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Premieres Thursday, May 4 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, May 6 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, May 8 at 8:30 on KPBS 2. Sharrell D. Luckett, PhD is an award-winning director, best-selling author and highly sought out acting coach who believes her Black Acting Methods help Black actors bring their true selves to their roles. Kathryn Smith-McGlynn is an accomplished actor, writer, director and scholar. Both women discuss how acting is a continual learning process and how c...

Premieres Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, May 1 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. From managing the longest-running Black theatre company in the United States, to building his name at some of today’s top television networks, Yolanda Franklin and Louis R. Brown III talk about the process of producing and the diverse content they produce on both stage and screen.

Premieres Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, April 24 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. American bass DeAndre Simmons uses his velvety voice to captivate audiences. He has performed for dignitaries such as President Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela. Comedian Ray Grady has toured the nation carving a name for himself and working alongside comedians Kevin Hart and Nick Cannon on the BET+series REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD....

Premieres Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream with the PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 15 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV and Monday, April 17 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. One started his career as a child actor, the other came to acting by way of football; both sharpened their skills at Yale University. As working actors, Thomas Hobson (THAT GIRL LAY LAY, "Ghosts of the Ozarks") and Marcus Henderson (TACOMA FD, "Get Out," SNOWFALL) talk about their journeys in tel...

Commentary On March 31, I went to see San Diego Opera’s production of “Tosca.” I’ve followed this company’s ...

Premieres Thursday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS App + Encores Saturday, April 8 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, April 10 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. Join Emmy-Award winning host michael taylor this season as he interviews some of today’s most influential people of color in theatre before a live audience. This week: the Director of Performing Arts at the California Center for the Arts, and the first Black Lighting Director in the country, are paving the way for diversity in the industry...

The television series promotes diversity and inclusion in theatre.

The rarely produced Stephen Sondheim musical is about the artist's struggle to create

I’m a big fan of Fats. Three of them, specifically. There’s Minnesota Fats; although it’s really more that I was a fan of Jackie Gleason, who played Fats in “The Hustler.” I’m a huge fan of Fats Domino. When I was a kid first getting into music, some of my favorite records were the 45s

The jazz-age pianist and composer's music was the soundtrack of New York's Harlem Renaissance