"The Trip To Bountiful" in review
The entire house rose at the premiere to give Cicely Tyson and the cast a well-deserved standing ovation.
A playwright named "Shagspeare" in Bill Cain's "Equivocation"
"Shag" for short receives a royal commission to write about Guy Fawkes and England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
Robey Theatre Company celebrates with Paul Robeson Theatre Festival
The two-day Festival celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Robey Theatre Company, dedicated to developing "innovative new plays written about the Black experience."
Letters from Zora: In her own words
"I was able to conjure my own self," says Black American writer Zora Neale Hurston in the non-stop phenomenon that is Letters from Zora.
NFL escapes "judicial nets" with concussion deal
The most recent "whale" to escape meaningful legal accountability was the National Football League (NFL) who settled over 4,000 lawsuits from former players and families.
Love, war, and hell in a prison cell
The Uptown Players, near the Dallas Arts District, are performing "The Kiss of the Spider Woman."
“The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: A Comedy”: What??
Lefcourt's cream pie in the face of the old Bolshevik is Trotsky's second assassination.
“Yes, Prime Minister:” Wry, sly, Brit wit
Yes, Prime Minister's bristling dialogue is decidedly political and full of humorous social commentary.
“Taming of the Shrew” brings to life classic, troubling play
Hear, hear the voice of women throughout the ages struggling for their rights, to be treated as equals, not chattel!
Red diaper babies at Tribeca and off Broadway
The award-winning drama Finks is a fictionalized play by Joe Gilford based on the lives of his actor/comedian parents, Jack and Madeline Lee Gilford, who were victims of the McCarthy-era blacklist.
