Celebrating Black History Month: News, Photos & Video

VIDEO: BROADWAY SESSIONS Celebrates Black History Month- Watch Now!

BWW News Desk • February 28, 2021

Ben Cameron’s Broadway Sessions will return on February 28th at 6:30 pm EST, for a special special virtual concert experience celebrating Black History Month...

Celebrating Black History Month: SHUFFLE ALONG Shuffles to Broadway in 2016

Nicole Rosky • February 27, 2021

Based on the original book of the 1921 musical revue Shuffle Along, the story focuses on the challenges of mounting the original production of Shuffle Along...

BWW Interview: What's Next for Broadway Advocacy Coalition? Checking In with the Arts Advocacy Org

BWW News Desk • February 26, 2021

This past year has been a time of change for theatre, and one of the organizations leading the charge has been the Broadway Advocacy Coalition- founded by a...

Celebrating Black History Month: Geoffrey Holder, History-Making Tony Award-Winner

A.A. Cristi • February 25, 2021

Today it's all about history-making performer, choreographer, director, costume designer, composer and visual artist, Geoffrey Holder.

Celebrating Black History Month: MOTOWN Raises the Volume on Broadway

Nicole Rosky • February 24, 2021

Watch below as the original company performs 'Stop! In the Name of Love,' 'I Want You Back,' 'Can I Close the Door,' 'Do You Love Me,' 'Get Ready' and 'Dancing...

Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on Trailblazer Vinnette Carroll

BWW News Desk • February 23, 2021

Vinnette Carroll was an American playwright, actress, and theatre director best known for being the was the first African-American woman to direct on Broadway...

VIDEO: Watch the Cast of TINA Unite to Perform Daniel J. Watts' Poignant Poem, 'The Gatherers'

Nicole Rosky • February 22, 2021

Days after Broadway theatres went dark and cities shuttered last March, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL’s Tony-nominated Daniel J. Watts (Ike Turner) sat down...

VIDEO: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Gorman & More in #Ham4Progress THE JOY IN OUR VOICES

BWW News Desk • February 21, 2021

Celebrate Black History Month with '#Ham4Progress Presents: The Joy In Our Voices', celebrating Black art and artists! Tune in tonight, February 21, at 7pm ET...

Celebrating Black History Month: MEMPHIS Turns Up the Dial on Broadway

Nicole Rosky • February 21, 2021

With music by David Bryan, lyrics by Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro, Memphis was directed by Christopher Ashley, choreographed by Sergio...

Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight On August Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright

A.A. Cristi • February 20, 2021

August Wilson is best known as the author of the American Century Cycle, a series of ten plays including Gem of the Ocean, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Ma...

Celebrating Black History Month: RAGTIME Arrives on Ellis Island

Nicole Rosky • February 18, 2021

Ragtime originally opened on Broadway in 1998 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, where it played for 834 performances. With music by Stephen Flaherty...

Get Healthy This Month with The Ultimate BIPOC FitPro Database!

BWW News Desk • February 16, 2021

Looking to live a healthier life this February and beyond? Look no further than The Ultimate BIPOC FitPro Database- a new resource highlighting the many...

Celebrating Black History Month: Encores! Eases On Down the Road with THE WIZ in 2009

Nicole Rosky • February 14, 2021

Today we're celebrating Black History Month by taking a closer look at the 2009 Encores! production of The Wiz, which starred James Monroe Iglehart, Joshua...

Celebrating Black History Month: Spotlight on Alvin Ailey

BWW News Desk • February 13, 2021

Today we learn all about Alvin Ailey- a dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who is perhaps best known for founding the Alvin Ailey American Dance...

BWW Interview: Tamara Tunie Outlines What's Next for Black Theatre United

BWW News Desk • February 12, 2021

Awareness, accountability, advocacy and action- these are the four pillars on which Black Theatre United was built when it came to be last June. One of BTU's...

Celebrating Black History Month: AFTER MIDNIGHT Brings Jazz Back to Broadway

Nicole Rosky • February 11, 2021

Today we celebrate Black History Month by taking a closer look at After Midnight. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, it played for 273 performances...