The landscape of modern entertainment is defined by a group of performers who possess the unique ability to inhabit any role with complete conviction. These male actors have broken barriers and set ...

NEW YORK -- Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" on Broadway has died after falling from a fire escape, ...

On the 3rd floor of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater, there's an exhibit dedicated to *** trailblazing actor. Oh, Ira Aldridge is an actor, *** director, *** writer, an activist. Ira Aldridge is ...

His gifts should have graced our stages. Ira Frederick Aldridge was a Shakespearian actor, recognized by theater historians as the first Black tragedian. The true tragedy, though, was that, like many ...

HAMPTON, Virginia ‒ As a child, Djimon Hounsou played soccer on the beaches of his native Benin, a small country in West Africa. He didn't know then that those same beaches had been a “path of no ...

Originally published on BlackNews.com. Jonathan Browne, the founder and CEO of Project Casting, has announced a massive ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - An actor from Mineola is set to be honored next month with a special celebration and film screening in Tyler. The Texas African American Museum is scheduled to honor Mineola ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (WCSC) — Sidney Poitier made history when he became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor on April 13, 1964. Poitier took home the award for his role ...