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Icon Status - Jeffrey Wright
55th NAACP Image Awards

Washington, D.C., native Jeffrey Wright has won an Emmy, a Tony, a Golden Globe, an Oscar nomination and the adoration of fans everywhere for his acting talents and commitment to diversity.
03/07/2024

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal To Return To The Broadway Stage in “Othello”

The production is scheduled to open in the spring of 2025.
03/07/2024
for colored girls Broadway photos

REVIEW: Why The Broadway Revival of 'For Colored Girls' Deserves One Last Encore

The Camille A. Brown-directed, Tony nominated production will close for good on June 5.
06/02/2022

Suzan-Lori Parks' Trilogy Wins Kennedy Prize for Drama

Parks' historical Civil War play received rave reviews.
02/23/2015

New Brooklyn Theater Revives Rarely Seen Black Plays Through Reading Series

The audience decides which one will get staged in the fall.
07/07/2014

Broadway Shows Experience Boost in Black Audiences, Actors

"There's something for everybody," says Audra McDonald.
04/28/2014

This Day in Black History: July 24, 1807

Black Shakespearian actor Ira Frederick Aldridge was born.
07/24/2013

Theatre Review: Detroit '67

Race and gender are tackled in the Dominique Morisseau play.
03/13/2013

This Day in Black History: Aug. 12, 1990

Playwright August Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize.
08/12/2012
James Baldwin - During the civil rights movement, the openly gay novelist/essayist/playwright boldly became the literary voice of the era, writing works that not only exposed the ugly truths about inequality (The Fire Next Time) but preached about the deep love needed to remedy the problem. He was also very involved with groups like SNCC and the Congress of Racial Equality, and he attended a meeting with then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to discuss the moral implications of the civil rights movement.

Black Theater Companies Stage Benefit Production Honoring James Baldwin

Theaters nationwide will stage The Amen Corner.
06/14/2012
What Goes Around Comes Around, Sunday at 2A/1C - Wesley Jonathan's getting what he deserves. (Photo: 260 Degrees Entertainment)

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Clip of Talbert's "What Goes Around Comes Around."
03/06/2012