John Clarkson

This Black History Month BET launches its first-ever event miniseries 'THE BOOK OF NEGROES,' a six-part historical drama in the tradition of Roots, based on Lawrence Hill's award-winning, Oprah Winfrey-listed novel (known in the United States as Someone Knows My Name). The highly anticipated television event will run over the course of three consecutive nights in two-hour installments starting Monday, February 16, 2015 at 8 PM ET/PT.

'All of us at E.S.T. are proud to be honoring John Guare as a distinguished member of our company,' said William Carden, Artistic Director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. 'John has had an important impact on theatre in this country and inspired so many of us along the way.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre will honor distinguished members Dominic Chianese, the actor best know for roles on The Sopranos and Godfather II and Ann Sachs and Roger Morgan, proprietors of Sachs Morgan Studio: Theatre Design Specialists, at a gala celebration Monday, May 3, at 6:00pm at Caroline's on Broadway, 1626 Broadway.

The Ensemble Studio Theatre will honor distinguished members Dominic Chianese, the actor best know for roles on The Sopranos and Godfather II and Ann Sachs and Roger Morgan, proprietors of Sachs Morgan Studio: Theatre Design Specialists, at a gala celebration Monday, May 3, at 6:00pm at Caroline's on Broadway, 1626 Broadway.