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Review: Patti LaBelle in ‘FELA!’ on Broadway
In my original review of Fela! on Broadway, I commented on how the woman next to me reacted to Lillias White’s Tony nominated performance. White played Fela Kuti’s mother and in one of her vocally...
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Review: ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ on Broadway
People of color are making a much needed resurgence on Broadway. In The Heights, Fela! and August Wilson’s Fences are all critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning productions. Now, The Scottsboro Boys,...
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Broadway’s ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ Closing Dec. 12
After being on the Broadway stage for just a little over a month, the musical The Scottsboro Boys will be closing on December 12th. The Scottsboro Boys told the true, horrific story of nine Black...
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Review: Chris Rock’s “The Motherf**ker With the Hat” on Broadway
The legendary Chris Rock is making his Broadway debut in The Motherf**ker With the Hat, which opens Monday, April 11, at the Schoenfeld Theatre. The dark comedy is written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and...
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Review: “The Mountaintop” on Broadway
To tackle the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Broadway you need serious acting chops, a stellar script and a fresh angle to tell a tragic but inspiring story. Written by Katori Hall, The...
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Review: “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” on Broadway
(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images) Porgy and Bess debuted on Broadway in 1935. Some of the greatest songs to ever be recorded came from the once four-hour opera: “Summertime,” “I Loves You, Porgy”...
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Review: “A Streetcar Named Desire” on Broadway
(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images) A multiracial production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway at the legendary Broadhurst Theatre on Sunday night. Starring Blair...
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Review: “Ghost the Musical” on Broadway
(Photo: The Hartman Group via Getty Images) Morphing hit films into musical theater is the latest rage on Broadway. The most recent movie getting the Broadway remix is Ghost the Musical. In case you...
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“Clybourne Park” on Broadway
(Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images) Film or stage, stories about race are always risky. Look at the heat The Help and Viola Davis received for telling the story of domestic servants. Halle Berry is...
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Review: “FELA!” Returns to Broadway
Adesola Osakalumi as Fela Kuti (Photo by Cory Schwartz/Getty Images) Over two years ago, I said “FELA! is the greatest stage production I have ever experienced.” Some things never change. When the...
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Broadway Review: “A Night With Janis Joplin”
(Photo: Walter McBride/Getty Images) What do you think of when you hear the name Janis Joplin? Depending on your generation, you may not have heard of the Port Arthur, Texas native. You might think she...
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Review: “After Midnight” on Broadway
(Photo: Walter McBride/Getty Images) Old school Harlem is revitalized in the elegant After Midnight, which opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Sunday. Director and choreographer Warren Carlyle...
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Review: ‘Lady Day’ on Broadway
(Photo: Joseph Marzullo/WENN.com) When an actor portrays a well-known figure in American history, usually there are similarities. Dorothy Dandridge and Halle Berry had uncanny similarities, both...
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Mary Bridget Davies and Beth Hart Performing in New York City
(Photos from left: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) A serious case of the blues is coming to the Big Apple. Mary Bridget Davies, who earned a Tony...
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Tony Nominee Mary Bridget Davies Rocks B.B. King’s
(Photo: Joseph Marzullo/WENN.com) Soul singer Mary Bridget Davies proved once again why she deserved her Tony nomination for playing Janis Joplin in A Night With Janis Joplin on Broadway last night at...
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Broadway Diva Jennifer Holliday Returns to New York City
(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for the Jackie Robinson Foundation) On Friday night at B.B .King’s Blues Club in Manhattan, the legendary Jennifer Holliday proved once again why she is not going...
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