Amid racist backlash toward Disney's live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid", Halle Bailey just received some love from singer and actress, Stephanie Mills, who originated Dorothy in The Wiz on Broadway. Mills took to Instagram to compare her experience on the seven-time Tony Award winning musical version of "The Wizard of Oz", which had an…
The lead star of the all-black Wizard of Oz remake tells The Little Mermaid actress to hold [her] head up high amid vicious comments over her casting in the Disney live-action film.
"Shrek the Musical" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" took home three awards each at the High School Musical Theatre Awards at Proctors.
african americans thinking about the past, and it s wrist history, and using that to talk about to talk about the future. museum director kevin yang says that the exhibit was launched to reimagine, we interpret the black experience. it includes african american classics, original costumes from productions like, the wiz, black stars like janelle monáe. and black buster films. but the exhibit isn t limited to fiction and folklore. we also of trayvon martin s flight suit. an aviation suit once worn by trayvon martin, the 70-year-old unarmed black boy fatally shot by george zimmerman in 2012. zimmerman was charged but acquitted, following a high-profile 2013 criminal trial. martin s death, largely viewed as the impetus for the black lives matter movement, sparking protests around the country, and the world.