The Emmy-winning writer-actor Lena Waithe (“The Chi,” “Master of None”) recently sat down with the playwright Branden ...

On Wednesday, Oregon’s most well-known theater festival announced the 10 plays that will make up its 91st season in 2026. As ...

Threatre Charlotte's production of 'Stick Fly,' directed by Sidney Horton, runs at the Queens Road Barn through June 1.

A tribute to Pope Leo XIV is displayed before a White Sox game inside the Rate Field baseball stadium in Chicago May 9. The ...

Musician Pete Townshend turns 80 and TV personality JoJo Siwa turns 22, among the famous birthdays for May 19.

writer Lorraine Hansberry in 1930; journalist Jim Lehrer in 1934; actor/TV personality David Hartman in 1935 (age 90); actor James Fox in 1939 (age 86); writer Nora Ephron in 1941; actor Peter Mayhew ...

Black female authors have consistently broken barriers and enriched the literary landscape with their powerful storytelling, unique perspectives, and profound insights into the human experience. This ...

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist. “A Raisin in the Sun” is a Chicago classic. The play by Lorainne ...

The first African-American woman to have a play staged on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was a writer who broke down racial and gender barriers. Top FDA vaccine official Peter Marks resigns in ...

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Donation Options Search Search Search A new statue on Navy Pier of Lorraine Hansberry, the late playwright, journalist and civil rights activist. Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis / WBEZ Share A new ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Sculptor Alison Saar attends the Lorraine Hansberry statue unveiling by The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative at Duffy Square in Times Square in 2022 in New York ...