Theater
Anya’s Take “Black Hills Community Theatre has been in Rapid City for many, many years. The mission of BHCT is to inspire, entertain and educate the Black Hills community through quality theatre with a vision to be an inclusive and diverse community of people pursuing excellence in the theatre arts. They put on shows and […]
While theatre at William & Mary is nearing its 100th anniversary, the history of the African American presence on the mainstage is much more recent – and much less known. As an alumnus and faculty member, Professor of Theatre and Africana Studies Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green ’00 has both witnessed and played a significant role in […]
In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun arrived on the Great White Way, as Broadway was (unironically) nicknamed. At the time, in Montgomery, Alabama, bus segregation had recently been toppled. In Ghana, independence from Great Britain had been achieved. It was the precipice of the 1960s, a period of radical change. It was […]
Timmia Hearn DeRoy: Theater and performing arts often, perhaps most frequently, uphold existing regimes because that’s where the money is. That’s where the power is. It takes a lot to create art. And so when we look at the most prominent forms of theater practice, they are so often the ones that are upholding the […]
Oakland drummer, songwriter and producer Paul Tillman Smith. Courtesy: Paul Tillman Smith With the California Hotel’s neon-lit marquee illuminating a downtown nightscape, the cover art for the new album “The Sounds of Oakland” could serve as a movie poster for an early ‘70s urban romance or neo-noir thriller. The giveaway, aside from the tagline “music […]
“In the Heights” at GALA Hispanic Theatre. LOS ANGELES: Latino Theater Company has been awarded a three-year, $5 million award from the Mellon Foundation to spearhead the National Latinx Theater Initiative, a new regranting program intented to boost the national profile of Latinx theatre companies across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, to disperse funds needed […]
Bowser: D.C. Theater Is Crucial To Downtown Recovery DCist Source link
In 2011, after the Wooster Street building was sold, the Ohio was reincarnated as the New Ohio. Cumulatively, the two stages saw a jaw-dropping profusion of downtown artists (Taylor Mac, Mimi Lien, Knud Adams, Sam Gold, Lee Sunday Evans, James Ortiz) and companies (the Mad Ones, Half Straddle, Target Margin, New Georges, Ma-Yi Theater Company, […]
originally published: 08/12/2023 (STROUDSBURG, PA) — One of the most ground-breaking and iconic hardcore punk bands of all time, Black Flag, have announced that they’ll be hitting the road for their My War Tour 2023, stopping at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA on Sunday, August 20, 2023. They will perform the My War […]
Boop Entertainment Presents: The ‘For Us’ Comedy Show brand, San Diego’s only reoccurring all-black comedy show to the newly remodeled Historic Adams Avenue Theater this Juneteenth! Boop Entertainment, the leading producer of all-black comedy shows in San Diego since 2020, is thrilled to announce the grandest event in the company’s history. This Juneteenth, on June […]