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Barring any restrictions, the late summer and fall plays and musicals will feature no less than a dozen African American-themed productions – ten of...

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were the star guests at the 2015 “BET Honors” Saturday night. But there were other celebs who lit up the red…

Nicki Minaj told the crowd at the BET Awards that she was close to death recently — an experience that has helped her be...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a rehearsal room near Times Square this week, some two dozen men with Broadway-honed voices huddled to strategize. They were...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tickets to watch Denzel Washington on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun" are hard to come by, but one...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Denzel Washington you meet backstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is not exactly living a glamorous Hollywood life. He's...

NEW YORK (AP) — LaTanya Richardson Jackson came to visit New York to see some Broadway shows. Now she's in one. Richardson Jackson, who was...

NEW YORK (AP) — Diahann Carroll has pulled out of the upcoming Broadway revival of "A Raisin in the Sun" and been replaced by...

In this May 2, 2002, file photo, Phylicia Rashad, left, and Keshia Knight Pulliam from the "Cosby Show" arrive at NBC's 75th anniversary celebration at New York's Rockefeller Center. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File) by Stacey Anderson WASHINGTON (AP) — Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she'll commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights movement.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Flight," ''Django Unchained," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The 44th annual ceremony is scheduled to air Feb. 1 on NBC. NOMINATED--Jamie Foxx as Django and Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candle star in the film, "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. "Flight," "Django Unchained," "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Andrew Cooper, SMPSP)