Tony Award-nominated playwright Ntozake Shange, director Oz Scott, producer Woodie King, Jr. and cast member Aku Kadogo talk about how the play, which depicted black women's lives through stark poetry and dance, moved from Off-Broadway's New Federal Theatre and Public Theater to Broadway.
"For Colored Girls" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Feb. 8. To hear about the evolution the play that inspired it, look below:
Her comments were part of an ongoing conversation around the purpose of theatre criticism.
The musical adaptation of the hit film at the Winter Garden Theatre stars Casey Likes and Roger Bart.
Lonny Price is directing the new revival of the Joseph Stein-Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick musical.
The new work from Suzan-Lori Parks opened at the Off-Broadway company April 16.
From ruby reds to glimmering greens, the evening was certainly an Oz-ian affair.
The play is also eyeing a Broadway transfer next season.
Douglas Lyons founded the developmental branch of The Directors Company.
Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renée, and Hunter Parrish lead the cast of the new musical directed by Stevie Walker-Webb.
At Signature Theatre Off-Broadway, Sarah Ruhl’s play (based on Virginia Woolf) finally has a genderqueer cast.
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