Ossie Davis News

Ronald Rand will perform his acclaimed solo play LET IT BE ART! as Harold Clurman in Athens during the Global Arts Education Summit, marking nearly 25 years of world tours. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

What did our critic think of PURLIE VICTORIOUS at KARAMU? Neither Ruby Dee or Ossie Davis ever appeared in a Karamu stage production but both had significant presence and impact in the organization and in the lives of Karamu artists. They often visited for speaking engagements, to instruct master classes, and to support Karamu's mission. The duo met at Karamu.

The North Carolina Black Repertory Company has revealed its 2025 Season, A King's Plight. The company's forty-sixth season will feature three mainstage productions that shine a light on Black patriarchs. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Theatre Aspen revealed the six newworks selected for the fifth annual Solo Flights Festival. Learn how to purchase tickets.

American Theater Group (ATG), Central NJ's professional regional theater company, will present the endearing My Italy Story by NJ playwright Joseph Gallo as its 2024-25 Season Opener, followed by the exhilarating and Tony Award-winning musical Purlie written by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose and Peter Udell with music by Gary Geld.

THEATRE ASPEN has announced the lineup for its fifth annual SOLO FLIGHTS festival, featuring a diverse range of solo performances. The festival continues to celebrate and showcase individual storytelling talent.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and directed by Two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad, will come to Broadway in spring 2025. We have all of the details!

Join Leslie Odom, Jr. for an exclusive conversation at the O'Reilly Theater in Pittsburgh on September 23, 2024.

Actor Bill Cobbs has passed away. Learn more about Cobbs' life and work.

Before you enjoy the Great Performances production, check out these five fascinating facts about the history and recent production of this groundbreaking play.

Tonight, Kara Young won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for PURLIE VICTORIOUS. Watch her acceptance speech in the video here!

The 77th Annual Tony Awards have officially begun! As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

The Black Women on Broadway Awards returned for their third annual in-person event at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on June 10.

In this edition, we hear from producer Jeffrey Richards​​​​​​​, who contributed the below essay about his six-time Tony-nominated Best Revival of a Play, Purlie Victorious.

Did you know that with her Tony nomination for Purlie Victorious, Kara Young has become the fourth actress to be nominated for Tony Awards in three consecutive years and the first African American actress to be nominated three times in a row in any category? In this video, watch as she chats more about the incredible impact of this play, why being a part of it meant so much to her, and so much more!

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce the winners of the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most important critics, the audience at large - allowing YOU to have your say during the most exciting time of the year for the theater community.

 North Carolina Black Repertory Company has announced the mainstage program for its 18th biennial International Black Theatre Festival, taking place July 29-August 3 in Winston-Salem, NC.

Later this month, Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr will perform a free concert at The Cooper Union as part of the school's 165th anniversary. The event is part of The Cooper Union’s Gardiner Foundation Great Hall Forum series and will take place on Monday, June 16 from 8:00-9:30 PM. 

Leslie Odom, Jr. will perform his 2024 Christmas tour at BroadwaySF's Golden Gate Theatre this November.

Kara Young has won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for PURLIE VICTORIOUS.