Theater
Culture
‘Paradise Square’ is a disappointing historical pastiche
Joaquina Kalukango’s star can’t be dimmed, even when she’s shining through a mess
Culture
The hilarious ‘A Strange Loop’ creates space for big, queer Black bodies
Playwright and composer Michael R. Jackson marries the Black church and Stephen Sondheim – and it works
Culture
‘A Strange Loop’ leads with 11 Tony nominations as Broadway comes back from a plague
Directors Camille A. Brown and Lileana Blain-Cruz are nominees for best direction, an overlooked category for Black women
Culture
A himbo and his irritated wife meet their bloody ends in Broadway’s new ‘Macbeth’
Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga star as the cursed couple in a profound – and funny! – interpretation of Shakespeare’s play
Culture
‘A Strange Loop’ is ushered to Broadway
Two years after winning a Pulitzer Prize, this ‘big, Black and queer’ show comes to theater’s main stage
Culture
‘Confederates’ follows Black women in a dangerous game
Dominique Morisseau’s new Broadway play zigzags its way toward freedom
Culture
What Claudia Rankine learned from talking to white people
Her latest play, ‘Help,’ asks white folks to grapple with their privilege
HBCU
FAMU alum and professor take one-man show ‘Sugar Ray’ to off-Broadway
The show explores boxer Sugar Ray Robinson’s life, including his descent into dementia
Culture
Anna Deavere Smith has something new to say about the 1992 riots
A revival of ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ bridges the past to recent police-related murders of Black men