Date of Birth: October 18, 1948 (77)
Birth Place: Trenton, NJ, USA
Ntozake Shange's landmark choreopoem returns to Hoboken fifty years after its Broadway debut, directed by Daryl Stewart and featuring a cast including Zaria Monae, Lynn Irby Hill, and others.
Choreographer Cynthia Oliver has been named recipient of the $50,000 Knight Choreography Prize, awarded annually to honor artists whose work advances dance and expands audiences for the artform.
The Public Theater revealed its 2026-27 season lineup, expanding to 18 productions.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 11, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Production images have been released for The Yard Theatre's revival of Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.
Ntozake Shange’s 1976 choreopoem debuts in London on the 50th anniversary of its premiere.
Atlantic Theater Company announced casting for its Judith Champion MixFest, featuring new musicals and readings at the Linda Gross Theater in New York City.
The Yard Theatre has extended its revival of Ntozake Shange's choreopoem FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF by two weeks, directed by Diane Page.
The 50th anniversary production of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, opened at eta Creative Arts.
The Last Acting Studio in Los Angeles will present a reimagined staging of Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, directed by studio founder Desean K.
Firehouse Theatre will present Confederates by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, to open its 33rd Mainstage Season in Richmond.
The Yard Theatre has announced the full cast for a revival of Ntozake Shange's choreopoem FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, directed by Diane Page.
eta Creative Arts Foundation will present Ntozake Shange's FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, directed by Donn Carl Harper, marking the choreopoem's 50th anniversary in Chicago.
Theatre in the X will present Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia, marking the Obie Award-winning work's 50th anniversary with free public performances.
See photos from inside opening night of a new production of SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD, now playing at Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick.
Expand the Canon announced a debut monologue collection featuring 100+ classical pieces from plays by women between 1640 and 1987, spanning 34 playwrights across 15 countries, edited by Artistic Director Emily Lyon.
The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick announced its first season in a new RIBA award-winning building, featuring six productions including Ian McKellen in LEAR and a 50th-anniversary revival of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.
Daryl Stewart Productions will present a one-night-only staging of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf at the Newark Museum of Art, marking the choreopoem's 50th anniversary.
The Public Theater has announced the lineup for The Public’s Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 season.
Liza Jessie Peterson, recently cast in the final season of Paramount+ series THE CHI, will present her play SISTAH-GURLS AND THE SQUIRREL at Crossroads Theatre Company's 37th annual Genesis Festival in New Brunswick, NJ on April 11.
