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Angela Bassett For "The Mountaintop" Opposite Samuel L. Jackson?

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 14, 2011 1:17 AM
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In the video clip below, on the Today Show this morning, Angela Bassett mentions she's currently "weighing coming to New York to do a Broadway show," with her kids starting school in September.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 13, 2011 5:17 AM
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The show doesn't open until October 13, and the lead actress hasn't even been cast yet, but tickets for the Broadway premiere of Katori Hall's 2010 Olivier Award-winning Best Play, The Mountaintop, are now officially on sale.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 10, 2011 3:59 AM
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As we already know, Whoopi Goldberg won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in the film version... does this work for anybody? :)

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 8, 2011 7:48 AM
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He may have not had very much to do in X-Men: First Class (currently in theaters), but Edi Gathegi will be chewing up lots of stage time in a new play at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, which opens tonight!

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 3, 2011 6:33 AM
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The DC Black Theater Festival taking place in Washington, from June 12th to the 19th, will bring a host of stories written and presented by African American playwrights from across the country.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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June 2, 2011 8:41 AM
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As well as a look at some artwork for Katori Hall's award-winning play, The Mountaintop, which we've written about a lot on this site, making its Broadway debut this fall, with Samuel L. Jackson starring as Martin Luther King Jr.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 26, 2011 1:48 AM
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Ya know, I'm not sure I ever knew that Denzel Washington's wife, Pauletta Washington was an actress... or maybe I did, and I just forgot altogether, since she hasn't done very much of it; but yes, she is. In fact, Denzel met her back in 1977, when she was Pauletta Pearson, on the set of the 1977 TV movie Wilma, which both actors co-starred in, and which was Pauletta's very first on screen role.

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 16, 2011 8:14 AM
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BET plans to reboot Showtime At the Apollo!

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 16, 2011 7:24 AM
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Reading THIS piece on the New York Post's website this afternoon, and learned the following: that Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. is indeed developing a Broadway musical based on his life "to set the record straight on the inception of the iconic label."

By Tambay A. Obenson
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May 9, 2011 12:53 PM
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It opened tonight, May 9th. Any of you out there see it in previews, or tonight? I'm referring to Sanaa Lathan starring in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Lynn Nottage's new play, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, as a black maid in Hollywood pursuing her dream of making it in the movies, while also grappling with racial stereotypes through several decades of the 20th century.

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