Article | By Molly Higgins | October 21, 2024
Okieriete Onaodowan, Sojourner Brown, Arjun Gupta, More Cast in This Ghost of Slavery Reading
Anna Deavere Smith’s play will be presented at Wesleyan University.
Article | By Talaura Harms, Dylan Parent | September 10, 2024
Playbill Celebrates Broadway's September Birthdays
The fall season is kicking off with lots of Broadway babies to salute!
Article | By Molly Higgins | April 18, 2024
The Moth Will Honor André De Shields at 2024 Gala
Tony winner De Shields will be honored with The Moth's Storyteller of the Year award.
Article | By Talaura Harms | March 21, 2024
Laurence Fishburne Has Been Working on His Solo Show, Like They Do In the Movies, for 15 Years
The Tony-winning actor reunites with his Thurgood director Leonard Foglia for his new show at Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | March 12, 2024
Paige Evans Is Departing Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre
Evans becomes the latest in a growing string of major leadership changes for NYC theatre companies.
Article | By Margaret Hall | November 21, 2023
Black Theatre United Raises $1.2 Million at Inaugural Gala
The evening celebrated the indelible mark that Black culture has had and continues to have on Broadway.
Article | By Margaret Hall | October 24, 2023
Sarah Paulson to be Honored at Second Stage Theater Gala
The Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winner will make a Broadway return via Second Stage beginning November 28.
Article | By Molly Higgins | October 13, 2023
The evening will also feature performances by Broadway stars in celebration of Black culture's impact on the industry.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | April 13, 2023
The Biden administration is re-establishing the group after it disbanded in 2017 in protest of then-President Trump's response to the events in Charlottesville.
Article | By Margaret Hall | March 17, 2023
Candrice Jones Wins 2023 Kesselring Prize
Awarded by the National Arts Club, the Prize provides Jones with a two-week residency at the Tilden Mansion and $25,000 to aid in development of her work.
Article | By Leah Putnam | March 7, 2023
Anna Deavere Smith Wins Rachel Crothers Leadership Award
The League of Professional Theatre Women will present the award at the Theatre Women Awards Luncheon later this month.
Article | By Leah Putnam | February 23, 2023
Go Inside Rehearsals for Center Theatre Group's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith met with the five cast members at the reimagined production's first rehearsal.
Article | By Leah Putnam | February 3, 2023
Vicky Featherstone to Step Down as Royal Court Theatre's Artistic Director
Featherstone has served as the artistic director of the London theatre for 10 years.
Article | By Leah Putnam | January 12, 2023
Idina Menzel Will Return to the Stage in World Premiere of Redwood Musical
Menzel has been developing the new musical, which will play La Jolla Playhouse, for nearly 20 years.
Article | By Andrew Gans | December 29, 2022
Watch Complete 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Celebrating Bono, The Edge, Gladys Knight, More
CBS broadcast the annual celebration of the arts, featuring performances by Patti LaBelle, Ariana DeBose, Anna Deavere Smith, and more, December 28.
Article | By Andrew Gans, Michael Wiltbank | December 5, 2022
Bono, The Edge, Gladys Knight, and more were honored December 4 in Washington, D.C.
Article | By Leah Putnam | November 30, 2022
Anna Deavere Smith's Love All to Make World Premiere at La Jolla Playhouse in 2023
Also: Matthew Broderick will star in the world premiere of Joe DiPietro's Babbitt, plus the rest of the California theatre's 2023 season.
Article | By Leah Putnam | November 15, 2022
LaChanze Named New President of Black Theatre United
The actor leads the newly announced members of BTU's Executive Leadership Committee.
Article | By Leah Putnam | November 14, 2022
Anna Deavere Smith Receives 2022 Louis Auchincloss Prize November 14
The Museum of the City of New York presents the award to the Twilight: Los Angeles playwright and actor.
Article | By Andrew Gans | November 14, 2022
The 51st annual induction ceremony is held at the Gershwin Theatre.
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