A Shirelle joins 'Baby, It's You!'
NEW YORK (AP) - Early in her career, Shirley Alston Reeves got a piece of advice no singer wants to hear...
Alicia Keys helping produce a Broadway play
NEW YORK (AP) - The Lydia R. Diamond work is described as a contemporary comedy of manners revolving around an affluent black family. Keys says it's a story that everyone can relate to...
Angela Bassett set to return to Broadway this fall
NEW YORK (AP) - Angela Bassett has signed on to star opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway production of the play "The Mountaintop."...
Blair Underwood will hop 'Streetcar' to Broadway debut
Blair Underwood will make his Broadway debut as Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire', to be staged by Emily Mann next season...
Nikki M. James takes home Tony for 'Book of Mormon'
NEW YORK (AP) - Nikki M. James, who plays a potential love interest to a pair of missionaries who travel to Uganda in "The Book of Mormon," dedicated the award to her dad...
Black actors: Broadway is far from colorblind
theGRIO REPORT - Though there are several shows on Broadway employing the talents of black actors, many are wondering, what is future of these performers?....
Deborah Cox brings Josephine to Broadway
theGRIO REPORT - The life story of Josephine Baker is coming to Broadway in _Josephine_ starring Deborah Cox...
Surprise Tony showing may mean second life for 'Scottsboro Boys'
theGRIO REPORT - Visitors to the currently closed show's website are immediately greeted with the message "Bring the Scottsboro Boys back to Broadway"...
'By the Way', Sanaa Lathan is back on stage
theGRIO Q&A - Sanaa Lathan reflects on her recent hiatus from films to focus on once-in-a-lifetime roles in theater, what's it like being a black actress in Hollywood...
Broadway's black stars shine with Tony nominations
theGRIO REPORT - The predominantly African-American cast of Broadway's 'The Scottsboro Boys' cleaned up with a total of 12 Tony Award nominations...
