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Diversification, in many aspects of one’s life, is key, and an exclusive confirmation about Kandi Burruss only highlights this truism. People magazine confirmed Monday that the artist is joining the Chicago cast on Broadway. Chicago, a widely popular musical, continues to woo crowds. Burruss, a Grammy award-winning singer, will likely also please the audience when […]

On April 21st, we lost a legend in Prince, and we are still feeling the aftermath of his passing. In the honor of the prolific singer, actor, and performer, the Broadway cast of The Color of Purple performed “Purple Rain”.  Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson led with their powerful vocals and everyone in the audience […]

There is a new Broadway show that is set to break barriers when it opens up. Eclipsed is a new Broadway show which will open next month, but it is already a historic production as it is the first Broadway show to feature an all Black and female cast and creative team.

  Keke Palmer is set to make history–again. The actress, singer and talk show host will be the first black Cinderella on Broadway when she stars in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, beginning September 9. 

Audra McDonald celebrated her sixth Tony Award win on Sunday at the 68th annual Tony Awards, and she made history doing it. The win makes McDonald the most decorated actress on Broadway. 

A new Broadway musical will feature songs and poetry of the late Tupac Shakur. 

Norm Lewis has been selected to be Broadway’s next Phantom in the hit stage production “The Phantom of the Opera.” The move makes Lewis the first African-American to portray the role. 

The Sony Pictures remake of Sparkle is getting all the bells and whistles. In addition to the upcoming film remake, a book will be published days before the film’s debut, and a Broadway play featuring 5 new songs is in the works. Are you excited for the Sparkle reboot?

In our society, it is drastically easier to be discouraged, than to be inspired. Current events usually revolve around innocent youth being shot, black faces being incarcerated, education systems failing, and hope being so muddled that many forget about any power we have to organize our communities for change. It is imperative to find narratives […]

I was stressed. I was broke. I’d just confronted my parents with my queerness, and they responded by refusing to support my education. And since enrolling at NYU’s film school, my film-maker dreams were eroding in the face of structural barriers erected by white supremacy. I was bouncing to and from mental health crises. Everything […]

This essay contains discussion of suicide. by Donnie Moreland On the other side of her beautiful and hardened, bulging belly, I can feel them. My baby navigating the uterus of the woman I love, curious to the pressure of my palm on the soft brown flesh between them and I. I imagine their curiosity, or […]

by Khaaliq Crowder Growing up, my pop culture interests were always unapologetically aligned with everything Black. From owning CDs by late 90s/early 2000s artists such as Destiny’s Child, Aaliyah, and Janet Jackson, to watching marathons of sitcoms like Moesha and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, to being introduced to the classic group The Jackson 5 via […]