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The Black Church will explore the 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.
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Composer Matthew Head Talks PBS' THE BLACK CHURCH On Tom Needham's SOUNDS OF FILM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2021
THE BLACK CHURCH's composer Matthew Head joins Tom Needham on the next SOUNDS OF FILM. Emmy-winning composer Matthew Head (P-Valley) scored PBS and WETA's upcoming 'The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song.' His inspiration for creating the score and brand new gospel songs comes from hi...
Detroit Public TV Hosts a Week Devoted to the Black Church
by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2021
Next Tuesday and Wednesday night, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres his latest series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song.” ...
Detroit Public TV, PBS Books And ASALH Partnership To Celebrate Black Authors
by A.A. Cristi - February 03, 2021
As the nation struggles to understand its past and forge a more equitable future, PBS Books and ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) have formed a new alliance, committed to highlighting the most acclaimed and important African American authors of our time and the i...
Boulder's Local Theater Company Welcomes Henry Louis Gates Jr to LIVING ROOM LOCAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 21, 2021
Local Theater Company's Founding Artistic Director Pesha Rudnick announced today that Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, will join Denver-based Transformation Coach Mic...
BroadwayHD Announces January 2021 Lineup Including PETER PAN GOES WRONG, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, and More!
by Stephi Wild - January 05, 2021
BroadwayHD has announced its lineup of streaming productions set for January 2021....
Connecticut Director Takes Helm In Fight Against Covid-19
by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2020
As COVID-19 cases and deaths reach alarming new highs around the country, filmmaker, author, and health care advocate Crystal R. Emery is leveraging a vast network of partners ranging from policymakers to grassroots organizers in the fight against the deadly pandemic. ...
HAM: A MUSICAL MEMOIR Will Stream in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 15, 2020
“HAM: A Musical Memoir,” filmed live on stage, is coming to BroadwayHD, where it will begin streaming exclusively January 7th, 2021. Based on Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Sam Harris’s critically acclaimed book, “Ham: Slices of a Life”, the original stage productio...
Watch the Trailer for HAM: A MUSICAL MEMOIR
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 20, 2020
The new trailer for HAM : A Musical Memoir has been released ahead of the film's virtual theatrical and streaming release. ...
RECAP: Marc Shaiman, Michael Benjamin Washington, Eduardo Vilaro, and Jessica Kirson Shared Their Coming Out Stories on STARS IN THE HOUSE
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2020
Stars in the House continued Thursday night (8pm) for a Pride Special with Jessica Kirson, Marc Shaiman, Michael Benjamin Washington and Eduardo Vilaro. This episode was in support of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund....
ABC News Announces PANDEMIC - A NATION DIVIDED
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 19, 2020
ABC News announced today it will present special coverage for three days across ABC News to examine the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities amid the coronavirus pandemic....
Cast Announced For DC Premiere Of PASS OVER At Studio Theatre
by Stephi Wild - February 06, 2020
Studio Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the DC premiere of Pass Over, playwright Antoinettea??Nwandu'sa??incisive examination of race and cyclical violence in America. The production runs March 4-April 5, 2020 and will be directed bya??Psalmayenea??24.a??Starring are Christopher ...
Theatre Evolution Will Launch Inaugural Season With THE CONTRACT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 14, 2020
When a high-profile preacher's wife discovers her husband has a secret desire for men, she does what any good wife would do . . . she hires him a lover. Theatre Evolution launches its inaugural season with a production of THE CONTRACT, written and directed by James Webb (winner of Kennedy Center's L...
Skylight Music Theatre Has Announced Cast and Creative Team For THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 20, 2019
Skylight Music Theatre today announced the cast and creative team for The Gospel at Colonus running January 17-26, 2020 in the Cabot Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward....
Joe's Pub Releases Upcoming Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 08, 2019
Literary cabaret House of Speakeasy is back at Joe's Pub with Nina Burleigh, James Geary, Maggie Paxson & Monique Truong, while This Alien Nation, a celebration of immigrant stories, returns with Julio Torres, Mohammad Ewaz, Seuketu Mehta and Fariha Róisín....
BWW Review: PORGY AND BESS at The Metropolitan Opera
by Joanna Barouch - September 26, 2019
Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera! The very words tingle with palpable electricity and anticipation. Whether you attend in person, or go to the Times Square simulcast, or whether you listen on the radio or on the Met website, you are participating in one of the most thrilling events of the Ne...
Steppenwolf's LOOKOUT Series 2019/20 Features Dance World Premieres And More
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2019
Steppenwolf's LookOut Series is pleased to announce their Fall/Winter 2019/20 lineup. This eclectic season showcases exciting work from many Chicago-based artists and companies working across disciplines. Step out of the cold and into Front Bar for a drink to warm you up, then head into Steppenwolf'...
Kennedy Center Announces Visual Art At The REACH
by A.A. Cristi - September 04, 2019
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its inaugural presentation of visual art to be featured at the REACH, the Center's 21st-century expansion project. Ten works in a rich diversity of media will be on display at the facility upon opening, including six pieces on loan f...
MCA Chicago to Spotlight Black Creativity This August
by Julie Musbach - July 31, 2019
This August, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents three innovative performances celebrating black creativity in music and dance, from jazz and gospel to step and social dancing....
BWW Review: FREEDA PEOPLES Shakes the Foundation of The Ensemble Theatre
by Bryan-Keyth Wilson - April 10, 2019
If you're a churchgoer and specifically a member of a black church, the issues in this production aren't foreign. In this story, we learn about backsliding deacons, disgruntled church elders, and hate towards the new pastor. Not saying that every church has these issues, but if you aren't in a churc...
Neon's AMAZING GRACE To Open This Year's Ebertfest
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2019
The 21st Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival, co-founded and hosted by Chaz Ebert and also known as 'Ebertfest", announced today that Alan Elliott's AMAZING GRACE will open this year's festival. AMAZING GRACE is the highly-anticipated concert film presenting Aretha Franklin's live performance at the ...
BWW Interview: Choreographer Camille A. Brown of CHOIR BOY at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre
by Tracy Hopkins - March 04, 2019
Currently on tour with her new work 'Ink' -- the final installation of her company's trilogy that follows the Bessie Award-winning 'Mr. TOL E. RAncE' (2012) and Bessie-nominated 'BLACK GIRL:Linguistic Play' (2015) -- we chatted with Camille A. Brown via telephone about her process, and her work with...
BWW Review: BOOTYCANDY is sweet and tasty at The Catastrophic Theatre
by Bryan-Keyth Wilson - February 27, 2019
Bootycandy, Bootycandy Bootycandy! There! I've said it three times and a zombie hasn't appeared but the brilliantly written play by Robert O'Hara has made its appearance in H-town! BOOTYCANDY had its world premiere at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre June of 2011 in Washington D.C. and then it made its wa...
The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below On Sept 13
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2018
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky one-point victory by Team Yale, who won in HY III for the s...
The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2018
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky one-point victory by Team Yale, who won in HY III for the s...
The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata Comes to Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2018
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, again presents a cast of Harvard and Yale grads in The Fourth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata. Join us for a unique evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, with Team Harvard looking to avenge another lucky one-point victory by Team Yale, who won in HY III for the s...
