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Obie Awards - 1964 - Best New American Play

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Pascale Roger-McKeever to Present One-Woman Show FINGERS & SPOONS at SoHo Playhouse


Pascale Roger-McKeever will present the one-woman show Fingers & Spoons at SoHo Playhouse. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Stew's HIGH SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HEAD LECTURER to Premiere at Harlem Stage in March


Harlem Stage will present the premiere of Tony Award-winning playwright, composer, performer, and Harvard University professor Stew’s HIGH SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HEAD LECTURER. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Tickets For Harlem Stage's Landmark 40th Anniversary Season On Sale September 5


Harlem Stage (Artistic Director and CEO Patricia Cruz) makes tickets available for its 40th Anniversary Season on Tuesday, September 5, and announces the full lineups for its Uptown Nights music series and the newly launched Uptown Nights Latin Music Series.

International Contemporary Ensemble Presents Two World Premieres By Courtney Bryan And Adegoke Steve Colson


International Contemporary Ensemble presents “Composing While Black: Volume One,” featuring world premieres of new works by Courtney Bryan and Adegoke Steve Colson on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. at Merkin Hall, along with works by Wendell Logan and Brittany J. Green.

International Contemporary Ensemble to Present COMPOSING WHILE BLACK: VOLUME ONE


International Contemporary Ensemble will present 'Composing While Black: Volume One,' featuring world premieres of new works by Courtney Bryan and Adegoke Steve Colson. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Harlem Stage Reveals Details For 40th Anniversary Season


Harlem Stage has made tickets available for its 40th Anniversary Season on Tuesday, September 5, and announced the full lineups for its Uptown Nights music series and the newly launched Uptown Nights Latin Music Series.

New Musical SOUTH by Florencia Iriondo to Begin Performances at SoHo Playhouse This September


Get ready to be transported to the captivating world of SOUTH, a new musical by Florencia Iriondo. Opening this September at the SoHo Playhouse, this article dives into the enchanting story and what audiences can expect from this must-see production.

Work by Camille A. Brown, Ronald K. Brown & More to be Presented as Part of Harlem Stage's 40th Anniversary Season


Harlem Stage has announced its 40th Anniversary Season, a celebration of the institution that has, since its founding, provided an indispensable platform to both emerging and established artists of color working in an array of forms.

Review: THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu


What did our critic think of THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Karamu? It's been called '...[a] sharp and tasty new musical...charming...as the show ingeniously turns professional perkiness, the lifeblood of the American musical, into a funny, poignant comment on ethnic self-denial.'

Eric Bogosian's 1 +1 to Premiere Off-Broadway at SoHo Playhouse This Winter


Eric Bogosian’s 1 +1, a new play, will have its off-Broadway premiere at SoHo Playhouse. Performances begin February 23 and run through March 19. Opening night is set for February 27.

TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL To Run At SoHo Playhouse December 28 - January 7


Following an Award winning engagement at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner, 2022), Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel, written and performed by Tim Crouch, will play SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) as part of the Fringe Encore Series.

US Premiere of TRUTH'S A DOG MUST TO KENNEL to Open at SoHo Playhouse This Month


Following an Award winning engagement at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel, written and performed by Tim Crouch, will play SoHo Playhouse as part of the Fringe Encore Series.

AFGHANISTAN IS NOT FUNNY Begins Performances This Week at SoHo Playhouse


Following Award-winning engagements at the 2022 Edinburgh, Hollywood and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, Afghanistan Is Not Funny, written and performed by Henry Naylor, bows Off-Broadway this December at SoHo Playhouse.

The Apollo to Present World Premiere of THE BLUES AND ITS PEOPLE By Trumpeter Russell Gunn


The Apollo will continue its 2022–23 season theme of The Next Movement with The Blues and Its People, a new commissioned work composed by Grammy-nominated trumpeter Russell Gunn, in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the acclaimed book Blues People: Negro Music in White America written by writer, poet, and political activist Amiri Baraka. 

Jobsite Theatre Announces Cast of PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE


Jobsite Theater, resident theater company at the Straz Center, is thrilled will kick off its 24th season with this hilarious comedy from the original “wild and crazy guy,” Steve Martin.

GRAY Presents CITING BLACK GEOGRAPHIES


Citing Black Geographies presents the work of fifteen artists whose practices examine “black space”—a term describing the topographies, zones, scenes, and structures that portend black cultural experience.

Leo Rising Theatre Co. Presents DUTCHMAN By LeRoi Jones


Leo Rising Theatre Company presents DUTCHMAN by LeRoi Jones! Our company is excited to educate, excite and intrigue audiences with our quick, 60-minute production.

'PEN America at 100' Highlighting 100 Years of Writers' Activism to be Presented at New-York Historical Society


PEN America marks a century of work at the forefront of the ever-urgent fight for free expression with PEN America at 100: A Century of Defending the Written Word, which presents letters, photographs, posters, awards, and other artifacts dating from 1922 to the present.

Review: Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones' DUTCHMAN Is a Powerful Punch in the Gut at American Stage


Led by a visionary, risk-taking director, Erica Sutherlin, this important work will rattle you to your core.

Previews: DUTCHMAN at American Stage


'Dutchman' originally debuted during the Civil Rights movement, but, sadly, this Obie Award-winning play about race and identity continues to be highly relevant.

LeRoi Jones FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has LeRoi Jones written?

LeRoi Jones has written 5 shows including The American Dream/ Dutchman (Playwright), Dutchman (Playwright), The Baptism (Playwright), A Black Quartet (Playwright), Slave Ship (Playwright).

What awards has LeRoi Jones been nominated for?

LeRoi Jones has been nominated for the Best New American Play award (Obie Awards) for "Dutchman."

What awards has LeRoi Jones won?

LeRoi Jones won the Obie Award for Best New American Play for "Dutchman."

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