Eboni Muse News

Award winning musical theater writers Richard Allen and Taran Gray have revealed the cast for the upcoming staged reading of their newest musical, The Frog’s Princess.  

Interview with RIPPED directors Kate Rose Reynolds and John Wells III, about working together as joint directors, and why this play is more topical than ever as it explores from multiple angles an incident of a female college freshman who believes she was sexually assaulted. 

Teatro San Diego brought its second live theatre performance to stage this past weekend with THE WIZ.  The ambitious musical featured a talented cast with impressive vocals and showcased the vision and promise of this burgeoning theatre company.   

Chadae Nichol will helm the production as director.

After a national casting search including hundreds of submissions, and a dozen finalists, the producers of MacGyver the Musical announced today that RJ Christian will play the title role on the show's original cast recording.

Watch performances from the finalists! The public has voted and the finalists are in for the MacGyver Musical cast recording contest. One lucky winner, selected by the MacGyver production team will be flown to NYC, housed in a hotel, and be professionally recorded, as well as take home $1000!

Richard Allen and Taran Gray, the creators of the award-winning FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical will be releasing the 18-song world premiere recording in its entirety on November 19th. 

California Center for the Arts, Escondido Theatricals presents its inaugural main stage engagement of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - In Concert.

BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL now playing from New Village Arts brings the songs and the personality of the 1960s into musical technicolor.  This live show is running through July 25th at the Flower Fields stage in Carlsbad. 

BEEHIVE the 60s Musical opened at New Village Arts on June 11! The show runs through JULY 25, 2021 at The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch.

New Village Arts' partnership with the world-famous The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch continues with BEEHIVE The 60s Musical, celebrating the powerful female voices of the 1960s with such timeless hits as “My Boyfriend's Back,” “Be My Baby,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.”

New York Theatre Barn will host a free special event live stream of excerpts from the new civil rights musical Freedom Riders on Wednesday, February 24th, 2020 at 7PM EDT. The live 1-hour presentation will also feature a conversation with the writers and a special appearance by one of the last surviving Freedom Riders Charles Person. 

Winners have been announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld San Diego Awards - which were back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! 

Award winning musical theater writers Richard Allen and Taran Gray announced a free streaming Christmas special, WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS on December 22nd at 8pm and 11pm (ET). All money raised will go directly to the Family Promise non-profit organization.

San Diego's premiere Black theatre, Common Ground Theatre, is proud to announce its 2020-21 season, filled with virtual and outdoor performances around the theme of “Raising Our Consciousness to a Higher Level.” In partnership with Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, Common Ground Theatre's season seeks to provide a “common ground” for people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to participate, interact, connect and share their love of theatre.

San Diego Musical Theatre has announced the 'SDMT Stars Under The Stars Spooktacular Concert' streaming now thru November 1, 2020.

Conejo Players Theatre presents: Haunted Broadway, a drive-in musical revue from October 23-25. Get ready to celebrate all your spooky Halloween favorites performed by an all new cast of some of the best talent in Ventura County!

The leadership teams of San Diego Repertory Theatre (San Diego REP), The Old Globe and La Jolla Playhouse announced today a new partnership between the three theatres to co-sponsor San Diego REP's successful series, a?oeWe Are Listening,a?? a live online salon about Black artists' experiences in the theatre industry hosted and curated by San Diego REP's Development Coordinator Ahmed K. Dents.

Fête Noire: A Festival Celebrating Black Culture Across the African Diaspora by New Match Collective and its powerful pieces and performances are the perfect way to close out February.

LA's newest monthly musical series, Feinstein's Presents mostlyNEWmusicals, returns Monday, January 20th, 2020 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), with FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical by Richard Allen and Taran Gray.