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*The playwright who wrote the Broadway hit, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” has died. Ntozake Shange passed away Saturday morning (10-28-18), according to her official Twitter account. She was 70. Shange was a victim of multiple strokes in recent years. She died peacefully in her sleep in an assisted […]

[…] called the show: “Triumphant, thrilling, and exuberant! A Broadway celebration you will not want to miss Director-choreographer Camille A. Brown’s sublime revival breathes warm, kinetic life into Ntozake Shange’s Broadway landmark.” Variety called it  “Riveting and otherworldly! It’s impossible to look away.” The Hollywood Reporter said “for colored girl” on Broadway is “A joy to […]

[…] women the principles necessary to live their own raw truth and a live, solo performance from Dr. Venus in the tradition of Spalding Gray (Swimming To Cambodia), Ntozake Shange (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf) and Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues). Real, raw, erotic, vulnerable and unapologetically human, The Raw […]

[…] and highly sought-after director whose career started as the the original director of the widely acclaimed “For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. Other notable work throughout the past decade include “Boston Public”, “CSI”, “CSI NY”, “The Unit”, ABC’s award-winning series “The Practice” and Wonderland’ NBC’s “American Dream”; CBS’s […]

[…] performances by Somi, Hugh Masekela, and Grammy-winning artist Betty Carter, to name a few. Theatrical and text-based works by Anna Deavere Smith, Sekou Sundiata, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Ntozake Shange, Okwui Okpokwasili and Maria Bauman are representative of the hundreds of artists and productions featuring solo creations, collaborations, emerging artists, and works-in-development all produced by 651’s […]

[…] of Rolling Stone, that’s always the image that pops into my head. It’s a really striking image of her. It’s beautiful.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:  Ntozake Shange: The playwright of ‘For Colored Girls …’ Has Dembedied – VIDEO Zoë Kravitz tells us why she decided to recreate the shoot her mom did 30 […]

[…] consumers.” Interviews with eight former employees, however, offer insight into Facebook’s repeated brushing off of red flags reported from both inside and outside the company. READ THIS: NTOZAKE SHANGE: THE PLAYWRIGHT OF ‘FOR COLORED GIRLS …’ HAS DIED – VIDEO Part two of the series gets into Facebook’s role in the 2016 election of Donald […]

[…] Books) “Silencer” – Marcus Wicker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) “The Drowning Boy’s Guide to Water” – Cameron Barnett (Autumn House Press) “Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems” – Ntozake Shange (Simon and Schuster)   Outstanding Literary Work – Children “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Author), Raymond Obstfeld (With) (Hachette Book Group) “Before She Was Harriet” – Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator) (Holiday House) “Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” – Vashti Harrison (Hachette Book Group) “Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!” – Andrea J. Loney (Author), Keith Mallett (Illustrator) (Lee & Low Books) “The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist” – Cynthia Levinson (Author), Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator) (S&S Children’s Publishing)   Outstanding Literary Work – Youth / Teens “Allegedly” – Tiffany D. Jackson (HarperCollins Publishers) “Clayton Byrd Goes Underground” – Rita Williams-Garcia (Author), Frank Morrison (Illustrator) (Amistad/HarperCollins Publishers) “Long Way Down” – Jason Reynolds (S&S Children’s Publishing) “Solo” – Kwame Alexander (Author), Mary Rand Hess (With) (Blink) “The Hate U Give” – Angie Thomas (HarperCollins Publishers)   MOTION PICTURE   Outstanding Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) “Marshall” (Open Road Films) “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Sony Pictures Entertainment)   Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Algee Smith – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) Chadwick Boseman – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Daniel Kaluuya – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Denzel Washington – “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” (Columbia Pictures) Idris Elba – “The Mountain Between Us” (20th Century Fox)   Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Amandla Stenberg – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) Danai Gurira – “All Eyez on Me” (Summit Entertainment) Halle Berry – “Kidnap” (Aviron Pictures) Natalie Paul – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Octavia Spencer – “Gifted” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)   Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Idris Elba – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Laurence Fishburne – “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) Lil Rel Howery – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Nnamdi Asomugha – “Crown Heights” (Amazon Studios) Sterling K. Brown – “Marshall” (Open Road Films)   Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Audra McDonald – “Beauty and the Beast” (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures) Keesha Sharp – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Regina Hall – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Tessa Thompson – “THOR: Ragnarok” (Marvel Studios) Tiffany Haddish – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures)   Outstanding Independent Motion Picture “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures) “Last Flag Flying” (Amazon Studios) “Mudbound” (Netflix) “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” (Annapurna Pictures) “Wind River” (Acacia Filmed Entertainment)   DOCUMENTARY   Outstanding Documentary (Film) “I Called Him Morgan” (Submarine Deluxe/Filmrise) “STEP” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities” (Firelight Films) “The Rape of Recy Taylor” (Augusta Films) “Whose Streets?” (Magnolia Pictures)   Outstanding Documentary (Television) “Birth of a Movement” (PBS) “Black Love” (OWN) “The 44th President: In His Own Words” (History) “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) “What the Health” (AUM Films and Media + First Spark Media)   WRITING   Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Aziz Ansari – “Master of None” – Thanksgiving (Netflix) Janine Barrois – “Claws” – Batsh*t (TNT) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Great (HBO) Issa Rae – “Insecure” – Hella Perspective (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series Anthony Sparks – “Queen Sugar” – What Do I Care for Morning (OWN) Ava DuVernay – “Queen Sugar” – Dream Variations (OWN) Erica Anderson – “Greenleaf” – The Bear (OWN) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Vera Herbert – “This Is Us” – Still Here (NBC)   Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special Abdul Williams – “The New Edition Story” – Night Two (BET) Alison McDonald – “An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life” (Amazon) Cas Sigers-Beedles – “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story” (TV One) May Chan – “An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance” (Amazon) Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe – “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” (HBO)   Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees, Virgil Williams – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani – “The Big Sick” (Amazon Studios) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Mark Boal – “Detroit” (Annapurna Pictures)   DIRECTING   Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Anton Cropper – “black-ish” – Juneteenth (ABC) Barry Jenkins – “Dear White People” – Chapter 5 (Netflix) Justin Simien – “Dear White People” – Chapter 1 (Netflix) Spike Lee – “She’s Gotta Have It” – #NolasChoice (Netflix) Ken Whittingham – “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” – Kimmy Bites an Onion! (Netflix)   Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series Carl Franklin – “13 Reasons Why” – Tape 5, Side B (Netflix) Ernest R. Dickerson – “The Deuce” – Show and Prove (HBO) Gina Prince-Bythewood – “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot (FOX) Jeffrey Byrd – “Switched at Birth” – Occupy Truth (Freeform) Jonathan Demme – “Shots Fired” Hour Six: The Fire This Time (FOX)   Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special Allen Hughes – “The Defiant Ones” (HBO) Chris Robinson – “The New Edition Story” – Night 1 (BET) Codie Elaine Oliver – “Black Love” (OWN) Kevin Hooks – “Madiba ” – Night 2 (BET) Mark Ford – “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.” (A&E)   Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Dee Rees – “Mudbound” (Netflix) Jordan Peele – “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) Malcolm D. Lee – “Girls Trip” (Universal Pictures) Reginald Hudlin – “Marshall” (Open Road Films) Stella Meghie – “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros. Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)   ANIMATED/CGI   Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance David Oyelowo – “The Lion Guard” (Disney Junior) Kerry Washington – “Cars 3” (Disney/Pixar) Loretta Devine – “Doc McStuffins” (Disney Channel) Tiffany Haddish – “Legends of Chamberlain Heights” (Comedy Central) Yvette Nicole Brown – “Elena of Avalor” (Disney Junior)   ###   About NAACP: Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. Read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas at NAACP.org.   About TV One: Launched in January 2004, TV One serves 59 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorite shows Unsung, Rickey Smiley For Real, Fatal Attraction, The Manns and The NAACP Image Awards.  In addition, TV One is the cable home of blockbuster drama Empire, and NewsOne Now, the only live daily news program dedicated to black viewers. In December 2008, the company launched TV One High Def, which now serves 14 million households. TV One is solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. , the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences. For more information about TV One, viewers can join the conversation by visiting the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv>. TV One viewers can also join the conversation by connecting via social media on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.       NAACP Image Awards Media Contacts: The […]

[…] An American Triptych; Jimmy and Lorraine and As I Remember It with Carmen de Lavallade. Directorial projects include the world and regional premiere productions of Udu by Sekou Sundiata, The Love Space Demands by Ntozake Shange, the Obie Award/AUDELCO Award winning The Shaneequa Chronicles by Stephanie Berry, Relativity by Cassandra Medley and The Ballad of Emmett Till by Ifa Bayeza. He has served as cowriter-codirector-dramaturg for 10 productions […]

[…] Group/Penguin Putnam, Inc. and included selections written by several noted poets and writers including the late Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Bill Duke, Quincy Troupe, June Jordan, Ntozake Shange, Adidoun Oyewole and many others. In addition to UCLA and UC Berkeley, Dr. Gilbert went on to teach his unique brands of sociology and poetry at […]

[…] between the gap of the Civil Rights Generation and the Hip-Hop Generation–teachers and thinkers like Gary Delgado and Ron Takaki and Gloria Anzaldua, writers like Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, and Jessica Hagedorn. They helped to theorize multiculturalism and their ideas carried us through the culture wars.  KW: Why did you decide to examine the evolution of […]