Theater
Tony Awards 2013 nominees: Courtney B. Vance, Cicely Tyson, Billy Porter, Condola Rashad and more receive nods
The nominations for American Theatre Wing’s 67th annual Tony Awards were announced early Tuesday morning. Performers from productions such as ‘Kinky Boots,’ “Motown The Musical,” Pippin,” “Lucky Guy,” “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” and “The Trip to Bountiful” were nominated in various categories. Only Broadway shows that opened since April 26, 2012, are eligible. The Broadway League... Read More »
Condola Rashad, Joe Morton to star in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ on Broadway
Tony nominee Condola Rashad will star alongside Orlando Bloom on Broadway this fall in a modern take on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, producers announced yesterday. Directed by five-time Tony Award nominee David Leveaux, the production centers on the classic feud between the Montague and Capulet families and will focus on an added racial element in this version of... Read More »
All-Black ‘Julius Caesar’ at BAM
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) will present an all-black production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, to run April 10 through Apr 28, 2013 at the BAM Harvey Theater. Gregory Doran will direct a cast that includes Paterson Joseph as Brutus (pictured), Jeffrey Kissoon as Julius Caesar, and Ray Fearon as Marc Anthony. Brooklyn, NY—The world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company returns to BAM with a new twist on Shakespeare’s Julius... Read More »
Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr and the Cast of Broadways ‘The Trip to Bountiful’ Meet the Press (Photo)
With the Broadway production of The Trip to Bountiful fast approaching previews at the Sondheim, the all-star cast have begun making their promotional rounds and we have pics from their first official appearance together. Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Condola Rashad and Tom Wopat met the press yesterday at Sardis in New York City. Directed by Michael... Read More »
Eisa Davis, Russell G. Jones and Crystal A. Dickinson Star in Horizon’s ‘The Call’
The Playwrights Horizon production of Tanya Barfield‘s ’The Call’ begins previews March 22. Opening night is April 14. Directed by Leigh Silverman, the African adoption drama features Eisa Davis, Russell G. Jones, Crystal A. Dickinson, Kelly AuCoin and Kerry Butler. Part of the 2012/2013 season slate, producers describe “The Call” as such: “When Annie and Peter decide to adopt, they come to set their sights on a child... Read More »
Stage and screen star Ben Vereen to teach master class in Hoboken next week
HOBOKEN — Broadway star Ben Vereen will be holding a two-part master class for budding musical performers who are destined for the stage. Rehearsals for students of at least 15 years old will be held Saturday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. at Garden Street School of the Performing Arts Dance Studio at 1018 Washington St., Second floor, followed by... Read More »
‘Motown: The Musical’: Raymond Luke Jr. and Jibreel Mawry Cast as Young Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder
Broadway’s Motown: The Musical has found it’s young Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Berry Gordy. Child actors/singers Raymond Luke Jr. and Jibreel Mawry have joined the robust cast of Motown: The Musical, which will begin previews March 11 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Luke and Mawry will make their Broadway debut in the production that tells the career and life... Read More »
Adesola Osakalumi and Michelle Williams Lead ‘Fela!’ 2013 National Tour
The hit award-winning Broadway musical Fela! is bringing Africa to theaters across the U.S. starting this week with it’s latest national tour, starring Adesola Osakalumi and Michelle Williams, at the Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC. A triumphant and inspirational tale of courage, passion and love, Fela! is the true story of Kuti, who created a type of music,... Read More »
Courtney B. Vance and Stephen Tyrone Williams Join the Cast of ‘Lucky Guy’
Two-time Tony Award nominee Courtney B. Vance has joined the cast of LUCKY GUY on Broadway. Vance will be returning to Broadway for the first time in 20 years. The production stars two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, in a new play by three-time Academy Award-nominee Nora Ephron and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner George C. Wolfe. Nora Ephron’s LUCKY GUY marks a return to... Read More »
Joshua Henry, Tonya Pinkins and Condola Rashad Set for Benefit Reading of ‘Intimate Apparel’
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s acclaimed play INTIMATE APPAREL returns to New York on January 7th, 2013 at 7pm for a one night only benefit reading in the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street,) directed by Jade King Carroll and featuring an all-star cast. All proceeds from the reading will... Read More »
Denzel Washington to Return to Broadway + A Look Back at his debut in ‘Checkmates’
Denzel Washington, who celebrated his 58th birthday last month, may return to the Broadway stage in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. According to New York Post writer Michael Riedel, Washington will play Walter Lee Younger in the show. Washington made his Broadway debut in a 1988 production of Ron Milner’s Checkmates. The production starred... Read More »
Top 10 Performances of 2012
It’s that time of the year again when we reflect on the top 10 best performances by a black actor in film, television and theater projects released over the past year. Blackactors.net editors, writers and contributors have come up with a list of names who we honestly, whole heartedly believe gave the most compelling performances of 2012. Our list... Read More »
Watch the trailer for ‘The Bodyguard’ musical
Following the official opening of the new West End musical The Bodyguard at the Adelphi Theatre earlier this month in London, comes a dazzling video preview trailer for the critically acclaimed stage drama. Watch it below! Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated film, The Bodyguard, centers on Heather Headley as Rachel Marron, a platinum selling recording artist. The... Read More »
Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa L. Williams and Condola Rashad Will Join Cicely Tyson in Broadway’s ‘The Trip to Bountiful’
14-Week Limited Engagement Begins March 31, 2013 At Broadway’s Stephen Sondheim Theatre Opening Night is April 23, 2013 * * * * * * * * Academy Award winner CUBA GOODING, JR, (Jerry Maguire, Red Tails),Emmy Award nominee and recording star VANESSA WILLIAMS (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives), and Tony Award nominee CONDOLA RASHAD(Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias, Broadway’s Stick Fly) will star along with the previously announced CICELY TYSON in the... Read More »
Charl Brown Cast as Smokey Robinson in Broadway’s ‘Motown The Musical’
Producers announced today additional Broadway casting for the world premiere of Motown: The Musical, based on the life of iconic Motown founder Berry Gordy. Broadway star Charl Brown (Sister Act) will join the cast as Smokey Robinson. As previously announced, Tony Award® nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple) and Valisia LeKae (The Book of Mormon) will star in the leading roles of Berry Gordy and... Read More »
Cicely Tyson to return to Broadway in ‘The Trip to Bountiful’
Here’s your chance to see an acting legend command a stage in person. Emmy winner Cicely Tyson will assume the lead role of Carrie Watts in the new Broadway production of Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful, which begin previews March 31, 2013, at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. The role marks a return to Broadway for Tyson after thirty years and the first time the... Read More »
