Performing BlaQ

11/10/2022

Y'all 👀

13/04/2022

When two casts collide!
Lead actress gives us a view of what happens when Meets up with at their season finale party! We love to see an of this Blaq love, excellence and celebration!

09/11/2021

11/10/2021

Congratulations to the cast of Chicken and Biscuits Broadway on last night's opening performance! It was a treat.

07/10/2021

Thoughts???

02/06/2021

Jo Jo Dancer: Your Life is Calling (1986)

Loosely based on events in Richard Pryor's Life, this film features Paula Kelly and . In this narrative, Although Jo Jo Dancer (Richard Pryor) has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

02/06/2021

Making the Band 3 started on March 3, 2005, and aired for three seasons, finishing on August 10, 2006. It centered on the musical group .

New Orleans born was a member of the popular all girl band from 2005 to 2009, and reformed the group with 3 of the original 5 members in late 2013. In 2009, Richard joined the duo Dirty Money with fellow singer-songwriter , and label boss Sean "Diddy" Combs. With the group, they released the highly successful album Last Train to Paris

After departing in 2011 , Richard fashioned herself for solo success. In 2013 she debuted Goldenheart with Blackheart receiving sophomore acclaim in 2015. Redemption completes the trilogy.

This snippet is her post Covid release, "Boomerang" , which gives a futuristic vibe mixed with throwback 80's emotion and cleverly pays homage to .

27/05/2021

Season 2 : The Clark Sisters Movie with actress
# performingBlaQ

25/05/2021

Season Recap - Episode Two

and

24/05/2021

Season - Episode One

13/05/2021

Catch up on our episodes!!

13/05/2021

New Episodes coming but In the meantime, get your life!

13/05/2021

13 year old on a tv broadcast (1963).

13/05/2021

Happy Birthday !!
1989 acceptance speech after being inducted into the

09/05/2021

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09/05/2021

Happy 💃🏾🙏🏾

09/05/2021

"Two days ago! (with fond memories of lust)😂😭

07/05/2021

Can you tell they're not American??

07/05/2021

to the British revival of .
While the girls are singing down, their flavor is certainly questionable. One can tell that the american Blackness is underdeveloped.

07/05/2021

Happy Birthday to performance artist
This piece, "Samo 365", is commissioned by 's artist virtual commission program. It explores the superficial investment in digital persona and prowess as it relates to identity and worth.
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06/05/2021

This piece, "Samo 365", is commissioned by 's artist virtual commission program. It explores the superficial investment in digital persona and prowess as it relates to identity and worth.
Directed and choreographed by - composed by - arranged and sung by -wardrobe by with set decor by

04/05/2021

It's the passion for me!
Congrats!🍾 to afro-q***r playwright Donja Love for receiving the Terrence McNally Award given by .
From the -
Terrence McNally was unflinching in his quest to unearth the truth and create a softer space for those on the margins,” said Love in a statement released by PTC. “The same can be said for Black people living with HIV and those who’ve passed due to AIDS-related illness. We know our lives matter; we also know that our stories matter, too. Access and resources, which we’re seldom offered, are important in our stories being told. With winning this award, I can’t help but think that Terrence McNally’s legacy and the theater community agree. For that, I am deeply grateful.”
Love is a Southwest Philadelphia native who now lives in New York. According to PTC, “his work examines the forced absurdity of life” for those like himself who are Black, q***r, and HIV-positive. In his application for the award, he described What Will Happen to All That Beauty? as “a long-overdue love letter to my community.”

03/05/2021

Bristas! A series spin off starring Dyllón Burnside. 😂🙌🏾

Congratulations on the Season three premiere of Pose FX!!!

16/04/2021

Y'all remember this??😂😂

12/04/2021

Happy Birthday David Banner!!

Born Lavell William Crump (born April 11, 1974), better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Banner's music career first began as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz. He became a solo artist in 2000, releasing his first title "Them Firewater Boyz, Vol. 1". Since 2000, Banner went on to release several successful titles including the 2003 album title "Mississippi: The Album", followed up by a sequel title "MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water" released after the success of the first MTA album. He went on to release titles including "Certified", in 2005. Three years later, Banner returned with a new title "The Greatest Story Ever Told". In 2006, Banner made his first film appearance in Black Snake Moan (2006), starring Christina Ricci and Samuel L. Jackson. He also executive produced that Adult Swim show That Crook'd 'Sipp (2007). Other film appearances include Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010) and The Last Punch (2016). He also provided rap songs for movies including 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) and See No Evil (2006).

10/03/2021

Ronda Felton

07/03/2021

Y'all gotta catch up 🎉! Allen Porterie and Kinsey James reflect on our conversations on One Night in Miami and Judas and the Black Messiah.

Come listen to what we have up for Episode 6!
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09/02/2021

Written & directed by Robert Townsend, Meteor Man was released in 1993. This role is only the second black superhero in film history with the first being, Abar, the First Black Superman (1977). Marvel produced a six issue limited edition series where Meteor Man meets Spider-Man and Night Thrasher. This film is comprised of several notable black actors as well as rap artists.

When asked how the film holds up today, Townsend offers, “I think it does hold up because some of the themes in there are still prevalent in society today. Things like communities banding together against gangs, against violence, working with the police, these are certain things that haven't gone away. When I look at Black Lightning and Luke Cage, they're like my cinematic sons. They've taken on cleaning up the Hood, like what Meteor Man was doing trying to unite the gangs and get the community together. I think people still laugh, it's still funny, but then in terms of the ultimate message that we can empower our own communities if we work together, I think that theme is still there and still needed.”

Cheers to Robert Townsend and this Iconic Bla(Q)!! Performance.

04/02/2021

This iconic Bla(Q) play debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title is inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem”. This is story captures a Black Family on the Southside of Chicago wishing to climb the socio-economic ladder after an insurance payout following the death of the family patriarch. In 1959 it received Best Play from New York Drama Critics’ Circle. The Broadway production included Sidney Poitier (Walter Lee), Diana Sands (Beneatha), Louis Gossett (George Murchison) Glynn Turman (Travis) and Ruby Dee and the entire cast would perform in the 1961 film iteration.

This play was adapted into a musical entitled Raisin in 1973 which included Joe Morton (Walter Lee), Debbie Allen (Beneatha) and Ralph Carter (Travis) from the hit TV Show Good Times. The play was revived on Broadway twice in both 2004 and 2014 and revived in film in 2008. Actors associated with these productions (inconclusively) include Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, David Oleyowo, Ron Cephas Jones, the late Bill Nunn, Anika Noni Rose, Denzel Washington, Sophie Okenedo, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, and Audra MacDonald. All three 21st century productions (both theater and film) were directed by Kenny Leon (Best Director, Best Revival of Play Tony Award ’14)

The video featured is from the PBS production from 1989. It includes Danny Glover (Walter Lee), Starletta Dubois (Ruth) and the iconiq Esther Rolle.

03/02/2021

ICONIC BLA(Q)!! PERFORMANCES

•Show: Pippin (1972)
•Iconic Bla(Q) Performer: Ben Vereen

✊🏾Ben Vereen is a Tony-winning actor, dancer and singer known most for his association with Bob Fosse’s work. He made his Broadway debut as a replacement in the original production of Hair and was nominated for a Tony in 1972 for originating the role of Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar.

✊🏾Also in 1972, he originated the role of the Leading Player in Pippin, winning a Tony Award. After, he appeared in Grind (1985), Jelly’s Last Jam (1992), Fosse (1999), I’m Not Rappaport (2002) and Wicked (2003). He also appeared in Fosse’s films Sweet Charity (1969) and All That Jazz (1979). In 1977, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his role as George Moore in Roots.

✊🏾Mr. Vereen, we salute you and thank you for your investment in Black performance.
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