By Audrey J. Bernard The soul of American Culture — The Apollo Theater — turned the 60th Grammy celebration up a notch by hosting a Pre-Grammy Uptown Luncheon on Friday, January 26, 2018 that had some award show attendees riding the famous A Train […]
Compiled By Don Thomas The NC100BW Manhattan Chapter presents its 4th annual Spoken Word Production, “Poetic Justice: Women, Power, Politics and the Black Arts Movement” in tribute to the late Master Poet Maya Angelou honoring Living Legend and Master Poet, Dr. Sonia Sanchez, on Thursday, […]
By Audrey J. Bernard Her name is Tymisha Harris and she’s driving theatergoers bananas starring in the sexy one woman’s play, JOSEPHINE a burlesque cabaret dream play based on the life of Josephine Baker running for a limited engagement through February 11 at the […]
By Ernece B. Kelly Drama Critic The triple-threat Actress Tymisha Harris–singing, dancing, and narrating–pulsates at the center of the vibrant biopic-musical, “Josephine.” (Audiences gave her a well-deserved standing ovation when the performance ended. She admitted fears that only 30 folks would show up!) Opening with […]
By Kam Williams Zenzile Miriam Makeba had the misfortune of being born Black in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1932, which relegated her to second-class citizenship. In fact, she spent the first six months of her life behind bars with her mother, a Sangoma (witch doctor), […]
By A. Curtis Farrow Tad Schnugg, the lifelong partner of Tony Award Winning Choreographer George Faison, passed away on Saturday January 13, 2018 in New York City at the theater they co-founded in 2000, The Faison Firehouse Theater. Schnugg and Faison met in1968 while visiting […]