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December 16, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The play centers on a Jewish widow and her deepening friendship with her African-American chauffeur...
December 16, 2010
Simmons last appeared on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' Not About Nightingales and in Howard Korder's Search and Destroy...
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama spoke at a White House reception Sunday for the honorees. The five included Oprah Winfrey and…
November 30, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - "The Scottsboro Boys," a musical based on the real story of nine black teenagers framed for…
November 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The audience at Thursday's performance of "Fela!" on Broadway got an extra thrill when an unannounced…
November 12, 2010
OPINION - As men, I believe we should approach the film with open ears, hearts and minds, and not just…
November 9, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -'Fela!' tells the life story of the international music legend, who was known for his fight against…
November 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor…
November 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Stars including Alicia Keys, Rihanna and 50 Cent had campaigned to help Shannon Tavarez find a…
October 25, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time Tony Award winner Jones, who turns 80 in January, says he's always wanted to tackle…
October 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Rock will join Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vazquez in a production of…
September 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 67-year-old Jamison is an icon of the dance world. She joined the Ailey company in 1965…
August 18, 2010
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) - A family friend says Shannon will remain in the hospital under observation while physicians…
August 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Shannon Tavarez has leukemia and will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant Tuesday...
July 27, 2010
theGRIO VIDEO - Shannon Tavarez's best chance for survival is a bone marrow transplant, but because African-Americans are underrepresented in…
July 22, 2010
VIDEO - From the musical 'Fela' to the hit play 'Memphis', the percentage of African American attendance on Broadway is…
July 22, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - 11-year-old actress Shannon Tavarez should have been belting out songs in her starring role as Nala…
July 9, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Dennis Haysbert, who played the President of the United States on "24," makes his Broadway debut,…
June 30, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Originally opening in an Off-Broadway production in 1987, it became a hit film two years later…
June 28, 2010
Broadway shows about black characters often draw black theatergoers, but the producers of "Memphis" and "Fela!" as well as producers…