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Category: Play

Referencing a theatrical production without any significant use of music or dance.

Artist, Performance, Play

Washington, Davis Become Oscar Frontrunners for FENCES

November 6, 2016November 10, 2016 Gary Anderson

Actors Denzel Washington and Viola Davis have been propelled into the lead in Oscar speculation. Both are considered a lock to receive nominations for their performances in Washington’s film adaptation of August Wilson’s FENCES. Some are saying the awards are theirs already. Continue reading Washington, Davis Become Oscar Frontrunners for FENCES

Artist, Performance, Play

Reviews are in for Harrison David Rivers’s SWEET.

November 6, 2016November 16, 2016 Gary Anderson

via Review: Sisters at War in “SWEET,” a Triangle Amid ’60 Tulmult The National Black Theatre opens its 48th season with the premiere of Harrison David River’s colorful play, Sweet. Making her NYC directorial debut is Raelle Myrick-Hodges. Sweet paints the lives of three Midwesterners … Continue reading Reviews are in for Harrison David Rivers’s SWEET.

Performance, Play

Revival of Laurence Holder’s Zora Neale Hurston is reborn in new production

November 2, 2016 Gary Anderson

via Zora Neale Hurston Reborn at the Castillo Theatre | Black Star News Continue reading Revival of Laurence Holder’s Zora Neale Hurston is reborn in new production

Performance, Play

August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ on Screen

October 18, 2016November 6, 2016 Gary Anderson

This Christmas, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis star in the first feature film adaptation of an August Wilson play, Pulitzer Prize winner FENCES. Click here to see … Continue reading August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ on Screen

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