Backstage Stories

  OFF-BROADWAY A Raisin in the Sun By Lorraine Hansberry Directed by Robert O'Hara Now - November 6, 2022 The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street (@ Astor Place New York, NY 10003 Tickets: $30 with code MARCIA23 (Reg. $70) To purchase tickets: Click here . Call 212.967.7555. | In-Person at the theater box office. Where The Mountain Meets The Sea By Jeff Augustin Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody October 11 - November 27, 2022 MTC Stage l NY City Center  131 W. 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Tickets: $35 with code MTCWTG22 (Reg $69-$89). To purchase tickets: Click here . | Call 212.581.1212. In-Person at the NY City Center Box Office. Baldwin & Buckley at Cambridge  Conceived by Greig Sargeant with Elevator Repair Service Directed by John Collins Now - October 23, 2022 The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street (@ Astor Place) New York, NY 10003 Tickets $35 with code MARCIA23. To purchase tickets: Click here . | Call 212.967.7555. In-Person at the theater box office. BETHUNE...

  Press Contact Michael Strassheim |  mstrassheimPR@gmail.com   BROADWAY & BEYOND:  ACCESS FOR STAGE MANAGERS OF COLOR  Announces First Free Networking Event of 2022 Connecting BIPOC Stage Managers with Industry Professionals   Introduced by Tony Award ®  winner Brian Stokes Mitchell    Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color  is pleased to announce its first networking event of the year, continuing its mission to provide opportunity, education, and vital industry connections for stage managers of color. The event will be held virtually on  Monday, January 24  from  6:00-8:30pm EST , and will offer stage managers of color the unique opportunity to connect directly with industry professionals who are in positions to share advice and personalized counsel and – crucially – to hire. Broadway veteran and advocate, Tony winner  Brian Stokes Mitchell  will introduce the event.    ...

  Jackie Jeffries & Charles Reese Seven Black Plays On Broadway Fall 2021 Dear All! Some of my good friends and me had a delightful conversation about the New York theatre season thus far. West coast-based actor and 'cultural architect for community engagement' Charles Reese traveled 3,000 miles to take in the unprecedented number of plays by Black writers on Broadway. Also aboard was Jackie Jeffries, president of AUDELCO, Inc, the producer of the Annual Viv Awards that honor excellence in Black Theater.  Listen to our conversation here that originally aired on Nov 25 at 9 pm on my radio show Backstage Stories heard on on WBAI 99.5 FM and streaming at www.wbai.org. Below are details about the seven Black plays on the Great White Way! Best regards, Marcia Pendelton   Pass Over by Antoinette Chinonyee Nwandu directed by Danya Taymor Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood, Gabriel Ebert In PASS OVER, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s "powerful and provocative" (Arifa Ak...

  A Day Of Solidarity For Black Theatre In the final moment of Alice’s Childress’ TROUBLE IN MIND (TIM) the main character, Willetta Mayer recites Psalms 133:  “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.”   This verse urges us to come together in oneness; as one—in unity.  It is Childress’ final appeal—a call to action—to her intended audience.  This final moment, is what inspired me to create and lead a grassroots movement, known as, Project1VOICE.  With this in mind, five Black theater service organizations— Black Theatre Network, Black Theatre United, The  Craft Institute, The International Black Theatre Summit and Project1VOICE—have come together to produce a virtual day of solidarity for Black theaters.  The date is Thursday, November 18, 2021.  On this day, we ask all in the field, to join us, in celebrating and honoring the rich, vast legacy of Black theater.  This day also marks, the history-...

  HARLEM STAGE AWARDED $2 MILLION FROM THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION CARL HANCOCK RUX JOINS HARLEM STAGE IN NEWLY CREATED ROLE AS ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CURATOR-IN-RESIDENCE New hire is part of Harlem Stage’s strategic, five-year transformation plan supported by Mellon grant Harlem Stage, the legendary uptown performing arts venue led by artistic director and CEO, Patricia Cruz , today announced that multidisciplinary artist Carl Hancock Rux joins the organization in a newly created role as associate artistic director/curator-in-residence . The hire is a major component of Harlem Stage’s strategic, five-year transformation plan as an artist-led and artist-managed organization, to strengthen and nurture leadership roles and employment opportunities for artists of color. Rux will work with the senior management team to design and execute Harlem Stage’s commissioning and artist development program, its related education programs, and the presenting schedule (including curatin...

  Ephraim Sykes   to Join   Walter Bobbie, Jennifer Damiano,     Brandon Victor Dixon, Tamika Lawrence, Tracy Shayne,     Theo Stockman, Tariq Trotter and Lillias White in   “Black No More”          A New Musical     with     Book by     John Ridley           Music and Lyrics by   Tariq Trotter       Choreography by     Bill T. Jones       Music Supervision, Orchestrations     and Vocal Arrangements by       Daryl Waters       Directed by     Scott Elliott       World Premiere Engagement from        THE NEW GROUP Begins January 11, 2022 with Official Opening Night on Tuesday, February 8 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Irene Diamond Stage, 480 West 42nd Street) TICKETS ON SALE NOW   The New Group   proudly announces tha...