Perri Gaffney

Perri Gaffney adapted her novel, The Resurrection of Alice (J. California Cooper “I love this book!”), into an award winning play. She co-authored two texts with Mitch Weiss; Managing Artists in Pop Music and The Business of Broadway, has articles in Black Masks, African Eye, and The Charlotte Observer, and several poetry commissions.

Adetunde Samuel – Owning Self |1992-46 5 min read

African-American history

Adetunde Samuel – Owning Self |1992-46

Perri Gaffney 1 year ago

“The theatre can raise our consciousness to a whole new scope of possibilities. But only if the house isn’t empty. That’s why I decided to... Read More

Dr. John Henrik-Clarke, Pan-Africanist Writer, Historian, Professor & Pioneer in the creation of Africana Studies and Professional Institutions in Academia

Dr. Henrik-Clarke: “Malcolm X: The Man and His Times” | 1992-31 8 min read

Dr. Henrik-Clarke: “Malcolm X: The Man and His Times” | 1992-31

Perri Gaffney 1 year ago

We would like to preface excerpts from Dr. John Henrik-Clarke‘s lecture with an explanation: We think that it is important to look at this renown... Read More

“DARK NOON” 4 min read

“DARK NOON”

Perri Gaffney 1 year ago

DARK NOON is a play staged by Danish Director Tue Biering and choreographed by South Africa’s Nhlanhla Mahlangu. Together, they reimagine the birth of the... Read More

North American African-American Theatre Companies 5 min read

North American African-American Theatre Companies

Perri Gaffney 2 years ago

Discover a wide variety of African-American theatres nationwide from A like Atlanta to Z like Zanesfield. ...... Read More

"Skeleton Crew" — Joshua Boone (Dez), Brandon J. Dirden (Reggie), Phylicia Rashad (Faye), and Chanté Adams (Shanita) -- TONY

Let’s talk about Broadway’s TONY Oversights and Canaries 6 min read

Let’s talk about Broadway’s TONY Oversights and Canaries

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Broadway is to NYC is what Hollywood is to LA the TONY Awards are equivalent to the Academy Awards. The TONY Awards for the 2021/22... Read More

A scene from the Broadway production of For Colored Girls... Photo by Marc J. Franklin

Say Their Names: The Cast & Crew of For Colored Girls… 4 min read

Say Their Names: The Cast & Crew of For Colored Girls…

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Ntozake Shange’s classic choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, has a gorgeous Broadway revival happening at the Booth... Read More

Priscilla Lopez and members of the company of THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.

“The Skin of Our Teeth”: A Fantastic Journey of Absurdity and Folly 4 min read

“The Skin of Our Teeth”: A Fantastic Journey of Absurdity and Folly

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s gonna be a bumpy night!” Bette Davis’s iconic quip sums up”The Skin of Our Teeth”, a limited run Broadway revival now... Read More

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters 3 min read

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters

Perri Gaffney 4 years ago

Queen Mother of Politics When Deomcratic U.S. House of Representative Maxine Moore Waters spoke out about the George Floyd murder she spoke with with clarity... Read More

Perri Gaffney

Adetunde Samuel – Owning Self |1992-46

Dr. Henrik-Clarke: “Malcolm X: The Man and His Times” | 1992-31

“DARK NOON”

North American African-American Theatre Companies

Let’s talk about Broadway’s TONY Oversights and Canaries

Say Their Names: The Cast & Crew of For Colored Girls…

“The Skin of Our Teeth”: A Fantastic Journey of Absurdity and Folly

U.S. House Representative Maxine Moore Waters

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