Roslyn Ruff News Today

Check out the second half of our 2023 review of Black theater.

How a community—and a legacy—of Black playwrights, performers, choreographers, and producers has transformed what we get to see on stage.

The AUDELCO Awards took place Monday, Nov. 20, at the Alhambra Ballroom where a Black theater family reunion was happening.

Western New York's own Roslyn Ruff is known for her stage roles in "Seven Guitars" and "The Piano Lesson."

Florida's DeSantis curriculum erases a looooong legacy of African ironwork. Plus, Sondheim at the Bowl and Ceruti at the Getty, in our weekly arts newsletter

Lisa Gay Hamilton takes on the stern matriarchal role in 'Zora Howard's Stew,' a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama in 2021, at Pasadena Playhouse.

Zora Howard’s 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist is now running at the Pasadena Playhouse.

'Barbenheimer' (the 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' double feature) starts Friday, so start practicing your costume change.

May/June Theater Talks at 92NY will feature Billy Crystal With Bette Midler, Kristin Chenoweth in a Celebration of Peggy Lee and more. 

The 92NY Unterberg Poetry Center's Spring literary season continues in May and June with readings by acclaimed authors Isabel Allende, Lorrie Moore and Miriam Toews, poet Willie Perdomo – and a dramatic reading of Seamus Heaney's work by actor Ben Whishaw, among other events.