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October 8, 2025
“P-Valley is my original work,” said creator Katori Hall after courts denied Nicci Gilbert’s claims that the show was a…
August 19, 2022
"It's life or death," says "P-Valley" creator and showrunner Katori Hall, whose drama is showing the difficulty of leaving violent…
A scene from "P-Valley"
August 13, 2022
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The #PValley
April 13, 2022
The wait is almost over, P-Valley fans! The popular Starz series is officially coming back for a second season with…
"The Mountaintop" Press Confrence
December 11, 2020
P-Valley creator Katori Hall inks overall deal at Lionsgate. The collaboration also includes a fund for Black playwrights.
October 14, 2020
‘P-Valley’ star Thomas Q. Jones says ‘acting became therapy’ after his NFL career. Now he's focused on making an impact…
June 30, 2020
Katori Hall developed her new Starz series, "P-Valley," with the goal of shedding light on the world of stripping—and the…
November 11, 2015
Memphis playwright Katori Hall is furious at a director's 'tone deaf and disrespectful' choice to cast a white actor as…
March 21, 2012
REVIEW - Through its raw portrayal of a black family enduring racial strife, economic hardships and gentrification in the 21st…
February 23, 2012
VIDEO - Keys co-produced the Broadway play 'Stick Fly', in addition to composing the music that fills the transitions between…
February 21, 2012
SLIDESHOW - These 10 trailblazers are making their mark in areas of the arts where people of color traditionally have…
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 20, 2012
Kenny Leon's production 'The Mountaintop' (inspired by Martin Luther King's last days and written by Katori Hall), has had great…
October 20, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - theGrio caught up with the playwright, who's currently traveling, to discuss the inspiration behind her new Broadway…
October 13, 2011
REVIEW - 'The Mountaintop' is definitely not your standard narrative of Dr. King as a public figure or the black…
September 23, 2011
CLUTCH - While it is notoriously difficult to land a play on Broadway, the odds are even steeper for black…
August 8, 2011
The lawsuit also claims that the former Fugee was verbally abusive towards band members on a 2007 tour...
April 18, 2011
She was scheduled to make her Broadway debut in September, but Halle Berry has just dropped out of a highly…
April 15, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The play, by Katori Hall, made its debut in London in 2009. It had been rumored…