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Porgy and Bess

George and Ira’s Gershwin’s ground-breaking work, reimagined by director Diane Paulus, musician Dierdre Murray and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, stars Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier.

Sister Act on Broadway

SISTER ACT is Broadway’s feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it “RIDICULOUSLY FUN,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total agreement! Featuring original music by 8-time Oscar® winner ALAN MENKEN (Beauty and the Beast,

Impacter of Tomorrow

MICHAEL JUDAN Michael Judan is a 2011 graduate of Hillcrest High school. He has performed in many of his high school plays such as Grease, RENT, The Servant of two Masters and No Show.

Impacter of Today

NICOLE ARI PARKER Nicole Ari Parker is as adept at portraying strong sexy women as she is at playing vulnerable and complicated characters. She is best known for her outstanding performance as Teri Joseph on the award-winning Soul Food and has displayed her acting range in several blockbuster and independent films.

Books and Literary Resources

Drama Book Store has become iconic – it’s even won a Tony – and carries all the scripts and theater books worth carrying. Lincoln Center Library is a fabulous resource, not only for books, but tapings of shows you haven’t seen or want to see again.

London Theater

London Theatre Guide  National Theatre tells what’s going on at its three theatres, as well as which shows will be shown in movie theaters via NTLive.

Tony Award Winners

Historical Tony Award Winners Best Musicals – The Tony Awards  Best Plays – The Tony Awards 

Reviews

Stage Grade assigns a grade to the reviews for a particular show, and then averages then averages them for easy reference. Didhelikeit.com uses the Ben Brantley reviews as the stepping-off points, but also gives shortened versions from other reviews. Average critics scores can also be found at broadwayworld.com, which compiles the reviews the morning after a show opens and […]

Musical Theater

Bluegobo.com for videos from musicals dating back to the ‘20s. Broadway Musical Home offers an alphabetical list of major Broadway musicals including a synopsis, awards, creative team.

General Theater Information

Wikipedia is a good source that tells how a show fared financially. IMDB is a vast database of people in the theater and film business; you can look up producers here! Glossarist gives definitions and explanations of terms and words used in theater; it’s based in London, so you’ll find “interval” defined, with a note that we […]

Theater Sites

Visit each site for a vast array of information about Broadway happenings, past, present and future!  These sites include information on all kinds of things related to Broadway theater, including historical notes, book reviews, restaurant recommendations and more! Broadwayworld  Average critics scores Weekly grosses  Broadway message boards Playbill online Schedule of Broadway openings Announcements of […]

Impacter of Yesterday

GREGORY HINES Gregory Hines was born on February 14, 1946 in New York City, NY.  Involved in show business since toddlerhood, Gregory Hines grew up to be a highly acclaimed tap dancer, choreographer, dramatic and comic actor, singer, and director. When Hines was two, his father employed him in a dance act with his older […]

Impact Broadway Online Scavenger Hunt

Impact Broadway’s online scavenger hunt is designed to help you become familiar with the Impact Broadway website and the website of its partner organizations. The scavenger hunt will also train you on how to navigate from webpage to webpage and effectively search a website.

Summer Job/Internships

Looking for a summer job? APPLY NOW The 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) concluded the week of August 16. SYEP employed 35,725 youth at about 5,800 worksites located throughout the City.

Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93

Arthur Laurents, the playwright, screenwriter and director who wrote and ultimately transformed two of Broadway’s landmark shows, “Gypsy” and “West Side Story,” and created one of Hollywood’s most well-known romances, “The Way We Were,” died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.

Why support the Arts? You MUST see this

Kevin Spacey has given what may be one of the most relevant interviews (on Chris Matthews Show on NBC) on why we should support the Arts that I’ve ever heard. And, he highlights the value of Broadway to the entire country, so I felt you should see this interview.

Eden Sanaa Duncan-Smith wins Best Performance in Live Theater

Last year, while most of the attention was focused on her famous adult co-stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, Eden Sanaa Duncan-Smith was making strides of her own. A young 11 year old actress from Brooklyn, Eden made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award winning Fences at the Cort Theatre last spring.

The Gathering 2011

On February 14th, 2011, Impact Broadway held the Gathering II at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Theater.

Impact Broadway: The Youth Take Center Stage

The youth are the drivers of change: that is the underlying belief that drove Donna Walker-Kuhne and Cherine Anderson to start Impact Broadway where Youth Take Center Stage

Impacters of Today

MOS DEF Born December 11, 1973, Mos is an American actor and MC known by the stage name Mos Def. Mos Def grew up during the golden age of hip-hop and has rapped and acted since he was six. He attended Philippa Schuyler Middle School in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He majored in Musical Theater at Talent […]

Impacter of Yesterday

Rita Moreno Rita Moreno, one of the very few (and very first) performers to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy, was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931. She moved to New York City in 1937 along with her mother, where she began a professional […]