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How/When/Where to Watch the 2022 Tony Awards and Other Questions Answered!

by Team BWW — June 11, 2022

The 75th Annual Tony Awards are back this year at Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the best of Broadway for the 2021/22 theatre season.

Photos: Broadway Stars Align on the 2022 Tony Awards Red Carpet

by Bruce Glikas — June 12, 2022

We're taking you to the red carpet for a look at all of the stars (and what they're wearing) at them 2022 Tony Awards!

Performances Announced For The 75th Annual Tony Awards

by Michael Major — June 9, 2022

Find out what shows and stars are performing at this year's 2022 Tony Awards!

Presenters Announced for the 75th Annual Tony Awards

by Nicole Rosky — June 7, 2022

The biggest stars from stage and screen are set to take the stage at the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City to celebrate the 75th Annual Tony Awards.

BLACK WOMEN ON BROADWAY to Host Inaugural Awards Ceremony

by A.A. Cristi — June 1, 2022

The Instagram account 'Black Women on Broadway,' will host its first awards ceremony this week at New York City's Empire Hotel.

BWW Review: PLAZA THEATRICALS production of The Long Island Premiere Of THE COLOR PURPLE Is Beautiful and Here

by Nicholas Pontolillo — May 31, 2022

Alice Walker wrote in The Color Purple, 'I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

Myles Frost, Sharon D. Clarke, Jaquel Spivey & More Amongst 2022 Theatre World Awards Recipients

by Nicole Rosky — May 6, 2022

Each year The Theatre World Awards presents 12 awards to outstanding debut performances on and off-Broadway.

Kandi Burruss to Join Producing Team of THE PIANO LESSON on Broadway

by Chloe Rabinowitz — May 3, 2022

Kandi Burruss, the Grammy Award-winning singer / songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, star of “the Real Housewives of Atlanta” on BRAVO, and producer of Thoughts of a Colored Man, alongside Todd Tucker, announced today that they will be joining the producing team for The Piano Lesson on Broadw

Up on the Marquee: THE PIANO LESSON

by Nicole Rosky — April 27, 2022

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of August Wilson’s seminal, Pulitzer Prize®-winning drama The Piano Lesson, and the first in more than 30 years since the play’s Main Stem premiere, is the first marquee of the 2022 / 2023 season to hit Broadway at the iconic St.

Terrence J. Smith, Tiffany Elle Burgess, and Aba Arthur Join THE COLOR PURPLE Film

by Stephi Wild — April 27, 2022

Three new faces have been added to the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple.

Trai Byers, Ray Fisher, April Matthis & Michael Potts Join the Cast of THE PIANO LESSON Starring Samuel L. Jackson & More

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 26, 2022

Producers Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman and Tom Kirdahy announced additional cast for the revival of August Wilson’s seminal, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Piano Lesson, the first Broadway revival in more than 30 years since the play’s Main Stem premiere in 1990.

Everything You Need to Know About THE COLOR PURPLE Movie

by Michael Major — May 7, 2022

The musical, featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, blues and African rhythms, has a book by Marsha Norman with music by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.

Jon Batiste Joins THE COLOR PURPLE Film

by Michael Major — April 15, 2022

Jon Batiste has joined the cast of the upcoming musical film adaption of The Color Purple.

Elizabeth Marvel Joins THE COLOR PURPLE Film Adaption

by Michael Major — April 8, 2022

Elizabeth Marvel will play the role of Miss Millie, the unpleasant wife of the mayor, who hires Sofia to be her maid.

THE PIANO LESSON, Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, & John David Washington, Will Arrive on Broadway This Fall

by Nicole Rosky — March 29, 2022

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Samuel L.