This “Porgy and Bess,” a joint production with the Metropolitan Opera and the Dutch National Opera, is coming to the Met next season.
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Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC | Roger Ebert.com
A few years ago producer Sandra Schulberg told me a mesmerizing story about a film made by the late artist, Horace Jenkins, who died before it’s theatrical release, and whose film lay lost for three decades.
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‘Carmen Jones’ Is Back, and Its Director Knows What You’re Thinking | The New York Times
“Carmen Jones” brought European opera into a populist environment, and, like “Porgy and Bess” and “Cabin in the Sky,” provided opportunity for its all-black cast.
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‘Orange Is the New Black’ Actress Uzo Aduba to Play the First Female Baseballer Toni Stone | Atlanta Black Star
Stone, a Black woman, made history in 1953 when she became the first woman ever to play in men’s professional leagues after joining the Negro Leagues.
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Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage | The New York Times
Mr. Coates and Ms. Forbes will reconvene in Harlem as she adapts and directs the world premiere stage adaptation of “Between the World and Me” at the Apollo Theater.
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Mary J. Blige thrilled at becoming a double Oscar nominee | The Philadelphia Tribune
The nine-time Grammy winner was nominated for two Academy Awards on Tuesday: Supporting actress and original song for “Mudbound.”
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2017 was historic for Blacks on Broadway and in theater in general | New York Amsterdam News
The year 2017 was historic, as African-Americans made great strides on Broadway.
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Sterling K. Brown Is The First Black Man To Win Golden Globe For Best Actor In Drama TV Series | Huffington Post
He thanked “This is Us” creator Dan Fogelman for writing “a role for a black man that can only be played by a black man.”
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Theater review: ‘Alice’ gets a curiouser adaptation at Baltimore Center Stage, featuring aerials and Demi Lovato music | The Baltimore Sun
FIlled with odd characters and even more unusual twists on what we think of as reality, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is practically ready-made for the stage.
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Lynn Nottage Wins Her Second Pulitzer Prize for Broadway’s ‘Sweat’ – Variety
Current Broadway play “Sweat” has scored playwright Lynn Nottage her second Pulitzer Prize for Drama, with the award this year going to a show that has proven a timely look at a group of working-class friends in a declining factory town.
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