Lynn Whitfield

NEW FEDERAL THEATRE will hold its 53rd Anniversary Celebration on October 2 at Edison Ballroom, honoring Woodie King, Jr., Gabrielle Kurlander, and Sade Lythcott. The gala is chaired by Kenny Leon and Lynn Whitfield.

Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT), led by Producing Artistic Director Elizabeth Van Dyke, will hold a 53rd Anniversary Celebration October 2, 2023 at Edison Ballroom, 240 West 47th Street.  

Created and executive produced by Emmy® winner Lena Waithe under her Hillman Grad banner (Twenties, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award® and Emmy winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago.

Created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe under her Hillman Grad banner (Twenties, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award and Emmy winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago. Watch the video trailer now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, May 1, 2023! Lauren Gaw (Charmed), KATIE Leclerc (Switched at Birth), Phillip Rhys Chaudhary (24) and April Allyn Brinson (Sharp Objects) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video clip now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, April 17, 2023! Alley Mills (The Wonder Years), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years), Brandon Scott (Grey’s Anatomy) and Devika Bhise (The Man Who Knew Infinity) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video preview now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, April 10, 2023! Katie Stevens (American Idol) and Reilly Walters (Step Back) Make Guest Appearances. Gwen’s fantasy is to go back in time and be the Princess she longs to be—pampered, rich and cared-for. Watch a video clip now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, March 13, 2023! Katie Stevens (American Idol) and Reilly Walters (Step Back) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video clip from a recent episode now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, February 20, 2023! Melinda Clarke (The O.C.), Reggie Austin (Desperate Housewives), Stephen Friedrich (Vice), Selah Austria (Cobra Kai) and Cree Kawa (Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video clip now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, February 6, 2023! Joely Fisher (Til’ Death) Makes a Guest Appearance. After an urn comes off the plane, three siblings must work through their past resentments in order to spread their mom’s ashes and fulfill her last fantasy. Watch a video clip now!

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, January 23, 2023! Daphne Maxwell Reid (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Brett Butler (Grace Under Fire), Lynn Whitefield (The Josephine Baker Story) and Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video clip from a recent episode!

The 40th Anniversary production of Mama, I Want To Sing! will play El Museo's El Teatro for a special Black History Month limited engagement, it was announced by Vy Higginsen, founder and executive director and producer of The Mama Foundation for the Arts.

Get all the scoop on FANTASY ISLAND, airing on FOX on Monday, January 9, 2023! Alexa Mansour (The Walking Dead), Frankie J Alvarez (Looking), Jai Rodruiguez (Queer Eye) and Izzy Diaz (Broke) Make Guest Appearances. Watch a video preview of the new season now!

The Coolidge Corner Theatre ('the Coolidge') has announced the early lineup for its Winter / Early Spring 2023 Big Screen Classics series. 

Liquid Theatre Collective and Randy Donaldson, Executive Producer, will present two additional private, invitation only readings of MARIAN, an original musical based on the life of world-renowned contralto, Marian Anderson.

Tony Award-winning actress, singer and the original Glinda from Broadway's Wicked, Kristin Chenoweth made a surprise performance for guests, singing holiday songs, as well as a special duet of For Good with Ginna Claire, star of Hallmark original holiday film A Holiday Spectacular, and Glinda from Broadway's Wicked.
 Check out photos now!

The best of Broadway was at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Thursday, where The Piano Lesson, directed by Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson and starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, and Danielle Brooks, opened on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the arrivals and you can check out photos of Patti LuPone, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and more on the red carpet below!

Uptown Players delivers a ROUSING production of the Award-Winning musical Kinky Boots!

This production marks the first Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's piece, however, it has had quite the life on stage and screen. Today, we're taking you through the production history of for colored girls... to learn more about its journey back to Broadway!

Woodie King, Jr., Founder and Producing Director of New Federal Theatre (NFT), will retire from leadership of the famed theater company on June 30, 2021, handing the baton to NFT's newly appointed Artistic Director, Elizabeth Van Dyke.