Black Film & TV US
Currently playing at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) is the play Purpose. Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, The Comeuppance), and directed by Phylicia Rashad in her Broadway directorial debut. PURPOSE is playing a limited 19-week run through July 6, 2025. The show runs at 2 hours and 50 minutes. The cast includes Two-time Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Harry Lennix, Jon Michael Hill, Glenn Davis, Alana Arenas, and Tony Award winner Kara Young. Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis...Read More
Coming to California this Fall is Segregated Society, a new stage play, directed by Elisa Perry and written by Nakita Toliver. The cast includes Marty Austin Lamar, Sierra Nicolette Smith, Nakita Toliver, Michael Houston, Starla Parrish, Mark Chinnery, and Derek Michael. The play will run from Oct.3-4 at 8pm at Whitefire Theatre (99 seat theatre), 13500 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. www.segregatedsociety.com View fullsize This is a community theatre production under Equity Contract. About the play: The stor...Read More
Exclusive: Nicholas Braun, Kara Young, Neil Pepe, & Rajiv Joseph talk Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries will begin performances off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Friday, November 7 for a limited run through Sunday, December 28. Spanning three decades, Gruesome Playground Injuries charts the magnetic connection between two childhood friends (Kayleen and Doug) drawn together through pain, accidents, and unseen wounds of the heart. View fullsize From hospital beds to schoolyards, their lives collide in moments both comic and devastating, revealing an unconvention...Read More
TNT Sports, in partnership with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has acquired the documentary feature ONE GOLDEN SUMMER. In the summer of 2014, a group of boys from the South Side of Chicago did the impossible: they captured the hearts of a nation, becoming the first all-Black team to win the U.S. Little League Championship. But when their title was stripped months later over questionable residency boundaries, the magic of that "Golden Summer" was buried under a mountain of headlines and heartbreak. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER will premiere on Tuesday, April 7, 10:30 pm (ET) on T...Read More
Paramount+ is releasing globally, as of March 5, one of its most notable Brazilian original productions. The series ANDERSON SPIDER SILVA, nominated for an International Emmy Award in the Best Miniseries category, is now available on the premium streaming platform across Latin America, including Brazil, and all other markets where the service operates, with availability in the United States beginning on March 7. The launch reinforces Paramount+ as the home of the UFC while showcasing the streaming service’s unique ability to connect premium entertainment with w...Read More
Today, Onyx Collective announced new series regulars for the fourth season of Hulu’s hit legal drama “Reasonable Doubt,” from 20th Television, including Durrell “Tank” Babbs and Meagan Good, joining series regulars Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo and Angela Grovey. After a brutal attack leaves Jax’s family and newly minted law firm shaken, nothing feels certain, especially their future. With Jax’s most loyal client at the center of a spiraling media disaster, The Stewart Firm is thrust into a high-s...Read More