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Jeremy Jordans new concert Carry On, premiering May 6 and available on demand through May 27. The concert, filmed with five HD cameras, features musical direction by Benjamin Rauhala. Carry On premiered at the venue in 2019 and explores his new life as a father, while unpacking his own complicated childhood experiences. The May 6 debut includes a live chat for fans, as well as a live post-show jam session and Q&A with the artists for VIP ticket buyers. For tickets and more information, clic...

Roundabout & Black Theatre United Announce Plan to Elevate and Restore Marginalized Plays to the American Canon The Refocus Projects year one artists include: Alice Childress, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Angelina Weld Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, and Samm-Art Williams.by BWW News Desk As a theater known for producing revivals, Roundabout Theatre Company is committed to embracing its responsibility to reshape and refocus the parameters of the American theatre canon. Roundabout has announced The Ref...

(image provided by Roundabout Theatre Company) Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the launch of the Refocus Project, a multiyear effort to elevate rarely produced dramas by formerly marginalized theatrical voices to the forefront of the American theatrical canon. The centerpiece of the Refocus Project is a series of play readings, with the first season spotlighting historically overlooked Black dramatists from the 20th century. In association with Black Theater United, the readings will i...