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Experience the radical adaptation of John Gay's banned sequel to THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, now reimagined as POLLY (THE HEARTBREAK OPERA).

Featuring new gig theatre, new plays, immersive theatre experiences, dance, comedy, and physical performance The Lowry, Salford has announced its Contemporary Season for Spring 2024. 

Tambra Cheri, Marie Hamilton-Abston, Aikisha Holly-Colon, Lateshia Pearson, Latrice Rogers and Sophia O. Williams aka “Sogucci” are the Belles of “Belle Collective,” a group of entrepreneurs representing tJackson and the very best of Black female entrepreneurship. Catch all the drama and excitement in this highly anticipated season.

It seems fitting that Goodman Theatre opens new Artistic Director Susan V. Booth’s inaugural season with THE NACIREMA SOCIETY, a play that’s about coming out to society. This Chicago premiere marks a continuation of Booth’s long-standing relationship with celebrated Black playwright Pearl Cleage. THE NACIREMA SOCIETY takes the form of an extended farce, following the incredibly wealthy Dunbar family in 1964 Montgomery, Alabama. In this light-hearted (if not always legitimately laugh-out-loud) comedic play, Cleage draws heavily from classic farce conventions. As the centennial event of matriarch Grace Dubose Dunbar’s beloved Nacirema Society, Montgomery’s organization for Black young women, dawns — and she awaits her own granddaughter Grace’s coming out — the antics become more and more heightened as family secrets come to light.

The hit series from Kingdom Reign Entertainment and Carlos King returns with an explosive second season. Season two centers on six successful and glamorous women redefining what it means to be a boss and a southern belle in Jackson, Mississippi. The women of Belle Collective represent the best of Black female entrepreneurship in Mississippi.

Wendi Norris, founder and president of Gallery Wendi Norris and executive producer of When We Gather, and Justine Ludwig, executive director of Creative Time announced today that the release of the film When We Gather and the accompanying behind-the-scenes special When We Gather: Together, has been postponed one week and will launch instead on January 27, 2021, 7pm EST.

Artists María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Okwui Okpokwasili, and LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs are launching a multifaceted art project that includes a three-minute art film, directed by Codie Elaine Oliver (Black Love, OWN Network) and narrated by Emmy and Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard.

OWN announced today that the network will expand its popular Friday night unscripted programming lineup with 'Belle Collective' premiering Friday, January 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Murder on the 28th Floor is a murder mystery in a similar format to Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Two investigators who've watched a few too many 80s cop shows find themselves in an abandoned office with a few 'temporary employees', who start getting bumped off one by one.

Revitalising disused office buildings across London and rebooting work morale for staff still at home, District Theatre have created some madcap digital hilarity for the new normal.

If the turning of the year is a time to think about what's important in the world - and how to challenge everything that's wrong with it - then audiences could do a lot worse than be inspired by the riotous Polly (The Heartbreak Opera) coming to Greenwich Theatre on February 14 and 15. Produced by Marie Hamilton and Sharp Teeth Theatre, the show reimagines the sequel to John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (which sees Polly Peachum heading off in search of Macheath in the West Indies where he is living as a pirate) for a 21st century audience.

The About Face Theatre Associate Board presents HOMOTOWN 3: A Tribute To Etta, Whitney & Donna tonight, September 24, 2012 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Doors open at 6 pm, show begins at 7 pm. All proceeds benefit About Face Youth Theatre. Tickets are available at www.aboufacetheatre.com.

The About Face Theatre Associate Board presents HOMOTOWN 3: A Tribute To Etta, Whitney & Donna on Monday, September 24, 2012 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Doors open at 6 pm, show begins at 7 pm. All proceeds benefit About Face Youth Theatre. Tickets are available at www.aboufacetheatre.com.