post Roxane Gay and Marlon James explore his African myth-inspired ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ | The San Diego Union-TribuneAfrican American Author African American Literature Black Author Black Books Black Literature KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby Avenue WRIITApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019
post Joséphine Baker’s Life Reimagined at the Metropolitan Museum | HyperallergicAfrican American Theater KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby Avenue WRIITJanuary 25, 2019January 25, 2019
post Audra McDonald Heading Back to Broadway to Star in Romance | Atlanta Black StarAfrican American Cinema African American Entertainment African American Film Black Film KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby Avenue WRIITJanuary 25, 2019January 25, 2019
post Mosaic Youth Theatre gets $1M gift from ‘Hamilton’ producer | The Detroit News The Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit on Wednesday touted its largest gift ever: a $1 million grant from Oak Park native Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of the Broadway hit musical, "Hamilton."African American Art African American Theater Black Art KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN Magazine Willoughby AvenueJanuary 8, 2019
post #TBT: Revisiting ‘The Wiz’s’ Impact on The Culture | Colorlines Ease on down the road of film history via a 40th anniversary retrospective essay from the Los Angeles Times.KOLUMN MagazineNovember 1, 2018
post Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London | The New York Times This “Porgy and Bess,” a joint production with the Metropolitan Opera and the Dutch National Opera, is coming to the Met next season.African American Art African American Theater KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineOctober 31, 2018
post Restoration of Horace Jenkins’ African-American Romeo & Juliet to Premiere in New Orleans and DC | Roger Ebert.com A few years ago producer Sandra Schulberg told me a mesmerizing story about a film made by the late artist, Horace Jenkins, who died before it's theatrical release, and whose film lay lost for three decades.African American Cinema African American Film Black Film KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineOctober 26, 2018
post ‘Carmen Jones’ Is Back, and Its Director Knows What You’re Thinking | The New York Times “Carmen Jones” brought European opera into a populist environment, and, like “Porgy and Bess” and “Cabin in the Sky,” provided opportunity for its all-black cast.African American Entertainment African American Theater KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineJune 5, 2018
post ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Actress Uzo Aduba to Play the First Female Baseballer Toni Stone | Atlanta Black Star Stone, a Black woman, made history in 1953 when she became the first woman ever to play in men’s professional leagues after joining the Negro Leagues.African American Cinema African American Entertainment African American Theater KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineApril 13, 2018
post Bringing the World of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Briefly, to Stage | The New York Times Mr. Coates and Ms. Forbes will reconvene in Harlem as she adapts and directs the world premiere stage adaptation of “Between the World and Me” at the Apollo Theater.African American Art African American Entertainment African American Literature African American News African American Theater KINDR'D KINDR'D Magazine KOLUMN KOLUMN MagazineApril 2, 2018
