It's been 32 years since Prince first starred in his 1984 acting debut Purple Rain.
Nicki posed inside a theater in her hometown of Queens, NYC wearing a pair of dark sunglasses and an oversized hoodie.
As audience members and invited guests milled about enjoying cocktails before the premiere performance of Von Decarlo’s one-woman show Lasagna, the lady herself breezed past me and disappeared behind a dressing room door. I had not met her before that night, although I was familiar with her as a performer and I recognized her from […]
Famed playwright and film producer David E. Talbert is launching his multi-city actor’s workshop and talent search, kicking off October 4th in his hometown of Washington, DC. Talbert…
If you enjoyed the on-air conversation between The DC Girl April Watts and Sumayya Ali, DC Native and star of Porgy And Bess, then you don’t want to miss the FULL conversation that took place between these ladies. Sumayya discusses the struggles of blacks in theater, the arts and social change, and the unique […]
April Watts recently sat down with local tap virtuosos, the Manzari Brothers, to discuss tap dance and their role in the play “Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Thru Life” now playing at Arena Stage.
The founder of of Radio and TV One, Cathy Hughes is one of the top Black women in media. So it’s fair to say she’s…
Cicely Tyson is a living legend but she’s not content to just sit home and enjoy the spoils of a six-decade career in entertainment. The…
Beyonce and Kelly Rowland may have higher profiles but their sister in Destiny, Michelle Williams, isn’t sitting home waiting for the phone to ring. Since…
I had the privilege of seeing the preview of “The Convert,” by Zimbabwean American actress and playwright, Danai Gurira. I loved it so much, I decided to interview two cast members–Nancy Moricette and Dawn Ursula. These women are brilliant and incredible both on and off stage! “The Convert” is showing at the Woolly Mammoth from […]
OBIE Award winning actor and playwright Danai Guirira is at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre with her latest offering, “The Convert”–an honest, powerful, and compelling play about a young Zimbabwean woman’s struggle with dual identity as she embraces Roman Catholocism and clings to traditional culture. Although the story is set in the colonial era (circa 1895), the themes transcend time period, […]
The future of the American theater does not rest entirely on the shoulders of Tarell Alvin McCraney. The 29-year-old playwright — a product of both a hardscrabble Miami childhood and a transformative education at the Yale School of Drama — warms to the question of where his rapidly accelerating career might be taking […]
