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Phylicia Rashad

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Black Version Of Steel Magnolias! Dig The Casting!

    Lifetime is doing a Steel Magnolias of color, and I'm all hopped up about the cast. Get this: In the part of Truvy, the salon owner played by Dolly Parton in the 1989 movie, they've signed the formidable Jill Scott.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Tavern on the Green Donates Two Tons of Food; New York Has Its Own Grain Belt

    ​Taiwan is looking to mend trade ties with the U.S. after recently repealing its decision to import U.S. beef products. A change to Taiwan's food safety laws made some U.S. beef products no longer eligible for import. [Reuters] New York's grain belt is being revived and expanded with specialt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Don't Call Transgender Appointee The "First" Lady!

    ​I remember when Phylicia Rashad bagged the Tony award for Best Actress, and in the press room was told she was the first African American to ever win in that category. Asked how she felt, Rashad looked a bit stymied and couldn't come up with an answer!

  • Theater

    September 10, 2008

    Afrobeating the Dictators in Fela!

    In the new musical, two strong assets search for a more cogent context

  • Theater

    March 11, 2008

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Prowls

    But Dead Man's Cell Phone and Parlour Song ring hollow

  • Columns

    January 15, 2008

    Terrence Howard's Latest Hustle and Flow

    Black people revive the Great White Way. Plus a hue and cry from Mel Brooks.

  • Theater

    December 4, 2007

    Stuffed Happens

    A post-strike round-up: four Broadway openings, plus a little Off-Broadway Darwinism

  • Theater

    March 14, 2006

    Unhoused Music

    Bernarda Alba stamps out the rhythms, but what about the facts?

  • Columns

    November 29, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Bernarda Alba stamps out the rhythms, but what about the facts?

  • Theater

    September 27, 2005

    August Wilson (1945-2005)

    Bernarda Alba stamps out the rhythms, but what about the facts?

  • Theater

    December 7, 2004

    Unquiet Spirits

    In the first play of August Wilson's cycle, familiar patterns take on newly articulate flesh

  • Columns

    December 7, 2004

    NY Mirror

    In the first play of August Wilson's cycle, familiar patterns take on newly articulate flesh

  • Columns

    June 22, 2004

    NY Mirror

    In the first play of August Wilson's cycle, familiar patterns take on newly articulate flesh

  • Columns

    June 1, 2004

    NY Mirror

    In the first play of August Wilson's cycle, familiar patterns take on newly articulate flesh

  • Theater

    June 1, 2004

    Stage Left

    Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.

  • Theater

    April 20, 2004

    Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin: Still Just as Fresh 45 Years Later

    Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.

  • Columns

    April 20, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Tony Awards look to Off-Broadway for excellence.

  • Theater

    December 16, 2003

    Feature This

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

  • NYC Life

    December 9, 2003

    Listings

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

  • Theater

    April 9, 2002

    The Beauty Myth

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

  • Film

    December 12, 2000

    Captive Audience

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

  • Dance

    June 1, 1999

    Muse's Moment

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

  • Theater

    March 16, 1999

    Trial by Era

    The Public Theater displays a new byline; the Atlantic Theater tries to stir up old paranoias

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