In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those who came before ...

Two women, two cities -- On the road -- The Big Apple -- Back in the city -- Broadway beckons -- Stretching boundaries : Hollywood and Europe -- Depression era blues, depression era heroine -- ...

The archives of pioneering American Black singer Ethel Waters, a stage, movie and TV star, have been acquired by the Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Ethel Waters (Oct. 31, 1896-Sept. 1, 1977 ...

ALBANY – Unloved. Abandoned. Sassy. Defiant and Talented, Ethel Waters broke through the Jim Crow ceiling of recording studios, radio, musical theater and movies to become an inspirational legend.

The coming days mark birth anniversaries of two surpassing singers of American song—Ethel Waters’s 125th birthday and Mahalia Jackson’s 110th. As Black women, both performers bravely breached multiple ...