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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…
"MacBeth" Broadway Opening Night
May 27, 2022
Choreographer Camille Brown is behind the current Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls.'
Jesse Williams theGrio.com
May 21, 2022
The leak of a nude Jesse Williams in Broadway's 'Take Me Out' broke the internet, but what are the bigger…
2022 Jazz At Lincoln Center Gala:  Body and Soul: America Rises Through the Arts
May 3, 2022
Death of a Salesman is coming back to Broadway, this time with Wendell Pierce, Sharon D. Clarke and more leading…
April 28, 2022
theGrio reviews the Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's 'f for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.'
94th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals
April 14, 2022
Pre-production has officially begun for the Wicked movie, and in a recent interview Cynthia Erivo opened up about the film,…
March 29, 2022
As Ntozake Shange's 'for colored girls' production prepares for its Broadway revival, theGrio spoke with its director and cast.
March 21, 2022
Ari Groover had a wardrobe malfunction in "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," but she didn't skip a beat on center…
Paul G. Tazewell theGrio.com
March 15, 2022
A Tony-winning designer already well known on Broadway, Tazewell has earned his first Oscar nom for Steven Spielberg's 'West Side…
March 6, 2022
Actor and comedian Johnny Brown of "Good Times" fame died on March 2 following a reported cardiac arrest, according to…
James Earl Jones
March 2, 2022
The 110-year-old theater will be renovated and renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre when it reopens later this year.
February 20, 2022
Brittney Johnson reportedly received a two-minute standing ovation Monday night when she took the stage as Glinda for the first…
February 18, 2022
The new Starz documentary, 'Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back' follows the life of the Tony-nominated dancer/actor