theatre
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Emmy, Grammy, & Tony Award-Winner, Billy Porter, Plays That’s So Random
Billy Porter joins us in our studio to talk about his memoir “Unprotected,” politics, and belts out a couple of tunes.
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Ventriloquist Retires Racist Puppet to The Shelf After Backlash [Update]
He never gave a formal apology for his obviously offensive performance.
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Black Stars to See on Broadway this Fall
Make sure to grab your tickets for the sure-to-be-incredible performances by these talented Black actors.
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Khris Davis, McKinley Belcher III on Bringing the Black Perspective to Life in Broadway’s Death of A Salesman
Opening night for Death of A Salesman takes place Sunday, Oct. 9.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Charles Fuller Dies at 83
The Oscar-nominated writer helped launch dozens of careers with his thought-provoking plays.
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Nicole Byer Details the Audition Where She Was Asked To ‘Be Blacker’
‘She was like, ‘Be as Black as you can be. If you go too Black, I’ll bring you back,’’ the Grand Crew star said.
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What’s Black on Broadway? Death of A Salesman, Topdog/Underdog, The Piano Lesson and More
Stars like Samuel L. Jackson, Angelica Ross, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and more will be taking the stage come this fall.
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Icon Lena Horne to Become 1st Black Woman With a Broadway Theater Named in Her Honor
‘It’s my privilege, honor, and duty to memorialize Lena for generations to come,’ Nederlander Organization President James Nederlander said announcing the news.
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Jesse Williams Responds to Leaked Nude Broadway Play Footage: ‘I’m Not Really Worrying About That’
The actor performed full frontal nude during several scenes in the Broadway play, Take Me Out, a role for which he also earned a Tony nomination for last week.
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Leaked Nude Footage of Jesse Williams Condemned By Actor’s Equity Association, Second Stage Theater
The actor performed full frontal nude during several scenes in the Broadway play, Take Me Out, a role for which he also earned a Tony nomination on Monday.