This is Johnathan Lee Iverson's second production with the Winter Park Playhouse, where he's now starring in "Trav'lin: A 1930's Harlem Musical Romance." (Winter Park Playhouse) WINTER PARK, Fla. – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary Detroit playwright Pearl Cleage strongly believes in letting characters lead a story. “Nobody comes to the theater to be ...

Louise Meriwether, an author and activist who helped propel a renaissance of Black female writing in the 1970s with her searing novel “Daddy Was a Number Runner,” a coming-of-age story set in ...

What a pleasure it is to discover a hidden (or not so hidden!) gem. Such was the case for me this weekend, when I visited, for the first, but certainly not last, time the Winter Park Playhouse in ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Harlem Renaissance established the New York City neighborhood as a venue for creativity and ...

"There was never a Harlem like the Harlem of last night. Take a dozen Christmases, a score of New Year's Eves, a bushel of July 4th's and maybe -- yes maybe -- you get a faint glimpse of the idea."— ...

At the age of 74, the writer Pearl Cleage is about to have a moment in Chicago. Next week, the Goodman Theatre opens the first Chicago production of Cleage’s 2010 play, “The Nacirema Society,” a piece ...

The strings go zing-zinging on Professor Visits Harlem. Quite unlike any other anthology you're likely to have run into of late, we're treated to three decades of jazz string ensembles, starting off ...

Legendary Detroit playwright Pearl Cleage strongly believes in letting characters lead a story. “Nobody comes to the theater to be preached at,” Cleage told the Free Press. “And I’m the daughter of a ...

Trav'lin - The 1930s Harlem Musical Romance, a joyful celebration of love in the Jazz Age with a classic jazz and blues score, is receiving its Southeast regional premiere to kick off the Mainstage ...