CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist, who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold’ … and the Boys” to ...

Sankofa African American Theatre Company has announced its 3rd Annual Production of Langston Hughes' Gospel musical, BLACK NATIVITY. Performances are scheduled to take place at The West Shore Theatre ...

Black Ensemble Theater celebrates 50 years of its mission-based theater with a full season of musicals and special events.

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023 with a run that extended twice. Ghanaian American playwright and actor Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy earned six Tony nominations, nabbing two awards for ...

Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh wrote the “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” in 2017 for the MCC PlayLab Series, and it instantly became a show that everyone in the theater ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Performance is one of the best forms of self-expression and one Harrisburg woman is doing exactly that with some thought-provoking theater. The goal of the Sankofa African American ...

The Black Theatre Troupe was founded in Phoenix in 1970 by Helen Katherine Mason to address social issues through art. The troupe's current production, "The African Company Presents Richard III," ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Just around the corner from the ABC 7 studios, the Goodman Theater has been home to Chuck Smith for decades. He spoke to Eyeywitness News about how he came to love theater and his ...

March at The Capitol Theatre shines a light on two distinct contemporary art forms and their deep roots in the cultures they represent. Step Afrika! represents the African American community through ...

Ahead of the second edition of TheatreMania Africa Festival (TAF) 2025, veteran Nollywood actor, Dr Akin Lewis has opined that African stories told through theatre can provoke dialogue across cultures ...

The South African government congratulated Monday actor John Kani, a legend of protest theatre and also known for roles in US blockbusters, for his award of the prestigious Order of the British Empire ...