The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada, was not run by any single organization or person. Rather, it consisted of many individuals -- many whites but predominently black -- who knew only of the local efforts to aid fugitives and not of the overall operation. Still, it effectively moved hundreds of slaves northward each year -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.
RPO to Close HARRIET TUBMAN BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION With Free Concert This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - October 14, 2022
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) will close out Monroe County and the City of Rochester's Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration (HTBC) with a special Closing HTBC Ceremony on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 2 – 3 PM at Church of Love Faith Center (700 Exchange St., 14608). The event is fre...
NORTH THE MUSICAL Premieres At Chandler Center For The Arts Next Month
by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2022
Chandler Center for the Arts brings the premiere of NORTH, a vibrant new musical theater production conceived and created by writer and composer Ashli St. Armant, in November 2022....
Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble Announces 2022-23 Season
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2022
Cincinnati's Vocal Arts Ensemble (VAE) led by Music Director Craig Hella Johnson announced its 2022-2023 season, the first complete season since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, with music inspired by the resilience of the human spirit, wildlife, and the changing natural state of the world. ...
Con Vivo Music to Present World Premiere Of CHILLTOWN BOOGIE By Alon Nechushtan in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 06, 2022
Con Vivo Music will present the world premiere of Chilltown Boogie by Alon Nechushtan on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 12:30pm, beginning at J Owen Grundy Pier. This original new opera is inspired by the events surrounding the formation of Hudson County and Jersey City....
Castaways Repertory Theatre To Celebrate Diversity Through Production Of LITTLE WOMEN in September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 22, 2022
Castaways Repertory Theater has announced their fall production of Little Women. This non traditional casting of the classic coming of age story by Louisa May Alcott, explores Little Women from the perspective of an interracial March family living in genteel poverty in Concord, Massachusetts in the ...
GRAY Presents CITING BLACK GEOGRAPHIES
by A.A. Cristi - August 03, 2022
Citing Black Geographies presents the work of fifteen artists whose practices examine “black space”—a term describing the topographies, zones, scenes, and structures that portend black cultural experience. ...
TIFF to Premiere Clement Virgo's Film BROTHER
by Michael Major - July 06, 2022
Adapted to film by Virgo from David Chariandy’s novel, Brother is the story of Francis and Michael, sons of Caribbean immigrants maturing into men amidst Toronto's 1990's hip-hop scene. Brother stars Lamar Johnson (The Hate U Give), Aaron Pierre (Underground Railroad), Kiana Madeira (Fear Street) ...
VIDEO: Joaquina Kalukango Discusses Her PARADISE SQUARE Tony Awards Performance on TODAY
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022
Joaquina Kalukango sat down with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager on the TODAY Show this morning to discuss her acclaimed Tony Awards performance for Paradise Square. Kalukango also opened up about how her character of Nelly O'Brien in Paradise Square has helped her through an uncertain period in her ...
Chandler Center For The Arts To Premiere New Musical NORTH
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2022
Chandler Center for the Arts has announced it will premiere NORTH, a vibrant new musical theater production conceived and created by writer and composer Ashli St. Armant, in November 2022. ...
VIDEO: Watch Joaquina Kalukango Make First Entrance Since Tony Win
by Nicole Rosky - June 15, 2022
On Tony night, promptly after giving a dazzling performance onstage at Radio City Music Hall, Joaquina Kalukango took home the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for PARADISE SQUARE. Now watch as she takes the stage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre for t...
PARADISE SQUARE's Joaquina Kalukango Wins 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
by Team BWW - June 12, 2022
Joaquina Kalukango has won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for PARADISE SQUARE. ...
The Abyssinian Meeting House Restoration: Presentation Announced at First Parish
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2022
Pam Cummings, President of the Board of The Abyssinian Meeting House, will speak at 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, at First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 425 Congress St. Cummings will discuss the history and restoration of the meeting house. ...
The 43rd Annual Telly Awards Winners Announced
by Michael Major - May 24, 2022
The Telly Awards, the world’s largest honor for video and television content across all screens, announced this year’s winners, including a variety of top-tier brands and organizations as well as smaller media companies such as ViacomCBS, Warner Bros. Check out the full list of winners now!...
Cleveland Public Theatre to Host 9th Annual STATION HOPE
by Marissa Tomeo - May 21, 2022
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) presents the ninth annual Station Hope back live and in person on Saturday, May 28, from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. on the grounds of Cleveland’s first authenticated Underground Railroad site St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2600 Church Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Station...
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2022
Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT). Due to the intimate nature of Candlelight Hypothesis Workshop, and for the health and safety of our patrons, artists, and staff, we have decided to cancel all remaining performances of the event due to Covid-19 concerns. ...
Broadway Podcast Network Announces Critics' Table
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2022
The Broadway Podcast Network has announced Critics' Table, a diverse roundtable of theater critics that will review current Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Executive Produced by Ayanna Prescod in partnership with BIPOC Critics Lab, every episode features three luminary theater critics read...
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2022
Greater South Jersey Chorus will present a new collaboration with the South Camden Theatre Company and the Camden County Historical Society, through generous funding from PNC Arts Alive and the Camden County Commission for Arts & Heritage, for performances on Saturday, May 14th, and Sunday, Ma...
Virginia Rep Theatre's World Premiere Of BONNIE AND CLAIRE Opens May 13
by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2022
Virginia Repertory Theatre presents a new play, Bonnie and Claire, which was meant to have its world premiere in May of 2020, but COVID forced us to cancel. ...
BWW Review: THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND TRUE ADVENTURES OF MS. JOAN EVELYN SOUTHGATE at Cleveland Public Theatre
by Roy Berko - April 26, 2022
In 2002, Seventy-year-old Joan Evelyn Southgate, a Cleveland area retired social worker and activist, left Ripley, Ohio, on foot, with the goal of highlighting the courage and resourcefulness of freedom seekers and conductor families who risked everything on the Underground Railroad. ...
BWW Review: GEM OF THE OCEAN at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Steve Murray - April 14, 2022
August Wilson's powerful drama of racial unrest in Pittsburgh circa 1905 seems exceptionally prescient these days, confirming that the struggle for equality and freedom are a constant for African Americans that shapes their everyday lives in ways both subtle and overt. ...
Cleveland Public Theatre Presents THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND TRUE ADVENTURES OF MS. JOAN EVELYN SOUTHGATE This Month
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2022
Cleveland Public Theatre will present the World Premiere of The Absolutely Amazing and True Adventures of Ms. Joan Evelyn Southgate, written and performed by Nina Domingue*, 2019/2020 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow, and directed by Nathan Henry, onstage April 21 through May 14 at 7:30pm in...
PARADISE SQUARE Cancels Performances Through April 10
by Nicole Rosky - April 08, 2022
'In accordance with Broadway COVID protocols established by the industry, the producers of Paradise Square have cancelled performances tonight, Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10. The production is expected to resume performances on Tuesday, April 12 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The produ...
PARADISE SQUARE Canceled Tonight Due to Covid-19
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2022
Tonight's performance of the new musical Paradise Square has been canceled due to positive Covid-19 tests with in the company....
Olney Theatre Launches New Community Partner Program With Sandy Spring Slave Museum
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2022
Olney Theatre Center announced a series of events as part of its new “Community Partners” program, planned in conjunction with its first partner, The Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery....
VIDEO: On the Opening Night Red Carpet For PARADISE SQUARE
by Red Carpet - April 04, 2022
Paradise Square opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last night, Sunday, April 3rd. BroadwayWorld was there on the red carpet, where our own Richard Ridge chatted with attendees....
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