Theatre

The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre 11 min read

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The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago

  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... Read More

Soundview Summer 1 min read

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Soundview Summer

Ronald Bunn 8 years ago

Nice Salary, good hours, Billy and Jack thought they landed the ideal summer. . . at the Soundview Nuclear Power Plant. Now, years later, they’re... Read More

Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

6 min read

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Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

Sabura Rashid 9 years ago

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.... Read More

Whistle In Mississippi

1 min read

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Whistle In Mississippi

Ronald Bunn 9 years ago

The lynching of Emett Till A dramatic play by Michael Green & Daniel Carlton October 21, 2017, 3 & 8pm The Black Lady Theatre 750 Nostrand Ave. [embedyt]... Read More

Trezania Beverlys One Woman Show Mabel Mercer 1 min read

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Trezania Beverlys One Woman Show Mabel Mercer

Ronald Bunn 9 years ago

October 22, 2017, 8pm Urban Stages 259 W. 30th St (Between 7th & 8th Ave) Trezania Beverly’s One Woman Show is a dramatic story with... Read More

Kliptown Gumboot Dance Radiates Performance Power

1 min read

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Kliptown Gumboot Dance Radiates Performance Power

Ronald Bunn 9 years ago

I just couldn't pass up this opportunity to share a video of Ankh Ma'at Ra. A few seconds after the video begins, you'll understand why I could not stop playing it over and over again. It’s mesmerizing.... Read More

The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

9 min read

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The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

Sabura Rashid 9 years ago 2

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.... Read More

Unsung Revolutionary L.B. Williams

5 min read

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Unsung Revolutionary L.B. Williams

Perri Gaffney 9 years ago 4

We are all here on this Earth, in this world, for a heartbeat and then we are gone. We leave behind a thumbprint, an impression, on the lives we’ve touched through our words, our actions, or inactions. Nikki Giovanni wrote:... Read More