Celebrating Women of Color
By Cathy Baydianz | Don’t go into this newest off-Broadway gem by Ghanian-American screenwriter Jocelyn Bioh expecting a rehash of Lindsay Lohan’s Mean Girls. On the surface, it may seem like another teen drama about high school girls battling for the title of queen bee, but in actuality it’s a probe into the ideologies of Western standards …
The 71st Annual Tony Awards was held on Sunday, June 11th, 2017. The show aired live on CBS from Radio City Music Hall in NYC and was hosted by Kevin Spacey. The Tony Awards celebrates the theater entertainment industry yearly and brings recognition to the playwrights, cast and crew who work hard …
Black artists have been around for centuries. It seems like we’re born with art in our blood: the generations of natural-born writers, poets, musicians, and actors among our numbers speak to that phenomenon. An astonishing number of big names in arts and performance professions across the board are …
Zimbabwean actress and playwright Danai Gurira has recently been cast in the Tupac Shakur biopic “All Eyez on Me,” as Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur. Gurira is best known for her role as Michonne on AMC’s gritty horror series “The Walking Dead.” The highly anticipated film is currently shooting in Atlanta with newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr. ...
Hip-Hip magnate and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons is collaborating with Tony-winning producer Scott Prisand to create a hip-hop musical for Broadway which will be titled, “The Scenario.” Prisand is credited with creating the 1980s Rock/Jukebox musical Rock of Ages, which just ended its six-year run. It will also be a jukebox musical (a show ...
