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FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

Sabura Rashid — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:50:24 +0000

I have seen many wonderful plays in the past several weeks, but none have been staged as imaginatively as FREIGHT! Kudos to Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre in association with Castillo Theatre!

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The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre

Sabura Rashid — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:45:44 +0000

When Shauneille Perry’s screen adaptation of John Henry Redwood’s The Old Settler appeared on television in 2001, real life sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie

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Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

Sabura Rashid — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:48:11 +0000

Introduction I have had the pleasure of attending many performances either created by, including and/ or otherwise related to people of the African Diaspora. These creative cultural expressions all point to the diversity of the “Black Experience” in America and beyond. It is essential that this diversity be acknowledged.

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The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

Sabura Rashid — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:17:45 +0000

The Negro Ensemble Company is BACK! — Like other American-African theater organizations, this iconic company has been struggling for well over a decade to provide and maintain a professional venue for Black playwrights to tell stories about people from the African diaspora in quality staged productions. Founded in 1967 by Robert Hooks, Douglass Turner Ward and Gerald S.

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The National Museum of African American History

Sabura Rashid — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 08:54:40 +0000

Well, it’s about time. What an amazing place! As a student of Africana history, I have anxiously awaited the opening of this important institution and

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Theater for the New City

Sabura Rashid — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:31:11 +0000

Crystal Field has been bringing Street Theater to New York City neighborhoods for decades. Each summer the TNC Street Theater Players perform a new, original

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Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale” under the stars

Sabura Rashid — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:54:38 +0000

Through August 14, 2016, 7pm (120 minutes – No intermission) Castle Clinton (formerly Battery Park) Manhattan I had the most wonderful experience watching an outdoor performance

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Theater for the New City’s “The Elephant Pen”

Sabura Rashid — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:17:31 +0000

The Elephant Pen, let me tell you about is a bone-chilling psychological thriller! I don’t know that it chilled my bones, but it certainly kept me on

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Weeksville Heritage Center – Books Launch

Sabura Rashid — Tue, 17 May 2016 13:45:18 +0000

“The Book of Harlen” by Bernice L. McFadden & “Summer Of The Cicadas” by Cole Lavalais Authors will appear in conversation • Moderated by Glory Edim, Founder of Well

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“Turn Me Loose”

Sabura Rashid — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:08 +0000

Hey you Scandal Fans! Joe Morton (a.k.a. Rowan Pope, your favorite villain) is playing America’s most enduring controversial stand-up comic-turned-activist. Turn Me Loose, A Play About Comic

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BAM – Magnet Theatre – “TREE / BOOM / UMTHI”

Sabura Rashid — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:12:59 +0000

May 14—May 22, 2016 321 Ashland Place BAM-Fisher-Hillman-Studio Brooklyn South African physical theater company Magnet Theatre uses image, song, and the body to tell the

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“Blood at the Root”

Sabura Rashid — Sun, 01 May 2016 17:54:34 +0000

May 1 thru May 15, 2016 The National Black Theater 2031 Fifth Avenue Harlem (212) 722-3800 www.nationalblacktheatre.org This important dramatic story explores racial, gender, social

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