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February 23, 2012
VIDEO - Keys co-produced the Broadway play 'Stick Fly', in addition to composing the music that fills the transitions between…
February 4, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a 'flash mob' organized through the Internet. As…
February 3, 2012
Blair Underwood will be making his first appearance on the Broadway stage. He will be playing Stanley Kowalski in 'A…
February 2, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Katori Hall's recent play 'The Mountaintop' is a fictional civil rights-era piece set at the Lorraine Motel…
January 31, 2012
CLUTCH - One of our favorite Cosby kids is all grown up and heading to the Great White Way. Actress-turned-producer,…
January 30, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - David Alan Grier has a gentle message for anyone who is getting all hot and bothered…
January 20, 2012
Kenny Leon's production 'The Mountaintop' (inspired by Martin Luther King's last days and written by Katori Hall), has had great…
January 11, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a rich, physical, delicious part after years of scraps and a reminder of Angela Bassett's…
January 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A revamped 'Porgy and Bess' will open Thursday surrounded by controversy over its interpretation of the classic…
January 9, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Phifer, whose acting career began when he won the lead in director Spike Lee's 'Clockers,' is…
December 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - On this night in 1981, a soon to be unforgettable cast took the stage at the Imperial…
October 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Walker International Communications Group has been contracted to help the Alicia Keys backed production 'Stick Fly' succeed…
October 13, 2011
REVIEW - 'The Mountaintop' is definitely not your standard narrative of Dr. King as a public figure or the black…
October 10, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - At 74, Bill Cosby says he doesn't want to dawdle...
October 4, 2011
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, who is making her Broadway debut as a producer of the Lydia R. Diamond play…
September 23, 2011
CLUTCH - While it is notoriously difficult to land a play on Broadway, the odds are even steeper for black…
August 23, 2011
The "Aaliyah: One in a Million" special will feature interviews from numerous artists and entertainers, including Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Swizz…
August 17, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - On Wednesday, producers announced some of the cast members who will perform in Dustin Lance Black's…
August 12, 2011
OPINION - Cinematic history is replete with examples of movies that spark ire over the racial composition of the team…
July 22, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Early in her career, Shirley Alston Reeves got a piece of advice no singer wants to…