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Posted Sunday, July 12th 2015 at 5:05PM
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Last week I saw Norm Lewis in a dynamic performance as the title character in the Broadway musical, "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Majestic Theatre. He should receive a Tony Award nomination for his captivating portrayal. He is the first black a ...
Posted Saturday, December 27th 2014 at 5:21PM
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If you are visiting or live in New York, you must see the revival of Amiri Baraka's tragedy, "The Dutchman," at the National Black Theater in Harlem (125th St. and Fifth Ave.) Sharif Atkins, recently seen in a recurring role on t.v. in "White Collar, ...
Posted Friday, May 9th 2014 at 10:15PM
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Cicely Tyson, newly-minted Tony Award winner, is starring on Broaday in the drama, "The Trip to Bountiful." It is a moving drama that also features Vanessa Williams and Cuba Gooding. While on Broadway, also make plans to see the revival of "Pippin, ...
Posted Friday, July 5th 2013 at 8:41AM
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Check out my reports on the Essence Festival taking place in New Orleans from July 5th through 8th on my blog at www.dramadiscoveryandlearning.com/blog. ...
Posted Friday, July 5th 2013 at 8:04AM
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Many thanks to George Soros for making a million dollar contribution to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Black children are suffering dispropionately high suspension rates in charter schools and one out of six young black men end up behind bars!!! ...
Posted Saturday, March 30th 2013 at 10:15AM
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August Wilson's award-winning drama, "The Piano Lesson," is now playing off-Broadway at the Signature Theater on 42nd Street through Dec. 18th. Go to theatremania.com or call the Signature Theater for tickets. -- Oct. 30, 2012 ...
Posted Tuesday, October 30th 2012 at 4:24PM
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One of President Obama's inspiring speeches urging his re-election!! Please watch it. Obama 2012!!! ...
Posted Sunday, August 26th 2012 at 10:44AM
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Today I handed out leaflets at 72nd St. and Broaday in a political action organized to inform voters of Romney-Ryan's "Pink Slip." Experts project the Romney-Ryan budget would cost the U.S. more than 1 million jobs in less than a year. Romney and R ...
Posted Thursday, August 16th 2012 at 3:35PM
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Check out my website for websites with resources and articles to help you get off to a good start this school year. New York States had two websites to help teachers and administrators align curricula to the Core Standards. Both are listed on my ww ...
Posted Monday, August 13th 2012 at 5:29PM
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August Wilson's award-winning drama, "The Piano Lesson," comes to Broadway this fall!
Stay tuned for more information. For reviews of current summer theater go to "Theater Central" page at www.dramadiscoveryandlearning.com. ...
Posted Tuesday, July 10th 2012 at 9:54PM
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This production is a powerfully dramatic revival of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" running through July 8th at the New Haarlem Arts Theater on City College campus, Aaron Davis Hall, 134th St. and Convent Ave. Curtain is at 7:00 p.m. Don ...
Posted Sunday, July 1st 2012 at 11:23AM
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If you're in NYC, you have to check out great performances by black actors in the revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker ("Soul Food"). Or if you want to see a musical with a gospel flavor, check out "Le ...
Posted Friday, May 18th 2012 at 12:56AM
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