Anika Noni Rose News

Just last night, Billy Crudup and Deirdre O'Connell co-hosted Vineyard Theatre's annual gala, honoring New York City Council Member Carlina Rivera and celebrating the music of the extraordinary late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro. 

Today's top stories include show cancellations this weekend due to COVID, which include Moulin Rouge!, The Skin of Our Teeth, and SUFFS. Plus, watch Lizzo sing from Moulin Rouge! and more!

Vineyard Theatre has announced that Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show,” The Vineyard’s Harry Clarke) and Deirdre O'Connell (recent Tony Nominee for Dana H.) will co-host Vineyard Theatre’s annual gala on Monday, May 16, 2022.

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!

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern and Managing Director Suzanne Appel have announced their annual gala which will honor Council Member Carlina Rivera and celebrate the music of Laura Nyro.

Symphony Space will present Selected Shorts: Dangerous Women, an evening of short stories celebrating women who subvert expectations and disrupt the peace, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist classic “The Yellow Wallpaper.”

Miscast22 took place in-person, returning to the Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday April 4, 2022. The evening honored Emmy and Tony Award-winner Christine Baranski, MCC Board Chair Susan Raanan, and MCC Youth Company Alum Alexander Lambie. View photos from the red carpet!

Symphony Space will present Wall to Wall Selected Shorts, a monumental celebration of short fiction, March 26 in Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp theater in New York City (2537 Broadway at 95th Street).

MCC Theater announced today that Miscast22 will take place in-person, returning to the Hammerstein Ballroom on Monday April 4, 2022. 

Symphony Space will present Wall to Wall Selected Shorts, employing the day-long-marathon approach of its Wall to Wall series in a monumental celebration of the organization’s pioneering literature-in-performance program, Selected Shorts, March 26 in Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp theater in New York City.

Today, the full list of nominees for the “53rd NAACP Image Awards” were announced. Nominees included Ariana DeBose, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Encanto, Cynthia Erivo, Audra McDonald, Respect, Taraji P. Henson, Tituss Burgess, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, Denzel Washington, and more. Check out the full list of nominees now!

In the wake of Stephen Sondheim's passing, there has been an outpouring of grief from the Broadway community and beyond. Read them all here.

The Burman Award finalists were: Bob Levy and Alyce Finell. The Wallowitich Award finalists were: Alex Goldie Golden and Billy Recce.

Disney Plus has shared the first look at concept art for the upcoming musical series Tiana, based on The Princess and the Frog. Disney announced the project last year during their Investors Day.

Anika Noni Rose appeared on The Wendy Williams Show to discuss her new Netflix series Maid, attending and performing at the 2020 Tony Awards, and voicing Princess Tiana in Disney's Princess and the Frog. Watch the full interview with guest host Sherri Shepherd below!

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated and Olivier Award-winning musical Caroline, or Change, which opens tonight, at Studio 54.

Anika Noni Rose (voice of Disney Princess Tiana) is guest starring in an upcoming episode of the hit Disney series “Amphibia.” Anika plays Dr. Jan. Watch a clip of the episode now!

Accompanying her critically acclaimed performance in Netflix’s hit miniseries MAID, Tony Award Winner Anika Noni Rose has released new song “So Much More” as a tribute to the show’s themes of motherhood, poverty, and resilience.

Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space.

We're taking you backstage with all of the evening's presenters, performers, and winners!