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Tap In is a story about black and brown girls who defy the odds and tap into their power to make their dreams come true. A celebration of young women of color rising above adversity and showing the world how amazing and trailblazing they are, overcoming the oppressive systems that continually try to diminish their worth.
Welcome to HELL’S KITCHEN, Broadway’s hit musical from Alicia Keys—inspired by her life, her music, and her community.
Your journey begins with Ali, a 17-year-old girl full of fire, searching for freedom, passion, and her place in the world. Along the way, you'll meet the musical mentor who changes her life, her dynamic family, and the neighborhood that helps her grow. Relatable, raw, and refreshingly fun, it's a celebration of finding yourself, your purpose, and the people who lift you up.
More than watching a performance, this experience pulls you out of your seat and has you buzzing when you leave, wondering who to tell about it first. The music—a mix of Keys’ classics and new songs written exclusively for the show—is brought to life through exhilarating choreography. It’s a soundtrack of rebellion, life, and love that speaks to you no matter where you’re from, where you’ve been, or where you’re going.
You’re invited to feel the energy of this multi-award-winning musical. Come experience where dreams begin: HELL’S KITCHEN. Get your tickets now.
ANYONE CAN SELL THE AMERICAN DREAM. BUT CAN EVERYONE OWN IT?
Following a critically acclaimed run in London, "a volcanic new Death of a Salesman has erupted on Broadway” raves The Washington Post. Olivier Award nominee Wendell Pierce ("The Wire," "Jack Ryan") and Olivier Award winner Sharon D Clarke (Caroline, or Change; "Doctor Who") reprise their roles as Willy and Linda Loman in a story told – for the first time on Broadway – from the perspective of an African American family. A New York Times Critic's Pick, the production in New York features a new cast of supporting actors, including Khris Davis ("Atlanta"), McKinley Belcher III (A Soldier's Play), and Tony Award® winner André De Shields (Hadestown).
Directed by Miranda Cromwell – who won an Olivier Award alongside co-director Marianne Elliott for the West End and Young Vic productions – this "unmissable" (Los Angeles Times) interpretation of Miller's classic drama illuminates the dark underbelly of the American Dream and its elusive promise of equality and opportunity for all
Everybody look around! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back. THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadway-bound tour, the first one in 40 years. The tour begins in THE WIZ’s original home city of Baltimore, where the show made its world premiere 50 years ago.
This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world. Conjuring up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before, the creative team is helmed by director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida) and includes choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”), William F. Brown (book), Charlie Smalls (music & lyrics), Amber Ruffin (additional material), and Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, & music arrangements). They are joined by scenic designer and Academy Award winner Hannah Beachler (Black Panther, Beyonce’s Black is King and Lemonade), costume designer and Emmy and two-time Academy Award nominee Sharen Davis (Ray, Dreamgirls), lighting designer and Barrymore Award winner Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig designer and Academy Award winner Charles LaPointe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom).
A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz, and modern pop brings a whole new groove to easing on down the road. So everybody rejoice! An all-new 21st-Century WIZ is sliding into an Emerald City near you.
Callaloo Kids is an education-based children’s media brand that promotes cultural literacy and social awareness through books, animation, live performance, digital content, games and arts education tools.
With the help of Winston, a Caribbean-American 8-year-old puppet and his featured guests, children learn various lessons about world culture, art, science and more! Streaming on Sensical TV and Kweli TV. Click to learn more.
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CFA Rep has performed at over 70 schools, festivals, and organizations and on premiere stages including: The National Theatre, The John F. Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Discovery Theater, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Zimmer Children’s Museum, IATI TEATRO, Duke Ellington Theatre, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, The Publick Playhouse.
Set in the caribbean, "The Resort' is a series of three vignettes that explore the commerce of a a young man who sells love for a living.
Director: Shadae Lamar Smith
Director of Photography: Dehanza Rodgers
Producers: Shadae Lamar Smith, Marjuan Canady , and Sue-Ellen Chitunya
“Culture Unmuted” follows Roxanne, a young go-go artist preparing for D.C.’s annual block party. Tensions rise between Roxanne and her new neighbors as they clash with the culture and future of their neighborhood. This play explores issues of gentrification, social justice, African Diaspora cultural traditions, and what was once Chocolate City.
"Imagine" is a delightful and enchanting story that takes audiences on a whimsical journey through the power of a child’s imagination. The story follows the adventures of Savi, a spirited young girl with a boundless imagination as she explores all the fantastic people, places, and things in her bedroom. Told through music and dance, Savi travels to far away lands while making new friends that teach her valuable lessons all through the power of imagination.
From magazine covers to billboards, to strip clubs, the slogan, “girls, girls, girls” dominates our culture. Girls! Girls? Girls. began as a one-woman satirical play written and performed by Marjuan Canady in 2010. For six years she toured this play internationally which examined the black woman under the lens of public opinion. Now as a short performance documentary, Canady and her comrades take their wit “to the streets” to gain perspective from entertainers, scholars, entrepreneurs, athletes, students, and community organizers on the 21st-century black female image and other issues such as beauty, health, violence, education, and sex.
Set in the futuristic Caribbean, this Sci-Fi drama follows the story of a young Dougladian girl Vashti, who dreams of life outside of the confines of her island. Will she fight for revolution or stay true to the Carnival ritual?