theatre World Premiere GABRIEL
by A.A. Cristi - September 07, 2022 Firehouse Theatre has released production photos from our upcoming world premiere musical, GABRIEL. ... 
World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE to Begin Performances January 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 06, 2021 The New Group has announced the world premiere of Black No More, a new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’s 1931 novel of the same name, featuring Book by John Ridley, Music and Lyrics by Tariq Trotter, Choreography by Bill T. Jones, Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Da... 
MostlyNEWmusicals Returns In January With Richard Allen And Taran Gray's FREEDOM RIDERS
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2020 ... 
Listen: WHITE GIRL IN DANGER Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 29, 2024 YELLOW SOUND LABEL has released White Girl in Danger: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording – the new musical from Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Michael R. Jackson. Listen here!... 
Ford's Theatre Announces BIPOC Playwriting Initiative- The Lincoln Legacy Commissions
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2021 Ford's Theatre today announced the launch of The Lincoln Legacy Commissions—a new play development initiative for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) playwrights that explores racial history and social justice in the United States and gives voice to lesser-known historical figures and thei... 
Netflix to Host Its First-Ever Live Sports Event
by Michael Major - October 17, 2023 The drivers and golfers will pair up to compete in a match play tournament at Wynn Golf Club at Wynn Las Vegas, the only 18-hole, championship golf course on the Las Vegas Strip, to kick off the week of the inaugural FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX.... 
PBS Announces Fall 2018 Primetime Schedule
by Macon Prickett - July 16, 2018 PBS today announced its fall 2018 schedule lineup, anchored by THE GREAT AMERICAN READ (Tuesdays, September 11- October 23). Exploring the power, passion and joy of reading, the series is hosted by Meredith Vieira and features reflections from everyday Americans as well as notables. Margaret Atwood,... 
Lillias White Joins the Cast of BLACK NO MORE
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 21, 2021 The New Group has announced that Tony Award winner Lillias White will join the cast of the world premiere production of Black No More. A strictly limited engagement will play January 11 – February 27, 2022 at The Pershing Square Signature Center with Opening Night on Tuesday, February 8. Tickets are... 
NYTB to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides with FREEDOM RIDERS: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2021 New York Theatre Barn will host a free special event live stream of excerpts from the new civil rights musical Freedom Riders on Wednesday, February 24th, 2020 at 7PM EDT. The live 1-hour presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers and a special appearance by one of the last survi... 
Dramaworks Presents Virtual Series DRAMA(IN THE)WORKS
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2020 Palm Beach Dramaworks is presenting a series of weekly readings of evolving plays. The plays can be viewed for free by the public. A few hours after the conclusion of the play, a recording of the presentation can be seen on Palm Beach Dramawork's YouTube Channel. The project involves the audience in... 
Review Roundup: PARADISE SQUARE Opens on Broadway
by Marissa Tomeo - April 03, 2022 New York City. 1863. The Civil War raged on. An extraordinary thing occurred amid the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of the Five Points, the notorious 19th-century Lower Manhattan slum. For many years, Irish immigrants escaping the devastation of the Great Famine settled alongside f... 
Ephraim Sykes to Join Walter Bobbie, Brandon Victor Dixon, Lillias White & More in the World Premiere of BLACK NO MORE
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - November 03, 2021 The New Group has announced that Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud, Tony Award nominee; Hamilton) will join the cast of the world premiere production of Black No More.... 
Project1VOICE Marks The MLK50th With #SIX01
by Julie Musbach - March 30, 2018 This year marks a half-century since Dr. Martin Luther King's earthly journey ended and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed. To memorialize this occasion, The New School's Nth Degree Series and Project1VOICE present Words of Change-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the New School on April 4, 2018, ... 
NBA Legend Charles Barkley And RTG Features To Produce The Line Scripted Series
by A.A. Cristi - November 06, 2020 RTG Features, the newly established sister studio to basketball media leader SLAM, has announced that it is partnering with NBA legend Charles Barkley's Round Mound Media to produce the serialized one-hour scripted show “The Line,” based on the bestselling book Scandals of '51 from author Charley Ro... 
Michael R. Jackson's WHITE GIRL IN DANGER Will Receive Cast Recording
by Stephi Wild - March 04, 2024 An original cast album will be released for Michael R. Jackson's White Girl in Danger this month. The album will be released in streaming and digital formats from Yellow Sound Label on Friday, March 29.... 
Review: JUSTICE ON TRIAL at United Faith Christian Academy
by Vickie Evans - August 06, 2025 'Justice On Trial', written by Chad Cooper presented a compelling argument utilizing theatre of what a trial seeking reparations for African Americans for the evil deeds of slavery who possibly look like if civil rights attorneys sued the Department of Justice... |
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