Oscar winner Denzel Washingtonis heading back to the stage, and this time he’s stepping into some really big shoes, starring in a role made famous by Sidney Poitier, in the highly anticipated Broadway revival ofA Raisin in The Sun. The show, directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon, begins previews March 8 and officially opens […]
Sunday Best graduate Y’Anna Crawley has found yet another way to tell her story and give back to women! Over the years Y’Anna has shown her dedication to helping women through her foundation, being an advocate for single mothers and her ongoing weight loss crusade. It is her passion to use the experiences in her own life to help guide […]
Before attending ‘Trip to Bountiful,’ FLOTUS Michelle Obama was photo’d at the US Open with daughters Malia and Sasha. *First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, attended Saturday night’s (August 24) performance of “The Trip to Bountiful.” They slipped into their seats just as the first act was starting but received a […]
*Tony Award winners Diahann Carroll and Denzel Washington will play mother and son on Broadway in a spring revival of the classic American play “A Raisin in the Sun,” an opportunity they are both happy about. “I think it’s one of our most original plays and I think that’s why it keeps coming back,” said Carroll. Washington, agreed: […]
Stop the Funeral Productions is set to release Stop the Funeral, the new play based upon the popular book by the same name. This inspirational play shines a spotlight upon the devastation that gun violence is having on America’s youth. The story features All-American high school football star Dante Jackson, who is pressured to support […]
For Berry Gordy, conquering Broadway is the next – and by his own admission, last – major milestone of a magical, musical career.The 83-year-old Motown Records founder is taking his story and that of his legendary label to the Great White Way. “Motown: The Musical,” which begins previews on Monday at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, allows […]
With her fourth solo album “80% complete” and fresh off a stunning reunion performance at Super Bowl XVLII, singer-songwriter and actress Michelle Williams has gone head first into the Broadway tour of Fela! which won three Tony Awards in 2010. Her new album is due for release this summer and features production from “huge r&b/pop […]
The hit new comedy play, Good God A’Mighty! will be performed in Atlanta at the 14th Street Playhouse Feb. 14-24. The special two-week engagement starring Tony Award-winning actress and legendary singer Melba Moore, will be sure to have the audiences full attention and full of laughter as it takes them behind the scenes of an African American church in the […]
Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets a Job (Play) Year: 2013 On Video/DVD: February 5, 2013 Starring: Tyler Perry Patrice Lovely Cheryl ‘Pepsii’ Riley Chandra Young Director: Tyler Perry Genre: Comedy Performing Arts Synopsis: Tyler Perry’s new musical stage play starring the infamous Mabel Simmons or “Madea” as her fans know her. When a judge orders Madea […]
Now that Willow Smith is basically out of the picture for the new Annie musical, guess who’s in the running to replace her? Yep, you guessed it, Quenzhane [Kwe-VEN-zhah-nay] Wallis. The young star has captured the world with her magical spirit and could be leading the cast. Sony Pictures told EW that a decision hasn’t been made […]
A stage musical based on Whitney Houston’s 1992 movie “The Bodyguard” has opened at London’s Adelphi Theatre to a mixed critical reception – but universal praise for its big-voiced star Heather Headley, reports Billboard. Reviewers raved Thursday about her performance as Rachel Marron, a superstar singer who falls for the former secret service agent (Lloyd […]
Ending a three-decade absence from Broadway, Cicely Tyson will star in a revival this season of Horton Foote‘s 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, about the emotional return from Houston of an elderly woman to the small Texas town where she grew up. Produced by Nelle Nugent, the play will be directed byMichael Wilson, whose productions of the late Foote’s work, […]
