Emily Yancy News

Join Emily Yancy and Hattie Winston for a special one-off reading of HAVING OUR SAY at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center.

The trailer for Ava DuVernay’s latest film Origin has been released, featuring Audra McDonald, Myles Frost, and Jasmine Cephas Jones. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, the film also includes Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Vera Farmiga, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Nick Offerman, and Stephanie March. Watch the video!

Written, produced, and directed by Academy Award nominee Ava DuVernay, Origin chronicles the remarkable life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson (played by Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) as she investigates the genesis of injustice and uncovers a hidden truth that affects us all.

For the first time ever, the legendary recordings of the exuberant, tune-filled musicals of Broadway composer-lyricist Jerry Herman are available in a new digital-only collection from Masterworks Broadway.