Black Theatre Troupe opens its 2018-19 season with its first production of THE WIZ, the rock and soul version of The Wizard of Oz. Performances of THE WIZ are Sept 28-Oct. 14 at the Tempe Center for the Arts, which will be the first time the acclaimed company has performed in the venue.
Black Ensemble Theater concludes the 2017 Season (The Dance Theater Season) with Sammy: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr., written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Associate Director Daryl D. Brooks, with choreography by Rueben D. Echoles. Sammy: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr. will be performed at the Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, 4450 N. Clark Street in Chicago, December 9, 2017 January 21, 2018.
Last season's sold-out, legendary holiday event by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, returns to the Black Theatre Troupe stage for a limited two-week special engagement.
One of the most renowned musicals of the holiday season returns to Black Theatre Troupe, BLACK NATIVITY on December 2 - 18, 2016 at the Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center, 1333 E. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85034.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, and rediscovering one of the West End's most popular dramatists of the 1930s and 1940s, Dr Angelus by James Bridie starring David Rintoul and Malcolm Rennie plays at the acclaimed Finborough Theatre on Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday matinees from Sunday, 27 November 2016 (Press Night: Monday, 28 November 2016 at 7.30pm).
Washington, D.C. - Authors George R. Johnson and Frances R. Johnson assert that after the mandatory, but often uncomfortable, 'sex talk' about the birds and the bees, another just as important talk about safety must occur. They call this 'the second talk,' and in their new, aptly named book, 'The Second Talk' (published by AuthorHouse), the Johnsons discuss life-saving tips for everyone of driving age and beyond.
Award-winning science journalist George Johnson debunks popular assumptions about how to prevent cancer. With his new book, THE CANCER CHRONICLES: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery (published by Knopf), Johnson cites scientific evidence that
In September, Bookworks hosts nationally-touring and local authors whose work will pique readers' varied interests in government, the wilderness, mystery, medicine, and music.
Set against the interesting backdrop of flowing petticoats in a sea of celestial dots of light, Lauren Gunderson's charmingly lyrical new play SILENT SKY is now enjoying a fully-staged World Premiere production at South Coast Repertory through May 1. With a penchant for subtle wit and sincerely earnest dialogue, Gunderson has attempted a nicely-crafted 'work-in-progress' that gives us a headstrong heroine nerd to root for from America's little-known historical margins.