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Francois Battiste, Tonya Pinkins, Mandi Masden, Paige Gilbert, Perri Gaffney and More in the Robert O’Hara Helmed A RAISIN IN THE SUN at The Public through Nov. 20

Francois Battiste, Tonya Pinkins, Mandi Masden, Paige Gilbert, Perri Gaffney and More in the Robert O’Hara Helmed A RAISIN IN THE SUN at The Public through Nov. 20 https://wp.me/p8ilTC-doA The cast also features Toussaint Battiste, John Clay III, Calvin Dutton, Mister Fitzgerald, Camden McKinnon, Jesse Pennington Continue reading Francois Battiste, Tonya Pinkins, Mandi Masden, Paige Gilbert, Perri Gaffney and More in the Robert O’Hara Helmed A RAISIN IN THE SUN at The Public through Nov. 20

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SLAVE PLAY and Tony Nominee Jeremy O. Harris Launch The Golden Collection Featuring 15 Plays By Black Playwrights

SLAVE PLAY and Tony Nominee Jeremy O. Harris Launch The Golden Collection Featuring 15 Plays By Black Playwrights https://wp.me/p8ilTC-86q In addition to Slave Play, other plays include Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry, The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs Jenkins, Sweat by Lynn Nottage, A Collection of Plays (Wedding Band and Trouble in Mind) by Alice Childress, Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation by Jackie Sibblies Drury, The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, Is God Is by Aleshea Harris, Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith, Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, Bootycandy by Slave Play’s Tony Award-nominated director Robert O’Hara, and Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott. Continue reading SLAVE PLAY and Tony Nominee Jeremy O. Harris Launch The Golden Collection Featuring 15 Plays By Black Playwrights

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André De Shields. Photo by Joan Marcus
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André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith in Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons

André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith in Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons https://wp.me/p8ilTC-1vJ Continue reading André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith in Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons

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Cast member Keith David, director Phylicia Rashad and cast members Glynn Turman, Lillias White, Jason Dirden and Damon Gupton from August Wilson’’s “”Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” at Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center. Photo by Luke Fontana
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Phylicia Rashad, Lillias White, Jason Dirden, Glynn Turman and Dan Moses Schrier Receive NAACP Theatre Award Nods for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”;   “Father Comes Homes from the War Parts 1, 2 and 3,” “Fly,” and “Barbecue” Each Receive 8

Phylicia Rashad, Lillias White, Jason Dirden, Glynn Turman and Dan Moses Schrier Receive NAACP Theatre Award Nods for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”;   “Father Comes Homes from the War Parts 1, 2 and 3,” “Fly,” and “Barbecue” Each Receive 8 https://wp.me/p8ilTC-1pZ Continue reading Phylicia Rashad, Lillias White, Jason Dirden, Glynn Turman and Dan Moses Schrier Receive NAACP Theatre Award Nods for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”;   “Father Comes Homes from the War Parts 1, 2 and 3,” “Fly,” and “Barbecue” Each Receive 8

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André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith Set for Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons, December 15-January 28

André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith Set for Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons, December 15-January 28 Continue reading André De Shields, Anson Mount, Bobby Moreno, Stephen Schnetzer, Ariel Shafir and David Ryan Smith Set for Robert O’Hara’s MANKIND at Playwrights Horizons, December 15-January 28

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Video Preview: Nikki M. James and More in Kirsten Childs’ THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Encores! Off-Center, July 26-27

Video Preview: Nikki M. James and More in Kirsten Childs’ THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Encores! Off-Center, July 26-27 Continue reading Video Preview: Nikki M. James and More in Kirsten Childs’ THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN at Encores! Off-Center, July 26-27

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