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Do Female African Americans Get Heard in the Theater?

Do the works of African American playwrights of the female persuasion get a fair chance at being heard on the stage? Playwright Lynn Nottage, who has been an often caustic critic on this very subject, was in London to receive the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn award for female playwrights. Only 12 percent of plays in the last three years have been authored by African American women. Worse yet, however, is there are none this year, by any woman period.
By Teresa Swan

  • ‘Galavant’ Musical Star Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue Are Getting Married

    Good news for 'Galavant' fans. No, we still don’t know if there is going to be a third season of the Alan Menken Musical series. But it does look like 'Galavant'actor Joshua is going to live happily ever after. The 28-year-old actor and 47-year-old singer Kylie Minogue recently announced that are engaged to be married.
    By James Knight

  • Playtime With Oscar:Little Known Facts About the Academy Awards

    When the 88th Academy Awards go down this Sunday, everyone will be scrambling to the internet to try to figure out, if Eddie Redmayne wins another Academy Award for best actor, why someone has won more awards than there have been to see his films. Or maybe, if Sylvester Stallone gets his due, how actor and Stallone can go together in the same sentence. Without further ado, let's play with Oscar for a little while.
    By Thomas Swan
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