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ABOVE PHOTO:  Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” while holding Roxie.  (AP Photo/Jeffrey Richards Associates, Evgenia Eliseeva)   Associated Press By Mark Kennedy NEW YORK — One of the supreme honors this Broadway season is to go to Circle in the Square, close your eyes and hear a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The “Nicolay Copy” of the Gettysburg Address (Library of Congress) and Ken Burns (insert.)  Interview with Kam Williams Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than 30 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever…

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associated press NEW YORK — The groundbreaking song-and-dance show “Soul Train” is chugging toward Broadway. Stage and film producer Matthew Weaver, who helped create “Rock of Ages,” has acquired the theatrical stage rights to the TV show and said Tuesday he’s hoping to repeat his success by turning “Soul Train” into a show that attracts…

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Interview with Kam Williams  Born in New York City on July 23, 1972, Marlon Wayans graduated from the High School of Performing Arts before matriculating at Howard University’s Film School. He started out in Hollywood on TV as a cast member of the Emmy Award-winning variety series, “In Living Color.” Next, Marlon created and starred…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Arian Foster and Terry Crews   By Jai Tiggett shadow and act.com Draft Day stars Kevin Costner as Sonny Weaver Jr., general manager of the Cleveland Browns, who is swept into a day of intense negotiations with team staff, players and even family on the day of the NFL draft. The cast, including…

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By Tambay A. Obenson shadow and act.com A nice infographic put together by the folks at New York Film Academy for which Shadow & Act was a source for data, titled: LOOKING AT BLACK INEQUALITY IN FILM: AN INFOGRAPHIC. As the blog piece states: In defining “Black Film,” we are referring to films in which…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  A scene from the Broadway play, A Raisin In The Sun.   Everyone should see it, but not on Broadway. Hear me out…   By Tanya Tatum ”A Raisin in the Sun” is an American classic, beautifully penned by playwright Lorraine Hansberry.  Originally staged in 1959, the story centers around the Younger family…

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By Kharisma McIlwaine Some families are blessed beyond measure when it comes to talent. Without a doubt, this can be said about the Wayans family.  I was first introduced to the Wayans (and Marlon in particular) on “In Living Color.” Years later, I shared countless laughs with my own brother watching Marlon and Shawn in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Pooch Hall, Djanai Hall, Jon Voight and Linda Hall at Djanai’s Angels’ “Special Needs Family Prom and Sweet 16, at Le Foyer Ballroom in North Hollywood, CA.   By Cherie Saunders  eurweb.com He may play the long lost, illegitimate black son in Showtime’s “Ray Donovan,” returning July 13, but in real life, Pooch…

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eurweb.com 30 Rock” veteran Tracy Morgan is returning to primetime in a new comedy for FXX. According to Deadline, the network has given a straight-to-series order to the project from “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” creators Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton and Sunny writer Luvh Rakhe. This is a brand new concept unrelated…

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