Josephine Baker

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble To Present FULL CIRCLE FESTIVAL This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 11, 2025

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble (CDE) will present its reimagined Full Circle Festival from September 19–28, 2025, at Chicago Danztheatre (1650 W. Foster Avenue).

Anna May Wong: PERSONA Comes to Abrons Art Center
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2025

Abrons Arts Center will host the stage reading of Anna May Wong: PERSONA written by Kai Xing Mun, and directed by Christie Zhao. Learn more about the reading here!

Interview: OPERATION MINCEMEAT's Claire-Marie Hall
by Rose Yaeger - Aug 26, 2025

Today, Tuesday, August 26th, is National Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the certification of the 19th Amendment granting women a constitutional right to suffrage. Even after female suffrage was granted in the United States in 1920, women still struggled to defy social norms and break out of traditional gender roles. However, one major example of women getting to make their mark as part of the global fight for freedom occurred during the Second World War. The hit Broadway musical Operation Mincemeat tells the story of some of the women who helped make the allied success possible. 

Wheeling Symphony Orchestra Performs POPS 1: PROHIBITION in September
by Stephi Wild - Aug 25, 2025

PROHIBITION takes you on a journey through the era, from Rudy Vallée to Josephine Baker, from Kurt Weill to King Oliver, featuring the top hits of the decade authentically arranged for orchestra by Grammy-winner Jeff Tyzik.

Video: CABARET Stars Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace Discuss Art as Resistance
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 4, 2025

Having recently begun their run in Broadway's Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Tony Award winner Billy Porter and Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace visited MSNBC's Morning Joe to discuss the production. Watch the interview now.

Review: 'JOSEPHINE' & 'PAGLIACCI' at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Jul 28, 2025

A powerful double-bill. 'Josephine' is a stunning mini-biography of a great star; 'Pagliacci' is an overpoweringly passionate step into verismo opera.

Union Avenue Opera to Present JOSEPHINE and PAGLIACCI in Double Bill
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 11, 2025

Union Avenue Opera will continue its 2025 Festival Season with a compelling double bill that explores identity, performance, and emotional truth: Tom Cipullo’s Josephine and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

Review: MY FAIR LADY at Union Avenue Opera
by Steve Callahan - Jul 10, 2025

Read our review of MY FAIR LADY, playing now at Union Avenue Opera through July 12. This beloved musical has everything going for it: absolutely captivating melodies by Frederick Lowe, lovely clever lyrics by Alan Lerner, and plenty still of the incomparable wit of that old master George Bernard Shaw, from whose play, Pygmalion, the musical is adapted.

Welsh National Opera Reveals 25-26 Orchestra Concert Season and New Associate Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 2, 2025

Welsh National Opera has revealed its WNO Orchestra concert programme which gets underway during the Autumn 2025 Season. Learn more and see the full lineup here!

Review: TRINITY REP'S BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY ENCHANTS
by John McDaid - Jun 6, 2025

Some plays are like clockwork: the lights come up in medias res, and we watch, fascinated, as the gears turn — the surprise and delight being the journey. Such is the case with Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky, in the enchanting, gripping production now running at Trinity Rep.

The Shaw's Spiegeltent Returns for One Last Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2025

The Spiegeltent will return to the Shaw Festival grounds for one last summer. Brought over from Belgium by The Shaw in 2023, the Spiegeltent has since become the Festival’s home for distinctive and one-of-a-kind entertainment. Learn more!

Interview: Vincent Victoria of THE DIVA-LICIOUS PLAYS at Vincent Victoria Presents
by Brett Cullum - May 2, 2025

Vincent Victoria is a playwright, director, filmmaker, actor, and fashion icon who has been producing work in the Houston Community for at least the last ten years, probably more. He has written scripts for his theatrical and film company that strive to bring historical figures of the black community alive in plays and movies.

Union Avenue Opera Reveals 2025 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2025

Union Avenue Opera is preparing for its 2025 Festival Season, bringing a mix of beloved musical theater, historical drama, and grand opera to St. Louis audiences. Learn more here!

2025 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series Winner AMERICA TROPICAL Available on Demand
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2025

Theater Resources Unlimited in partnership with Streaming Musicals revealed that the 2025 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series Winner América Tropical will be available On Demand.

National Black Theatre & The Flea Theater Collab On The World Premiere of CHIAROSCURO
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2025

National Black Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Originally written by one of the foremothers of the Black Arts Movement, the late Aishah Rahman, in 2002, this work is directed by NBT's SOUL Directing Resident Abigail jean-baptiste.

National Black Theatre To Present New York City Premiere of CHIAROSCURO
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 17, 2025

National Black Theatre (NBT) in association with The Flea Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Performances run May 27 - June 22 at The Flea Theater.

GOTTA SING With Kenneth Gartman Comes To The Green Room 42 This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2025

The Green Room 42 will present “Gotta Sing with Kenneth Gartman” on Saturday, March 29th at 1:00 pm. Host and Music Director Kenneth Gartman shines a light on some of NYC's best musical theatre talent each month in a cabaret series - Gotta Sing.

JOSEPHINE: A BURLESQUE CABARET is Coming to the Majestic Theater's Flex Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2025

The story of the iconic Josephine Baker comes to life at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater with Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.

FRIDA- STROKE OF PASSION: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE Returns In May To Casa 0101
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 5, 2025

Odalys Nanin's acclaimed 2017 show Frida- Stroke of Passion is revived for a limited engagement at Casa 0101 Theater in a reimagined immersive staging.

FRIDA- STROKE OF PASSION: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE Returns To Casa 0101 In May
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 4, 2025

Odalys Nanin's acclaimed 2017 show Frida- Stroke of Passion is revived for a limited engagement at Casa 0101 Theater in a reimagined immersive staging.