Andre Holland, John Legend Join August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ on Broadway
Andre Holland (L) and John Legend *Andre Holland and John Legend are headed to Broadway for director Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s staging of the August Wilson play Jitney, according to The Hollywood...
View ArticleHampton U. President Trashes ‘The Quad’ In Letter to BET: ‘We Can’t Afford...
The Quad (BET) *Hampton University president William R. Harvey has penned a letter to BET criticizing the network’s new drama series, “The Quad,” saying it casts a negative light on Historically Black...
View ArticleInside Broadway with Donna Walker-Kuhne and Cherine E. Anderson
*Broadway and theater marketing experts, Cherine E. Anderson and Donna Walker-Kuhne have led multicultural marketing, media, promotional, and audience development campaigns in the performing arts for...
View ArticleInside Broadway: John Douglas Thompson Says Watching An August Wilson Play...
Lauded by the New York Times as “one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation,” John Douglas Thompson currently stars in August Wilson’s Jitney, which made its Broadway debut in...
View ArticleNew Trailer: Oprah Winfrey in HBOs’ ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’
Oprah Winfrey in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” *HBO has dropped a first look trailer of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” its upcoming telepic featuring Oprah Winfrey in the lead. It’s...
View ArticleRehearsals Have Begun for Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s ‘Lackawanna Blues’
Ruben Santiago-Hudson will perform his ‘Lackawanna Blues’ March 5 through April 21 at the Mark Taper Forum. For tickets and information, please visit CenterTheatreGroup.org or call (213) 628-2772....
View ArticleRuben Santiago-Hudson’s Vow to Playwright August Wilson Came True: ‘Jitney’...
*“Jitney,” the first of famed playwright August Wilson’s works he wrote as part of his collection of ten plays known as the Pittsburgh Cycle and the last to be performed on Broadway, has left its...
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