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This Broadway piano isnโ€™t just a prop. Itโ€™s a piece of Black history.

The upright piano in the Broadway revival of August Wilsonโ€™s โ€œThe Piano Lessonโ€ is being donated to the Smithsonian.

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Broadway theater renamed in honor of James Earl Jones

The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.

Q&A: Tyler Perry on directing his 1st script, 26 years later

Tyler Perry has directed his first screenplay, 26 years after writing it.

Contemporary American Theater Festival is back with new plays

The Contemporary American Theater Festival in West Virginia is back on this summer, with a marathon of original works.

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Winfrey picks Viola Davis memoir for her book club

Viola Davisโ€™ latest honor is not for her acting, but for her writing.

Broadway theater will be renamed after James Earl Jones

The Shubert Organization's Cort Theatre on Broadway will be renamed after James Earl Jones, fulfilling a promise by the theater giant to honor a Black artist in such a way.

Denzel Washington on directing: 'Iโ€™m still learning'

Denzel Washington the actor has some 60 films under his belt, plus two Oscars, and at 66 is universally regarded as one of the all-time greats.

John Legend joins The Temptations musical producing team

At the Tony Awards, John Legend played live with cast members from the Broadway musical โ€œAinโ€™t Too Proud โ€“ The Life and Times of the Temptations.โ€.

New York theater leaders agree on a New Deal for Broadway

A wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have hammered out a series of reforms and commitments for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.

Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members

COVID-19 vaccinations and masks will be required for all Broadway audience members when theaters reopen in the coming weeks.

Viola Davis memoir 'Finding Me' scheduled for next April

Oscar winner Viola Davis is working on a memoir her publisher calls deeply personal and brutally honest.

'The Night Watchman,' Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers

One of the countryโ€™s most esteemed novelists, Louise Erdrich, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for โ€œThe Night Watchman.โ€.

'Pass Over' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons

A play about young Black men trapped on a street corner has positioned itself as the first Broadway show audiences can watch live when the Great White Way restarts.

'Hadestown' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons

โ€œHadestown,โ€ the brooding musical about the underworld, has set its Broadway reopening date on Sept. 2, jumping ahead of such megahits as โ€œHamiltonโ€ and โ€œWickedโ€ to position itself as the first show to welcome audiences on Broadway since the pandemic.

Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening

Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales in the coming days to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity.

Viola Davis: Chadwick Boseman gave "extraordinary" final performance

The Academy Award-winning actress shares the screen with the late Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," Boseman's final film.

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Viola Davis: The 60 Minutes Interview

Viola Davis opens up to Jon Wertheim about her role as Ma Rainey, her relationship with August Wilson's material, a bold scene on "How to Get Away with Murder" and her life growing up.

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Viola Davis is named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year

Viola Davis has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard Universityโ€™s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar

This image released by Netflix shows Michael Potts, from left, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." (David Lee/Netflix via AP)NEW YORK โ€“ Half a year after his death, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award on Monday for his final performance in โ€œMa Rainey's Black Bottom.โ€The nomination for best actor was widely expected but still historic. Boseman is the first Black performer ever nominated posthumously for an Oscar. He was nominated alongside Steven Yeun ("Minari"), Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Anthony Hopkins ("The Father") and Gary Oldman ("Mank"). Three months later, the August Wilson adaptation โ€œMa Rainey's Black Bottomโ€ was released by Netflix.

'Mank' leads Oscar nominations in a year of record diversity

Zhao, the first woman of color nominated for best director, is the most nominated woman in a single year in Oscar history. She was also tipped for the filmโ€™s adapted screenplay, editing and as a producer in the best picture category. โ€œI just quietly gave thanks and felt some gratitude.โ€Davis, who won for her performance in 2016โ€™s โ€œFences,โ€ landed her fourth Oscar nomination, making her the most nominated Black actress ever. The Academy Awards would typically have happened by now but this year will be telecast April 25. โ€œCollective,โ€ the Romanian documentary about investigative journalism and government corruption, became just the second film nominated for both best documentary and best international film.

'Nomadland,' 'Borat' win at a socially distant Golden Globes

Sheโ€™s only the second woman in the history of the Globes to win, and the first since Barbra Streisand won for โ€œYentlโ€ in 1984. Its star, guerilla comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, also won best actor in a comedy. โ€œThe Queen's Gambitโ€ won best limited series, and best actress in the category for Anya Taylor-Joy. โ€œSchitt's Creek,โ€ the Pop TV series that found a wider audience on Netflix, won best comedy series for its final season. Catherine O'Hara also took best actress in a comedy series.

'Ma Rainey,' 'Minari' and Boseman lead SAG nominations

The Screen Actors Guild has nominated the cast for a SAG Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. But the SAG Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, are considered a far better barometer for the Academy Awards, where actors account for the largest percentage of the academy. Usually, the eventual Oscar best picture winner is first nominated for best ensemble by the SAG Awards, though โ€œGreen Bookโ€ and โ€œThe Shape of Water" were two recent exceptions. Aside from Boseman and Oldman, the nominees for best male actor in a lead role were Riz Ahmed (โ€œSound of Metalโ€), Anthony Hopkins (โ€œThe Fatherโ€) and Steven Yeun (โ€œMinariโ€). All of the female leads in a drama series nominees came from either โ€œThe Crownโ€ (Gillian Anderson, Colman, Emma Corrin) or โ€œOzarkโ€ (Laura Linney, Julia Garner).

With โ€˜Mankโ€™ and โ€˜The Crown,โ€™ Netflix dominates Globes noms

In this image released by Netflix, Gary Oldman portrays Herman Mankiewicz in a scene from "Mank." On Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 the film was nominated for a Golden Globe for best motion picture drama. โ€œMank,โ€ about โ€œCitizen Kaneโ€ co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, landed nominations for best film, drama; best actor for Gary Oldman; best director for Fincher, best supporting actress for Amanda Seyfried; best score; and best screenplay for Jack Fincher, the directorโ€™s father who penned the script before dying in 2003. Netflix, which topped all studios at the Globes last year, too, led with a commanding 42 nominations, with 22 coming in film categories and 20 in television. AdThe Globes are typically the first major show of Hollywoodโ€™s awards season, which ends with the crowning of the best picture winner at the Oscars.

Golden Globes nominations Wednesday could belong to Netflix

Nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes will be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ€“ Whether anyone will be attending the Golden Globes in person remains uncertain and improbable. On Tuesday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said the Globes โ€” typically a bubbly dinner gathering with flowing drinks โ€” will be held bi-coastally for the first time. digital channels and the Golden Globes' website. Last year's Golden Globes culminated in awards for โ€œ1917โ€ and โ€œOnce Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."

'Never Rarely' tops Spirit Awards, 'Da 5 Bloods' leads NBRs

The film was nominated for seven Independent Film Spirit Awards including one for best feature. The 36th annual Spirit Awards, like most awards shows during the pandemic, are adjusting to the difficult circumstances. Eliza Hittman's โ€œNever Rarely Sometimes Always,โ€ a Pennsylvania's teen's odyssey in getting an abortion, racked up nominations for best feature film, best director and best female lead for Sidney Flanigan. Chloe Zhoe's โ€œNomadland,โ€ starring Frances McDormand, scored five nods, including best feature, best director and best female lead for McDormand. None of the nominees for best feature film were directed by a white male.

โ€˜Soul,โ€™ โ€˜Ma Raineyโ€™sโ€™ among AFIโ€™s top 10 films of the year

This image released by Netflix shows, from second left, Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Delroy Lindo in a scene from "Da 5 Bloods," named one of the top 10 films of the year by The American Film Institute. (David Lee/Netflix via AP)The American Film Institute on Monday announced its top 10 films of the year, including Pixarโ€™s jazz themed โ€œSoulโ€ and two of Chadwick Bosemanโ€™s final films: the August Wilson adaptation โ€œMa Raineyโ€™s Black Bottomโ€ and Spike Leeโ€™s Vietnam drama โ€œDa 5 Bloods,โ€ both of which are Netflix films. AFI also selected Warner Bros.โ€™ Black Panther Party film โ€œJudas and the Black Messiahโ€ which will have its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Feb. 1. The AFI also named its top 10 television shows, including Netflixโ€™s โ€œThe Queenโ€™s Gambit,โ€ the Disney+ phenomenon โ€œThe Mandalorianโ€ and Apple TV+โ€™s โ€œTed Lasso.โ€The selection jury included filmmakers Rian Johnson and Lulu Wang. The group also included a special citation for โ€œHamilton.โ€In lieu of the annual luncheon celebrating the honorees, AFI will hold a virtual benediction on Feb. 26 streaming on YouTube and the AFI website.

Sidelined 'Mean Girls' musical won't reopen on Broadway

FILE - The cast of "Mean Girls" performs at the 72nd annual Tony Awards on June 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Michael Zorn/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ€“ Producers of the Broadway musical โ€œMean Girlsโ€ have decided not to restart when authorities allow theaters to reopen in New York City, the second and likely not last established show to be a casualty of COVID-19 on the Great White Way. โ€œWe remain excited to bring this musical to the big screen, relaunch the tour and prepare for a London production,โ€ said โ€œSaturday Night Liveโ€ and โ€œMean Girlsโ€ producer Lorne Michaels in a statement. Broadway theaters abruptly closed on March 12, knocking out all shows, including 16 that were still scheduled to open. Late May is the earliest Broadway will reopen, according to the Broadway League.

'First Cow' named 2020's best film by New York Film Critics

The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, voted Kelly Reichardts Western fable First Cow the best film of 2020. (Allyson Riggs/A24 via AP)NEW YORK โ€“ The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday voted Kelly Reichardt's Western fable โ€œFirst Cowโ€ the best film of 2020, while also giving special honors to Spike Lee and the art-house distributor Kino Lorber for their roles in a movie year deeply marred by the pandemic. The film critics, assembling virtually, gave its top award to โ€œFirst Cow,โ€ a delicate tale of friendship and capitalism in mid-1800s Oregon Territory. The critics pointedly said the honor was for a service โ€œdesigned to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.โ€The New York Film Critics Circle Awards are usually part of a wave of critics group honors that can occasionally influence awards season. Other NYFCC picks include: โ€œTimeโ€ for best non-fiction film; โ€œBacurauโ€ for best foreign language film; โ€œThe Forty-Year-Old Versionโ€ for best first film; โ€œWolfwalkers" for best animated film; and the five-film anthology โ€œSmall Axeโ€ for best cinematography.

In 'Ma Rainey,' channeling the blues of August Wilson

Following โ€œFencesโ€ and โ€œMa Rainey,โ€ he intends to continue adapting Wilsonโ€™s famed American Century Cycle, a 10-play series spanning each decade of the 20th century. All of Wilson's plays hum with the sorrowful beauty of the blues but โ€œMa Rainey" is soaked through. On a sweaty, summer day, a band has gathered at a white-owned recording studio to cut a new record with Ma Rainey (Davis), the pioneering โ€œMother of the Blues,โ€ and an unapologetically liberated woman from the South. Itโ€™s Cutler and Slow Drag and Ma Rainey talking," says Wolfe. For Davis, Ma isn't a character she wants to let go of, or stop admiring.

New this week: 'Ma Raineyโ€™s Black Bottom' and Paul McCartney

MOVIESโ€” โ€œMa Raineyโ€™s Black Bottomโ€ was always going to be an event picture, even on Netflix, where it will be available Friday. Wilsonโ€™s 1982 play is set around a recording session in 1920s Chicago as a blues band awaits the arrival of Ma Rainey (Davis). โ€” AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSICโ€” Paul McCartney will release the final album in a trilogy of classics on Friday. โ€œMcCartney IIIโ€ comes 40 years after 1980โ€™s โ€œMcCartney IIโ€ and 50 years after โ€œMcCartney,โ€ his solo debut released in 1970. โ€” Director George C. Wolfe said that when he signed on to direct โ€œMa Raineyโ€™s Black Bottom,โ€ he instantly knew he wanted to work with Branford Marsalis.

Heartbreak and transcendence: Bringing "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" to the screen

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is a new Netflix film inspired by the true-life story of the blues legend. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is the film adaptation of August Wilson's play, one of ten in his "American Century Cycle." In "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," Boseman played a very different role, as a talented and tormented musician. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is on just about ever Oscar predictions list - and there are eight other films yet to come. To watch a trailer for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" click on the video player below:For more info:"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" debuts in theatres and on Netflix December 18"Giving Voice," on the August Wilson Monologue Competition (Netflix)Story produced by John D'Amelio.

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Denzel Washington on bringing August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" to the screen

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is a new Netflix film inspired by the true-life story of the blues legend, with Washington serving as a producer. Denzel Washington, producer of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis and Colman Domingo in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." David Lee/Netflix"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" also marks the final film for Boseman, who died last August from colon cancer at the age of 43. To watch a trailer for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" click on the video player below:For more info:"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" debuts in theatres and on Netflix December 18The Emmy Award-winning "Sunday Morning" is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9 a.m.

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Viola Davis: The 60 Minutes Interview

Viola Davis: The 60 Minutes Interview Viola Davis opens up to Jon Wertheim about her new role as Ma Rainey, her relationship with August Wilson's material, a bold scene on "How to Get Away with Murder" and her life growing up.

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Viola Davis: Chadwick Boseman gave "extraordinary" final performance

Four months after he died from colon cancer, Chadwick Boseman will light up the silver screen a final time. Viola Davis, who stars in the film's titular role, told 60 Minutes Boseman's performance was "extraordinary." Seven years ago, Boseman wrote about meeting Wilson, a playwright he clearly admired, whose words he called "poetry." According to Davis, this reverence for writing is exactly how Boseman approached his work, marking him as an artist โ€” not simply an entertainer. Audiences can react to Boseman's performance when "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" begins streaming on Netflix on December 18.

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Chadwick Boseman, 'First Cow' among Gotham Award nominees

This image released by A24 shows Orion Lee, left, and and John Magaro in a scene from "First Cow." Kelly Reichardt's film led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for Magaro and breakthrough actor for Lee. The Gotham Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, put forward five films, all directed by women, for best feature film, and a posthumous acting nod for Chadwick Boseman. Kelly Reichardt's โ€œFirst Cowโ€ led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for John Magaro and breakthrough actor for Orion Lee. Alongside Boseman and Magaro, the acting nominees are: Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Jude Law ("The Nest") and Jesse Plemons ("I'm Thinking of Ending Things").

The University of Pittsburgh acquires August Wilson trove

NEW YORK โ€“ The University of Pittsburgh has acquired the archive of the late playwright and Pittsburgh native son August Wilson, a trove that contains recordings, letters, artwork, poetry, unpublished work and notebooks. The August Wilson Archive will reside in a state-of-the-art home in Hillman Libraryโ€™s renovated Archives & Special Collections, the university said Thursday. โ€œThis acquisition is about more than bringing August Wilson back home to Pittsburgh,โ€ said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher in a statement. Next up this December is โ€œMa Raineyโ€™s Black Bottom,โ€ directed by Tony-winner George C. Wolfe and adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Washington says โ€œThe Piano Lessonโ€ is the next Wilson work he hopes to bring to the screen.

Netflix previews 'Ma Rainey' and Boseman's final performance

This image released by Netflix shows Michael Potts, from left, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfes August Wilson adaptation Ma Raineys Black Bottom, showcasing Chadwick Bosemans final performance opposite Viola Davis powerhouse blues singer. (David Lee/Netflix via AP)

Netflix previews 'Ma Rainey' and Boseman's final performance

This image released by Netflix shows Michael Potts, from left, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfes August Wilson adaptation Ma Raineys Black Bottom, showcasing Chadwick Bosemans final performance opposite Viola Davis powerhouse blues singer. (David Lee/Netflix via AP)NEW YORK โ€“ Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfe's August Wilson adaptation โ€œMa Rainey's Black Bottom,โ€ showcasing Chadwick Boseman's final performance opposite Viola Davis' powerhouse blues singer. Boseman plays Levee, an ambitious trumpeter aiming to launch himself with his own updated versions of Ma Rainey's songs. โ€œMa Raineyโ€™s Black Bottomโ€ was the first play Wilson wrote in 1984, and the only one of this 10-part Century Cycle not set in Pittsburgh.

โ€˜Black Pantherโ€™ star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43

LOS ANGELES โ€“ Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel's blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. It was the honor of his career to bring King Tโ€™Challa to life in Black Panther." Disney executive chairman Bob Iger called Boseman โ€œan extraordinary talent, and one of the most gentle and giving souls I have ever met. โ€œYou donโ€™t have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. At the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Award, โ€œBlack Pantherโ€ won best ensemble, electrifying the room.

Chadwick Boseman, who embodied Black icons, dies of cancer

FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Chadwick Boseman arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel superhero whose Wakanda forever! salute reverberated worldwide. You dont have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. Before an auditorium full of actors, Chadwick Boseman stepped to the microphone.

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