for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf - Broadway Creative Team

Battle appeared in 15 films and television programs, including Quantum Leap, Dreamgirls, and Touched by an Angel. On Quantum Leap, he played Thames, the evil Observer from the future, in the final installment of the Evil Leaper trilogy of episodes. Battle played the role of the Cat in the first U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, based on the British show of the same name. Notably, he guest-starred as Sweet the jazz demon, in "Once More, with Feeling", Buffy The Vampire Slayer's musical episode in which his spell forces the characters to sing their biggest secrets and fears. Battle's other Broadway ... read more Born July 14, 1949 in Merced, CA, Shirley Jo Finney was a multiple award-winning director and actress. She wore her director's hat in some of the most respected regional theaters across the country, including The Fountain Theatre, LA Theater Works, Pasadena Playhouse and Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; the Goodman Theater in Chicago; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; the McCarter Theater and Crossroads Theatre Company in New Jersey; the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Cleveland Playhouse; Humana Festival at the Actors Theater of Louisville; and the Sundance Theater Workshop in Park City, Utah. Her affiliation with the Fountain ... read more Whoopi Goldberg trained at the HB Studio in New York City under acting teacher Uta Hagen. She made her first onscreen appearance in the avant-garde film Citizen: I’m Not Losing My Mind, I’m Giving It Away (1982). In 1983 she created the one-woman stage show The Spook Show, which led to the Broadway production Whoopi Goldberg, running from October 1984 to March 1985 and later filmed as the HBO special Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985). Her breakthrough film role came when she starred as Celie in The Color Purple (1985), directed by Steven Spielberg. Goldberg starred in several films throughout ... read more Costume designer Paul Tazewell's recent achievements include winning an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu and featuring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. This accolade was accompanied by a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, a Critics Choice Award, the Costume Designers Guild's Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film award, NAACP Image Award and the Innovator Award from the African American Film Critics Association, underscoring his critical role in bringing the fantastical world of Oz to life. Additional accolades include an Academy Award nomination for West Side Story in 2021, an Emmy for ... read more