Lin-Manuel Miranda Charity Pledges $1 Million To Theater Scholarships For Students of Color
The 10-year, $1 million commitment from the Miranda Family Fund will provide scholarships for students of color to the National Theater Institute....
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The Brothers Behind Baltimore’s Black-Owned Movie Theater
Brothers Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright opened the Next Act Cinema theater, a restaurant, and a bar in Baltimore, Maryland, last year....
NBC to Give Grants of $10K Each to 50 High School Theater Programs
Your high school can apply today if it meets these conditions: It must have either an existing theater program; or, in cases of a school's...
Cool Jobs: Meet Broadway Choreographer Camille A. Brown
Find out what it's like to be a Broadway choreographer from Camille A. Brown, the talent behind the new musical Once On This Island...
John Douglas Thompson Opens Up About ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ and ‘Julius Caesar’
John Douglas Thompson, who has been lauded as “one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation," spoke exclusively to Black Enterprise....
Impacting Broadway: How Two Black Entrepreneurs Teamed Up to Make a Difference
Multicultural marketing veterans Donna Walker-Kuhne and Cherine E. Anderson have been impacting theater audiences globally for nearly 30 years....
The 2016 Holiday Season: Finding a Balance Between Cynicism and Gratitude
In 2016, we've witnessed gruesome acts of police violence, the deaths of cultural icons, and Trump's shocking election win. Still, there's reason to give thanks...
New Play by Anna Deavere Smith Takes on the School-To-Prison Pipeline Dilemma
The school-to-prison pipeline dilemma in America is masterly tackled in the play Notes from the Field. Drawn from interviews with more than 250 people living...
Black Musical Debuts in Los Angeles
#TheLOVESHACK which was written, produced and directed by ‪Paul D. Hannah and co-produced by ‪Kimberley Zulkowski. The musical debuts this Saturday February 20th, 2016 at...
Black Actress Cast as Hermione in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
Swaizland-born Noma Dumezweni is set to play the adult Hermione, alongside actor Paul Thornley as Ron Weasley and Jamie Parker as Harry Potter. In the...