'The Book of Mormon': 'South Park' on Broadway?

April 08, 2011

The creators of the animated series have brought their brand of faux irony to Broadway. They make fun of everyone -- but with this musical, are black people the ultimate butt of their jokes?

Hugh Hefner: Civil Rights Activist?

A documentary about the Playboy patriarch makes a strong case for "yes."

More Black Faces on the Great White Way

But what do these new race-related productions mean for Stepin Fetchit, skin color and the N-word?

The Clumsiness of Suzan-Lori Parks’ 'The Book of Grace'

You expect the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to serve up strange. (Remember the whiteface Lincoln in Topdog/Underdog?) But being an experimental artist means the experiments don't always work.