Tony Award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins understands the intricacies of family. In his award-winning “Appropriate ...
Originally commissioned for Chicago’s Steppenwolf’s storied ensemble and directed with verve by Phylicia Rashad, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose builds like a gathering storm, crackling with static ...
This bombshell-littered house belongs to the Jaspers, a powerful black political dynasty whose controversies and scandals come down faster than the blizzard outside their window.
Directed by Phylicia Rashad, the new play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins heaps various resentments and revelations onto the stage ...
The expectations of genre may at once signify an imposing edifice that a playwright might stretch themselves to fulfill, and simultaneously, a familiar model to which they can retreat for comfort and ...
Staged at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater by way of London’s Almeida Theatre, this Streetcar took the Old City by storm in 2023, nominated for six Olivier Awards and winning three (Best ...
The great Phylicia Rashad makes her Broadway directorial debut, with PURPOSE by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, opening tonight at ...
Jenkins' Purpose is now in previews at the Helen Hayes Theatre, marking the Broadway directorial debut of legendary performer Phylicia Rashad. The director recently visited Sherri Shepherd's talk show ...
The Associated Press live streamed the event on YouTube, including the eulogies and remarks delivered by Phylicia Rashad, Reverend Al Sharpton, Dionne Warwick, India Arie, Alicia Keys and others.
The service also featured appearances from friends and fellow musicians Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Valerie Simpson, Phylicia Rashad and Dionne Warwick. The singer, 88, died Feb. 24 "peacefully, ...
Actor Phylicia Rashad remembered first seeing Flack perform when she was a student at Howard University — to an audience that grew rapt by her quiet, steady voice. Flack lived comfortably with ...
Actor Phylicia Rashad remembered first seeing Flack perform when she was a student at Howard University — to an audience that grew rapt by her quiet, steady voice. Flack lived comfortably with ...