Judith Jamison: The Human Body as Song
Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and quickly became an international star. Over the next 15 years, Mr....
Dave Chappelle Announces Intimate Fall Tour
Dave Chappelle will be embarking on an intimate U.S. tour this fall, hitting small clubs in the Mountain States and Northeast. The...
Jazz Masters | Jazz Guitarist Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery is not only one of the most important guitarists in jazz history, he's also one of the music's most inspired natural...
Review: Motown the Musical
BOTTOM LINE: Lively Motown music gets the crowd going, but this Musical is fatally low on story, plot and playable dialogue. The best...
Evelyn Preer: The First Lady of the Screen
Evelyn Preer, one of the first African American silent screen actresses to transition into sound Hollywood films, was born on July 21,...
Shuffle Along: Broadway's First Black Musical
Shuffle Along, a musical comedy by composer Eubie Blake and lyricist Noble Sissle which featured an all-black cast, was the most...
Lupita Nyong’o Hits the Theater in Danai Gurira's Liberia Civil War Drama ''Eclipsed'
Talk about a formidable one-two punch! I've previously teased the possibility of Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira working together on the...
The Magic of Jon Lucien
More than any other singer, Jon Lucien captures the essence of romance. His voice is rich and expressive, his best songs are perceptive...
Oscar Micheaux: "The Czar of Black Hollywood"
Oscar Micheaux was the quintessential self-made man. Novelist, film-maker and relentless self-promoter, Micheaux was born on a farm near...
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Returns to South Africa for First Time in 17 Years
Designated by the U.S. Congress as a vital American Cultural Ambassador to the World, the Ailey company has traveled to 71 countries to...
