Ato Essandoh News

Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Angela Bassett, and more took home awards this past weekend at the 57th NAACP Image Awards. Check out the full list of winners now.

The NAACP has announced the full list of “NAACP Image Awards” nominees, with nominees including Wicked: For Good, Cynthia Erivo, Audra McDonald, and more. Check out the full list here.

Ariana Grande, Jessie Buckley, Ethan Hawke, and more have received nominations for their performances in Wicked: For Good, Hamnet, and Blue Moon at SAG-AFTRA's 32nd Annual Actor Awards.

Jessie Buckley won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film adaptation of Hamnet. Wicked: For Good, which received 7 nominations, did not win any. Check out the full list here!

Wicked: For Good has received 7 nominations at the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards, including Best Picture. Other notable nominees in various categories include Hamnet, Blue Moon, The Testament of Ann Lee, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

On Saturday, November 29 Colt Coeur kicked off their 15th anniversary season with the World Premiere of The Surgeon and Her Daughters by Chris Gabo. See photos of the opening night celebration!

Colt Coeur, the Brooklyn-based theatre company founded in 2010, celebrated its 15th Anniversary Benefit Bash at the Wythe Hotel on Sunday, October 26. Check out photos of the event.

Colt Coeur will celebrate its 15th Anniversary Benefit Bash on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, featuring performances by Ato Essandoh, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and more.

Colt Coeur will present the World Premiere of The Surgeon and Her Daughters, a new play by Chris Gabo (In Treatment, HBO) directed by Campbell-Holt. The production will run November 23 – December 20 at Theater 154 (154 Christopher Street, New York, NY).

Colt Coeur has announced the 2025–26 Resident Artists for its CoCo Residency Program and will celebrate its 15th Anniversary Benefit Bash on October 26 at the Wythe Hotel.

WP Theater held its 2025 Annual Gala, celebrating extraordinary achievement by Women+ artists and industry leaders. Check out photos from the production.

Colt Coeur and WP Theater are presenting the world premiere of minor•ity, the biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”. Check out photos from opening night!

Colt Coeur and WP Theater are extending the world premiere of minor•ity, the biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

You can now get a first look at the world premiere of minor•ity, francisca da silveira’s biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”, co-produced by Colt Coeur and WP Theater.

You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Public Theater’s production of GLASS. KILL. WHAT IF IF ONLY. IMP. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

The World Premiere of minor•ity is being presented at WP Theater, co-produced with Colt Coeur. You can now get a first look at photos of the cast meeting the press here! 

Go inside opening night of STILL Off-Broadway in new photos from the big night. Joining Melissa Gilbert and Mark Moses were opening night guests including Amber Ardolino, Carolyn McCormick, Will Eno, Ato Essandoh, Bonnie Milligan, Donny Murphy, Randy Rainbow, Ben Levi Ross, Taylor Trensch, and more.

Colt Coeur and WP Theater have revealed the cast for the the world premiere of minor•ity, francisca da silveira’s biting comedy about the “business of art” and the “art of identity”. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

This morning, nominees for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced. Check out the full list of nominations, which include Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Colman Domingo, Martin Short, and more.

Netflix has renewed the critically-acclaimed political drama The Diplomat for a third season, ahead of its Season 2 premiere on October 31. The news was shared by Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria on stage at the Bloomberg Screentime Conference in Los Angeles.