Welcome to Black Theatre Network
Black Theatre Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of theatre by and for African Americans
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #7ba566;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Theatre News<br /></span></strong><!-- START: Modules Anywhere --><div class=; width:300px;height:250px;margin:auto;padding:auto"><p align="left"><iframe frameborder="0" width="300" height="250" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://www.google.com/uds/modules/elements/newsshow/iframe.html?format=300x250&rsz=large&q=Broadway%2C%20Theatre%2C%20African%20American%20Theatre&ned=us&hl=en"></iframe><br /></p></div><div style="display:none">© <a href="http://www.koraykupe.com.tr" title="koray küpe,koray,küpe,joomla">Koray Küpe</a>,<a href="http://www.cepsilon.com" title="cep telefonları,mobil operatörler,avea,turkcell,vodafone,nokia,samsung,forum,ikinci el">Cepsilon</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/cep-telefonlari/" title="cep telefonları">cep telefonları</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/forum/" title="cep forum,mobil oyunlar,symbian oyun,symbian tema,cep video,cep oyun">cep forum</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/avea/" title="avea,avea kampanyaları,avea tarifeleri,avea servisleri,mobil öğrenci">avea</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/turkcell/" title="turkcell,turkcell kampanyaları,turkcell tarifeleri,gnctrkcll">turkcell</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/vodafone/" title="vodafone,vodafone kampanyaları,cep öğrenci,vodafone kontör">vodafone</a>.</div><!-- END: Modules Anywhere --></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7ba566;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">WELCOME! </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For over 25 years, the Black Theatre Network has collected, processed and distributed information that supports the professional and personal development of its membership (comprised of representatives from all areas of theatre, community and professional organizations, and academic institutions).</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7ba566;">BTN is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. It has a four-point action program:</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7ba566; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>PROVIDE</strong> Black Theatre artists··and scholars with a milieu to exchange ideas<br /><strong>PREPARE</strong> our youth to make "sound" graduate school and professional career decisions<br /><strong>ENCOURAGE</strong> the production of plays about the Black experience<br /><strong>RECOGNIZE</strong> outstanding contributions to the field of Black Theatre</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4749&Itemid=125" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #ffff00;"><strong>Register online </strong> - MORE INFO</a></p>
<span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Black Theatre Network</span></strong></span><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <br /><span style="font-size: 18pt;">26th Annual Conference</span></span></strong></span></span></td>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #c0c0c0;">J<span style="color: #cccccc;">oin us at our Annual Reunion!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #cccccc;">The <strong>BLACK THEATRE BY DESIGN</strong> Conference is a wonderful way to share your love of Black Theatre with everyone you know! <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span color="#333333">It <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">opens up amazing opportunities for you to attend</span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">practical workshops in marketing and audience development</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">provocative panel presentations that will explore the issues of diversity and the American theatre</span></li>
<li style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">cutting-edge performances by up-and-coming artists. </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #333333;"><span style="color: #003300;"><span style="color: #99cc00;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Plus--you will benefit from knowledge shared at the professional development workshops geared to theatre practitioners at all levels</span>. </span> </span></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3644&Itemid=95"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;">MORE INFO</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4749&Itemid=125">Register online - MORE INFO</a></span></span></span></p>
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<td><span style="font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 15px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Conference 2012<br /> BTN to Honor Outstanding Artists, Producers and Educators </span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4911:conference-2012-awardees&catid=74:conference-2012">MORE INFO</a></span></span></strong></span></td>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Conference 2012<br />StudentQuest Special Event: <strong>Prepared Audition Workshops </strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffff00;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4452"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"> MORE INFO</span></a></span></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">For students, teachers and others who seek expert advice on:</span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">Preparing for Graduate School Auditions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">Techniques for Improving General Audition Skills</span></li>
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<div style="padding: 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong style="color: #cc99ff;">A networking and professional development resource for those dedicated to the exploration & preservation of the theatrical visions of the African Diaspora. </strong><strong style="color: #cc99ff;">An opportunity for advertisement and recruitment. </strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;">.</span><strong style="color: #cc99ff;">Did you submit your profile?</strong></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #7ba566;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Theatre News<br /></span></strong><!-- START: Modules Anywhere --><div class=; width:300px;height:250px;margin:auto;padding:auto"><p align="left"><iframe frameborder="0" width="300" height="250" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://www.google.com/uds/modules/elements/newsshow/iframe.html?format=300x250&rsz=large&q=Broadway%2C%20Theatre%2C%20African%20American%20Theatre&ned=us&hl=en"></iframe><br /></p></div><div style="display:none">© <a href="http://www.koraykupe.com.tr" title="koray küpe,koray,küpe,joomla">Koray Küpe</a>,<a href="http://www.cepsilon.com" title="cep telefonları,mobil operatörler,avea,turkcell,vodafone,nokia,samsung,forum,ikinci el">Cepsilon</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/cep-telefonlari/" title="cep telefonları">cep telefonları</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/forum/" title="cep forum,mobil oyunlar,symbian oyun,symbian tema,cep video,cep oyun">cep forum</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/avea/" title="avea,avea kampanyaları,avea tarifeleri,avea servisleri,mobil öğrenci">avea</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/turkcell/" title="turkcell,turkcell kampanyaları,turkcell tarifeleri,gnctrkcll">turkcell</a>, <a href="http://www.cepsilon.com/mobil-operatorler/vodafone/" title="vodafone,vodafone kampanyaları,cep öğrenci,vodafone kontör">vodafone</a>.</div><!-- END: Modules Anywhere --></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7ba566;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">WELCOME! </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For over 25 years, the Black Theatre Network has collected, processed and distributed information that supports the professional and personal development of its membership (comprised of representatives from all areas of theatre, community and professional organizations, and academic institutions).</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7ba566;">BTN is a non-profit organization run by volunteers. It has a four-point action program:</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #7ba566; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>PROVIDE</strong> Black Theatre artists··and scholars with a milieu to exchange ideas<br /><strong>PREPARE</strong> our youth to make "sound" graduate school and professional career decisions<br /><strong>ENCOURAGE</strong> the production of plays about the Black experience<br /><strong>RECOGNIZE</strong> outstanding contributions to the field of Black Theatre</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #cccccc;">The <strong>BLACK THEATRE BY DESIGN</strong> Conference is a wonderful way to share your love of Black Theatre with everyone you know! <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span color="#333333">It <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">opens up amazing opportunities for you to attend</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4749&Itemid=125">Register online - MORE INFO</a></span></span></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">For students, teachers and others who seek expert advice on:</span></strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">Preparing for Graduate School Auditions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #cccccc;">Techniques for Improving General Audition Skills</span></li>
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http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:general-info&catid=45:front-pages
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">The Nominating Committee presented the slate of <br /></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Candidates for the 2012-14 Executive Board positions. <span style="background-color: #ffcc00;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4952:slate-of-candidates-2012&catid=71:for-evaluation">Read More</a></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This past year, <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project1Voice</strong></span> launched a "day of solidarity" in celebration of Black Theatre with readings of Alice Childress's play</span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TROUBLE IN MIND all across the country. With more than 5,000 people in attendance from New York to California, the event was a resounding success. Theatre luminaries such as Leslie Uggams, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Andre De Shields, Peter Coyote, Bill Irwin and LaChanze lent their time and talent to Project1Voice's inaugural event.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This coming <strong>June 18th, 2012</strong>, Project1Voice will sponsor James Baldwin's THE AMEN CORNER for its nationally staged reading. <a href="http://projectonevoice.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-year-this-has-been-for.html" target="_blank"> Learn more</a></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Selected Plays</strong> by <strong>Alice Childress</strong> </span></em><br /><strong>Edited by Kathy A. Perkins</strong> <br /><strong></strong></p>
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<p>As the first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in 1952) and the first woman to win an Obie for Best Play (for Trouble in Mind, in 1956), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly under-recognized place in American drama. . . . <a href="http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/Title/tabid/68/ISBN/0-8101-2751-2/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Theorizing Black Theatre: Art vs Protest in Critical Writings 1898 - 1965<br /></span></strong></em><strong>By Henry Miller</strong></p>
<p>Henry Miller brings the heart of a dramaturg over the role of Black Theatre--is it for the sake of building a set of aesthetically strong dramatic art . . . or for the sake of propagandizing a point of view? <strong><a style="color: #7ba566; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://africanamericanplaywrightsexchange.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-henry-millers-theorizing.html" target="_blank">Read More</a></strong></p>
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<p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #040505; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Say Word!<br /></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Voices from Hip Hop Theater<br /></span>An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction <strong>by Daniel Banks</strong></p>
<p>The phenomenon known as Hip Hop encompasses a global, multiethnic, grassroots culture committed to social justice and self-expression through performance. Hip Hop Theater emerged from that culture, mixing spoken-word performance with music and dance and marked by Hip Hop's strong sense of activism and resistance. . . <a href="http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do;jsessionid=F03F82C8EB881EB711C2F2F9192C5B4A?id=322638" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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<p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #040505; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930<br /></span></em> <strong>by Koritha Mitchell</strong></p>
<p>Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890–1930 demonstrates that popular lynching plays were mechanisms through which African American communities survived actual and photographic mob violence. Often available in periodicals, lynching plays were read aloud or acted out by black church members, schoolchildren, and families.e.. . . <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Lynching-Performance-Citizenship-1890-1930/dp/0252036492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313083166&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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<p class="first">NEW YORK (AP) — Usher is heading off-Broadway.</p>
<p>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_4">Grammy winner</span> will join the cast of "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_0">Fuerza Bruta</span>: Look Up," the fast-paced, acrobatic and unconventional play where the audience stands as performers dance and jump around. A news release says the performers "frolic in a watery world suspended just above the audience."</p>
<p>Usher will perform at two shows as its lead "Running Man" on April 28 at the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_1">Daryl Roth Theatre</span>.</p>
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<p class="first">PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334345537_0">John Coltrane House</span>, a preservation effort that mirrors a broader mission to reclaim and promote <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334345537_1">Philadelphia</span>'s rich jazz heritage.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">The Nominating Committee presented the slate of <br /></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Candidates for the 2012-14 Executive Board positions. <span style="background-color: #ffcc00;"><a href="http://forum.blacktheatrenetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4952:slate-of-candidates-2012&catid=71:for-evaluation">Read More</a></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This past year, <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Project1Voice</strong></span> launched a "day of solidarity" in celebration of Black Theatre with readings of Alice Childress's play</span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TROUBLE IN MIND all across the country. With more than 5,000 people in attendance from New York to California, the event was a resounding success. Theatre luminaries such as Leslie Uggams, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Andre De Shields, Peter Coyote, Bill Irwin and LaChanze lent their time and talent to Project1Voice's inaugural event.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This coming <strong>June 18th, 2012</strong>, Project1Voice will sponsor James Baldwin's THE AMEN CORNER for its nationally staged reading. <a href="http://projectonevoice.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-year-this-has-been-for.html" target="_blank"> Learn more</a></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Selected Plays</strong> by <strong>Alice Childress</strong> </span></em><br /><strong>Edited by Kathy A. Perkins</strong> <br /><strong></strong></p>
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<p>As the first African American woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City (Gold Through the Trees, in 1952) and the first woman to win an Obie for Best Play (for Trouble in Mind, in 1956), Alice Childress occupies an important but surprisingly under-recognized place in American drama. . . . <a href="http://www.nupress.northwestern.edu/Title/tabid/68/ISBN/0-8101-2751-2/Default.aspx" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Theorizing Black Theatre: Art vs Protest in Critical Writings 1898 - 1965<br /></span></strong></em><strong>By Henry Miller</strong></p>
<p>Henry Miller brings the heart of a dramaturg over the role of Black Theatre--is it for the sake of building a set of aesthetically strong dramatic art . . . or for the sake of propagandizing a point of view? <strong><a style="color: #7ba566; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://africanamericanplaywrightsexchange.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-review-henry-millers-theorizing.html" target="_blank">Read More</a></strong></p>
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<p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #040505; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Say Word!<br /></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Voices from Hip Hop Theater<br /></span>An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction <strong>by Daniel Banks</strong></p>
<p>The phenomenon known as Hip Hop encompasses a global, multiethnic, grassroots culture committed to social justice and self-expression through performance. Hip Hop Theater emerged from that culture, mixing spoken-word performance with music and dance and marked by Hip Hop's strong sense of activism and resistance. . . <a href="http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do;jsessionid=F03F82C8EB881EB711C2F2F9192C5B4A?id=322638" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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<p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #040505; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930<br /></span></em> <strong>by Koritha Mitchell</strong></p>
<p>Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890–1930 demonstrates that popular lynching plays were mechanisms through which African American communities survived actual and photographic mob violence. Often available in periodicals, lynching plays were read aloud or acted out by black church members, schoolchildren, and families.e.. . . <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Lynching-Performance-Citizenship-1890-1930/dp/0252036492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313083166&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Read More</a></p>
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Usher joins cast of off-Broadway play for 1 day </h2>
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<p class="first">NEW YORK (AP) — Usher is heading off-Broadway.</p>
<p>The <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_4">Grammy winner</span> will join the cast of "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_0">Fuerza Bruta</span>: Look Up," the fast-paced, acrobatic and unconventional play where the audience stands as performers dance and jump around. A news release says the performers "frolic in a watery world suspended just above the audience."</p>
<p>Usher will perform at two shows as its lead "Running Man" on April 28 at the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_1">Daryl Roth Theatre</span>.</p>
<p>"Fuerza Bruta" means "brute force" in Spanish. The play was developed by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_2">Diqui James</span>, the Argentine creator of the long-running "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334871371_3">De La Guarda</span></p>
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Philly jazz lovers seek to repair Coltrane house </h2>
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<p class="first">PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Music enthusiasts in the City of Brotherly Love are looking to rekindle a love supreme for the deteriorating <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334345537_0">John Coltrane House</span>, a preservation effort that mirrors a broader mission to reclaim and promote <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334345537_1">Philadelphia</span>'s rich jazz heritage.</p>
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Jamaicans pack a park to watch Marley documentary </h2>
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<p class="first"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334900470_2">KINGSTON, Jamaica</span> (AP) — Thousand reggae fans crowded a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334900470_3">Kingston park</span> late Thursday to watch a screening of a documentary about <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334900470_0">Bob Marley</span>, the charismatic icon of reggae music who brought the Jamaican musical genre to every corner of the globe.</p>
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<p>"Marley," which will be released worldwide on Friday, premiered in his Caribbean homeland to high praise from Jamaicans who marveled at footage showing the late singer's impassioned interviews, family life and loose-limbed stage presence.</p>
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Chicago jury chosen in Hudson family murder trial </h2>
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<p class="first">CHICAGO (AP) — <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334099233_2">Jury selection</span> wrapped up Tuesday for the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of actress and singer <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1334099233_0">Jennifer Hudson</span>.</p>
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