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Playwright Mark Hunter Presents ‘What’s a Man to Do’ – Starring Willie Taylor and Monifah

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EUR Theater Review: ‘Fat Ham’ Features Shakespearean-themed Shenanigans at a Backyard Boogie!

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800 Black Actors Are Denouncing Backlash At Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Being Cast in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ | VIDEO

Broadway

Alicia Keys Unveils ‘Kaleidoscope’ – A Vibrant New Song from the Broadway Musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ | LISTEN

Theater

Countdown to the West Coast Premiere of ‘Fat Ham’ At the Geffen Playhouse

News

Deborah Cox Joins Off-Broadway Play about Transgender Identity

*Deborah Cox and Kathleen Turner will star in an off-Broadway play about transgender identity, 22Q Entertainment announced Thursday. Both women have signed on to John...

Music

John Legend Taking His Talents to ‘The SpongeBob Musical’

*John Legend is set to contribute original music to Nickelodeon’s new stage project – a musical based on SpongeBob Squarepants. The kiddie network announced Monday...

Deaths/We Remember

History Making ‘Les Miserables’ Star Kyle Jean-Baptiste Dies at 21

Dang, this is a really sad story to have to report. After making history by being the first African American and the youngest actor to...

News

Misty Copeland Dishes on Broadway Debut After Just Six Rehearsals (Video)

*Ballet superstar Misty Copeland made her Broadway debut this week in the song-and-dance musical “On the Town” at the Lyric Theatre – and she...

Columns

Inside Broadway: A Conversation with Broadway Veteran Chapman Roberts – Black Stars of the Great White Way (Part I)

*During a recent performance of the Black Stars of the Great White Way at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, Inside Broadway's...

Entertainment

The 2nd Annual Leimert Park Theatre Festival Presents…Festival of Music & Staged Readings Aug 27-30

*Summer 2015 will soon be a thing of the past. As grateful as many of us in Southern California are to be rid of the...

Music

Jennifer Hudson Teases Broadway Debut in ‘Color Purple’ Revival (Watch)

*Broadway’s revival of “The Color Purple,” with Jennifer Hudson in the role of Shug Avery, is gearing up for its December open with a...

Entertainment

Ebony Jo-Ann Releases Blues CD ‘Please Save Your Love for Me’

*(New York, NY) – Multiple award-winning theatre, film and television actress, Ebony Jo-Ann releases her new Blues CD, Please Save Your Love for Me...

News

Forest Whitaker to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Hughie’

*Forest Whitaker is taking his talents to Broadway for the first time in his career. The Oscar-winning actor signed on for a revival of Eugene...

Books

Sheryl Lee Ralph Graces Cover of ‘Sheen Magazine’

*The legendary actress, Sheryl Lee Ralph is the standard for what a classy, timeless woman embodies. Sheryl has been on the acting scene since she was...

Columns

The Pulse of Entertainment: ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ is a Powerful Leap from Video Game to Big Screen

*Rupert Friend (“Homeland”) is Agent 47 in the 20th Century Fox presentation of Hitman: Agent 47. The American-German action thriller is a powerful leap from...

Entertainment

Misty Copeland Reveals Engagement to Taye Diggs’ Cousin

*Congratulations are in order for Misty Copeland. The 32-year-old ballerina announced that she is engaged to attorney Olu Evans. If Evans' name doesn’t ring a bell,...

Entertainment

Misty Copeland Says Success a Big Deal Because ‘I’m a Black Woman’

*Essence editor-in-chief Vanessa De Luca said “it was an easy decision” to put ballerina Misty Copeland on the cover of the magazine's September fashion...

Black Films

The Pulse of Entertainment: Straight Outta Compton Gives it to You Straight no Chaser: the Rise of Eazy-E, Ice Cube & Dr. Dre

*VH1 and BET Award winner Rapper/Actor/Producer Ice Cube (Barbershop, Ride Along) and six-time Grammy Award winning Producer/Rapper/Entrepreneur Dr. Dre (Aftermath’s Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and...

Entertainment

Final Weeks: Meet Janis Joplin’s Soulful Influences!

*Mary Bridget Davies evokes the electric energy of the late Janis Joplin in the Pasadena Playhouse's current production of "A Night With Janis Joplin"...

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Taylor Swift Throws Shade at Kim Kardashian in Fiery Track on New ‘TTPD’ Album – Echoing High School Bullying Experience | WATCH

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Playwright Mark Hunter Presents ‘What’s a Man to Do’ – Starring Willie Taylor and Monifah

EUR Theater Review: ‘Fat Ham’ Features Shakespearean-themed Shenanigans at a Backyard Boogie!

800 Black Actors Are Denouncing Backlash At Francesca Amewudah-Rivers for Being Cast in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ | VIDEO

Alicia Keys Unveils ‘Kaleidoscope’ – A Vibrant New Song from the Broadway Musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ | LISTEN

Countdown to the West Coast Premiere of ‘Fat Ham’ At the Geffen Playhouse

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Hilarious Viral Video: Man Arrested by His Twin Brother! | WATCH

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The Living Legends Foundation Announces its 2024 Honorees for its Annual Awards Gala on October 4

Beyoncé and Jay Z Moving to Nashville to Take on the Country Music World – So Says Gossip Columnist – You Buyin’ it?

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