Angela Davis News

Darkly comic and heartbreakingly beautiful, Adding Machine, a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's incendiary 1923 play, tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine.

Theatre Three presents Adding Machine: A Musical by Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith, directed by Blake Hackler, running September 28 October 22, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!

Theatre Three presents Adding Machine: A Musical by Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith, directed by Blake Hackler, running September 28 October 22, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars in character below!

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre (NBT) has joined forces with Hi-ARTS for the world premiere of The Peculiar Patriot.

Winning Play$: Black Women, Feminism, & Empowerment was held Monday, June 26th 2017 at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.

Queer|Art has announced 'Summer of Resistance,' a special season of films selected by activists and politically engaged collectives, presented as part of the long-running Queer|Art|Film series taking place at IFC Center from May 8-August 14.

QUANAH is a new musical written by and starring Grammy Award-winning country music legend Larry Gatlin.

Quanah, the Parker Family Saga, is a new musical written by Grammy Award-winning country music legend Larry Gatlin. It is the story of Quanah Parker, the last Comanche chief, his mother Cynthia Ann Parker and the Parker Family settling in Texas and the survival and ascendancy of the great Comanche people.  It is, in part, a tragic, sad, heartbreaking story-a story of war, bloodshed, death and heartbreak-but it is, more importantly, a story celebrating the strength and power of the human spirit. Gatlin's wife Janis-who says he is never wrong-believes that it is the best music he has ever written.

The New Black Fest and The Lark, two theater organizations dedicated to celebrating and advocating for extraordinary and diverse stories, have announced the third annual The New Black Fest at The Lark.

Human rights advocates have welcomed the decision by PEN America to hold PEN's annual World Voices literary festival without funding from the Israeli government.

As part of RLTV's new Documentary strand Relevant Docs, the television premiere of the documentary FEMME: Women Healing The World will air on Sunday, February 12th at 10:00 PM ET.FEMME is a celebration of women around the world who are actively transforming and healing the global society through their words and actions.

The team at Echo Theatre is hard at work with rehearsals for our annual tradition - The Echo Room presents: HER SONG, a music and dance review celebrating jewels from the Great American Female Songbook!

The Drop, Motor City NYE 2017, will once again illuminate the Detroit skyline Today, December 31.

Motor City NYE ("The Drop") today announced Meridian Health Plan will once again be the title sponsor of this year's free downtown celebration. Meridian Motor City NYE, presented by Quicken Loans, will be held from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Campus Martius Park and Cadillac Square Saturday, December 31, 2016.  

After revealing the first edition of his two-part Red Book series, North Carolina MC Deniro Farrar reunites with director James Rico for his latest video, 'Going Down.'

The Drop, Motor City NYE 2017, will once again illuminate the Detroit skyline Saturday, December 31.

Second Stage Theatre's New York Premiere production of NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION, the latest work created, written and performed by groundbreaking theatre artist Anna Deavere Smith with music composed and performed by Marcus Shelby and directed by Leonard Foglia, opened just last night, November 2, 2016 at the Tony Kiser Theatre (305 West 43rd Street). 

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) will host a special concert on November 4, featuring Alan Pierson, conductor of the acclaimed contemporary music group Alarm Will Sound, directing the SFCM New Music Ensemble in two politically charged works: Ted Hearne's Katrina Ballads and Frederic Rzewski's Coming Together. In a special appearance, activist and author Angela Davis will act as the narrator in Rzewski's Coming Together and facilitate a conversation at the end of the concert about the topics presented in the concert.

Undermain Theatre presents 10 OUT OF 12, by Anne Washburn to follow up the successful 33rd season debut of so go the ghosts of mexico, part one.  10 OUT OF 12 will be produced at Undermain's home in Deep Ellum - 3200 Main St.