Black In America is a multi-part series of documentaries hosted by reporter Soledad O'Brien on CNN. The series is about various issues regarding blacks (African-Americans) which includes panel discussions on issues facing the black community, and a look at the culture of black families in America, men and women.
The Wallis Announces Its 2018/2019 Season Of Music, Theater, Dance And Film
by A.A. Cristi - June 01, 2018
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts announced today the 2018/2019 season, delivering ten months of groundbreaking produced and presented works in dance, music and theater from locally, nationally and internationally renowned artists and companies. The season begins September 21, 2018...
Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts Announces 2018/2019 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2018
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts announced today the 2018/2019 season, delivering ten months of groundbreaking produced and presented works in dance, music and theater from locally, nationally and internationally renowned artists and companies. The season begins September 21, 201...
Victory Gardens Theater Announces Public Programs For MIES JULIE
by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2018
Artistic Director Chay Yew and Managing Director Erica Daniels announce Victory Gardens Theater's Public Programs line-up in conjunction with Mies Julie, written by Yael Farber, directed by Dexter Bullard, and adapted from August Strindberg's Miss Julie. Mies Julie runs May 25 - June 24, 2018, with ...
DATELINE Exclusive: Rapper Meek Mill Speaks To Lester Holt In First In-Depth Interview Since Prison Release
by Tori Hartshorn - May 02, 2018
In his first television interview since being released from prison, rapper Meek Mill tells NBC News' Lester Holt: “I think we always been divided in America where it's always black and white. I don't really call it black and white. A lot of black people are in prison, a lot of Spanish men are in...
Cur(8)Chicago Presents GATES AND FENCES: THE PERFORMANCE, 3/24
by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2018
CUR(8)Chicago and Silent Funny are proud to present the 22-year-old multidisciplinary, identity based performance artist and Chicago native in collaboration with Kiara Lanier at Silent Funny, 4106 W. Chicago Ave., Saturday, March 24. Stokes is the first African-American student to attend the pre...
Custom Made Theatre Presents HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES
by A.A. Cristi - March 09, 2018
Opening March 11th! Tearrance Chisholm's Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies (BAPF 2015) at Custom Made Theatre - a producing partnership with PF!...
Explosive Television Event O.J. SIMPSON: THE LOST CONFESSION? to Air 3/11, on FOX
by Tori Hartshorn - March 01, 2018
In 2006, O.J. Simpson sat down with noted publisher, producer and host Judith Regan for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred interview, in which Simpson gives a shocking hypothetical account of the events that occurred on the night his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, were brut...
Full Schedule Announced for 2018 Segal Center Film Festival On Theatre And Performance
by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2018
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center announces the fourth annual Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP). The program includes a roster of more than 35 features, shorts, and documentaries by artists from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Th...
Custom Made Theatre Co. Stages West Coast Premiere HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES
by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2018
Marquis and Tru, both 14 and black, meet one evening in the holding cell of a police station. Marquis is a Nietzsche-loving prep-schooler, adopted by white people and living in the affluent suburb of AchievementHeights; while Tru is a super smart, Tupac loving, kid from central Baltimore. Tru decide...
Abrons Arts Center Announces Spring 2018 Season
by Stephi Wild - December 19, 2017
On February 12, 1915, the Abrons Arts Center's Henry Street Settlement Playhouse opened its doors on the Lower East Side. Since that day, it has remained a vital cultural resource, providing audiences with artistically bold work while offering artists opportunities to dynamically grow. The OBIE Awar...
Quick Silver Theatre Co Announces Citizen One Reading Series
by Julie Musbach - October 17, 2017
Quick Silver Theater Company will present staged readings of new works by emerging playwrights of color. QST's Playwrights of Color Summit is a week-long residency that allows previously unproduced playwrights an opportunity to work exclusively on their plays. These plays were submitted to QST as pa...
Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 10/13 - ONCE, FUN HOME, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and More!
by BWW Special - October 13, 2017
BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature ONCE, FUN HOME, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY and More!...
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