Theater Review

“DARK NOON” 4 min read

• Musical
• Theater Review

“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

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

• Theater Review
• Theatre

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

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

• Dance
• Theater Review
• Theatre

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

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

• Theater Review
• Theatre

“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

FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

4 min read

• Archived Events
• Theater Review
• Theatre

FREIGHT The Five Incarnations of Abel Green

Sabura Rashid 8 years ago

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!... Read More

The Old Settler at The Billie Holiday Theatre 11 min read

• Theater Review

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

Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

6 min read

• Theater Review

Sweat Is Kick Ass Theater

Sabura Rashid 8 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

The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

9 min read

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• Theater Review

The Negro Ensemble presents A Soldier’s Play

Sabura Rashid 8 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