Compiled by Celeste Bateman for ELMART Theatre Service* (Updated 10/15/14)   This year, we saw great African American plays come and go far too soon, among them After Midnight, which garnered seven Tony nominations and received one for Best Choreography (Warren Carlyle); and Holler If Ya Hear Me which incorporated the music of rapper Tupac Shakur and...Read More

Red Bank (NJ) Theater Company Hosts August Wilson Classic   Two Trains Running, the fifth installment in playwright August Wilson’s series of American plays centered around the black experience, was first produced at Yale Repertory Theater under the auspices of artistic director (the late) Lloyd Richards. It later moved to Broadway, again under the direction...Read More