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December 30, 2022
An unidentified woman disrupted Tuesday's all-Black staging of the Arthur Miller play, which stars Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman.
December 3, 2022
Broadway actor and singer Quentin Oliver Lee has died at age 34 following a battle with colon cancer, his wife…
The Wiz Stephanie Mills Amber Ruffin theGrio.com
December 1, 2022
Get ready to "Ease On Down the Road," again! After 40 years since its 1984 revival, "The Wiz" is returning…
November 28, 2022
Grammy-winner Mariah Carey signed on to co-produce the Broadway musical, "Some Like It Hot," opening on Dec. 11.
The Lion King thegrio.com
November 17, 2022
“The Lion King,” and it turns 25 years old on Broadway this month.
The Nederlander Organization Unveils Broadway's New Lena Horne Theatre
November 2, 2022
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke at the Lena Horne Theatre renaming ceremony…
October 25, 2022
The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway is to be renamed the Lena Horne Theatre after the famed singer, actress and…
October 21, 2022
TheGrio reviews the revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play, 'Top Dog/Underdog,' starring Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
2013 Summer TCA Tour - Day 4
October 7, 2022
Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” goes…
Angelica Ross, Emma Roberts, theGrio.com
September 23, 2022
Angelica Ross is making her mark. The acclaimed actress is currently starring as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" on Broadway, making…
September 21, 2022
Award-winning Broadway actress and singer Marva Hicks died last week in New York City at age 66. The cause of…
September 16, 2022
Rapper-actor Common will make his Broadway debut in "Between Riverside and Crazy," which opens this fall.
James Earl Jones, theGrio.com
September 13, 2022
Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, the second theater on the Great White Way named…
Lillias White James Alexander of Sneakpeek Photography
August 10, 2022
Lillias White, Tony and Emmy Award winning actress, will play Hermes in the hit Broadway musical, "Hadestown" in September.
75th Annual Tony Awards - Arrivals
June 13, 2022
Matthew Allen speaks with Black artists at the 2022 Tony Awards and examines Broadway's Black renaissance and what the future…
June 13, 2022
The 75th annual Tony Awards were the most diverse in recent history, and the evening's fashions were equally diverse.
75th Annual Tony Awards - Press Room
June 13, 2022
theGrio highlights five of the biggest moments from the 75th Tony Awards on Sunday, airing live on CBS in New…
June 12, 2022
Whether it be a writers’ strike or a global pandemic, a national cultural reset always seems to upend the powerless.
June 10, 2022
Sony Music announces that 'MJ the Musical - Original Broadway Cast Recording' will be released on July 15.
2022 Jazz At Lincoln Center Gala:  Body and Soul: America Rises Through the Arts
June 8, 2022
The Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman," starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke, finds a theater home, announces…