143 stories by "Drew Shade"
Tony Award winner Heather Headley played her final performance in The Color Purple on October 2nd, 2016, after starting her run in the revival on May 10, 2016. After the curtain cal…
The stars have come out to #SaveAintNoMo, a campaign launched by the show's star and playwright, Jordan E. Cooper. Cooper launched the #SaveAintNoMo campaign on December 9th after its closin…
Producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group announced today that an all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winn…
After being shut down for 18 months, The Lion King returns triumphantly and proves why the show has lasted for over 20 years at the Minskoff Theatre. Reopening on Sept 14th, 2021, the Disney…
The critically acclaimed, award-winning play PASS OVER by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu (Afira Akbar, The Guardian) will reopen the August Wilson Theatre, formerly the Broadway home of Mean Gir…
The nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday morning. The Hollywood Foreign Press held a virtual ceremony hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji …
Hosted by Kristolyn Lloyd (Dear Evan Hansen) & Bryan Terrell Clark (Hamilton), the nomination ceremony for the inaugural Antonyo Awards, a celebration of the Black Broadway and Off-Broad…
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Academy award-winning film director, Spike Lee (Blackkklansman) will emcee the first-ever performance of a Broadway play, To Kill A Mockingbird, at Madison Square Garden. The current cast w…
Adapted from the Langston Hughes poem, The Black Clown by Davóne Tines & Michael Schachter begins performances today at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival. Performed …
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Olivier Award winner for her portrayal of Effie White in London's West End production of Dreamgirls, Amber Riley (Dreamgirls UK) and Pose star…
Cynthia Erivo is Harriet Tubman in the film Harriet set to be released November 1st. She is joined by Broadway star Leslie Odom Jr. as abolitionist William Still, who helped Tubman org…
Tina"The Tina Turner Musical has found and announced it's cast. As previously announced, Adrienne Warren will return to the title role she originated in the West End. She will be joined by D…
Tony Award winners Billy Porter & Viola Davis have found themselves on the list for the 2019 Emmy nominations for "Pose" and "How To Get Away With Murder," respectively. Theatre veteran …
Waitress, the musical based on the 2007 film, will end its run in January 2020, according to The Hollywood Reporter. January 5th, to be exact, will be the final performance at the Brooks …
Comedian Dave Chappelle made his Broadway debut July 9th with Dave Chappelle Live on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Originally scheduled to close July 13th the residency was ex…
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris will transfer to Broadway making the 30-year-old playwright the youngest black man in history to have a play produced on Broadway and only the sixth Blac…
Join the Black Broadway community tonight, April 8th, as they perform inspirational cover songs at Darkness RISING: Live 2. The concert benefits Darkness RISING Nonprofit, an organization fo…
There is limited seating left for Erika Dickerson-Despenza's new play CULLUD WATTAH at The Public Theater. Opening today, Thursday, March 7th and running until Sunday, March 10th in the Publ…
Get into the rehearsal photos for Ain't No Mo'  by Jordan E. Cooper going up at The Public Theater directed by and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb. performances begin Tuesday, …
Watch as host Drew Shade takes you behind the set of Loy A. Webb's The Light with the stars of the show, Mandi Masden and McKinley Belcher III. Set design by Kimie Nishikawa. Broadway Black …
Now extended through March 10th, the world premiere of Behind The Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson will continue its performances at the Ensemble Studio Theater which began January 9th. Charl…
Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight, The Brother/Sister Plays, High Flying Bird) will begin its f…
It’s official! Tony Award winners Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple) and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton), along with his wife Nicolette Robinson (Waitress) have joined on as producers …
The living legend Cicely Tyson is featured on the cover of TIMEÂ magazines 2019 Optimists issue after being chosen for the honor by filmmaker and guest editor, Ava DuVernay. The cover capt…