I first met Alex Mukulu about 30 years ago, when I was starting my events company, VR Promotions, and bringing the late South African reggae artist Lucky Dube to Uganda. I remember that first ...

Renowned Ugandan playwright, actor and musician Alex Mukulu has died at the age of 72. Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga described Mukulu as a trainer, actor, songwriter and musician who loved ...

Renowned Ugandan playwright and actor Alex Mukulu has died at the age of 72. Mukulu, who gained national prominence through his acclaimed play 30 Years of Bananas, used theatre to examine Uganda’s ...

When Ron “OJ” Parson thinks about the past century of Black arts, he can’t help but zero in on one genre: theater. The resident artist of the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre, Parson had an idea ...

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Few know the work of playwright August Wilson quite like director Ron O.J. Parson. In 2027, the longtime resident artist at the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre will complete Wilson’s famed ...

Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel has teamed up with former Huntington Theatre Managing Director Michael Maso and philanthropist Grace Nordhoff on a new center for playwrights and theatrical ...

In the latest in THR's series about life after Hollywood, a former TV and film scribe undergoes a gut renovation as he settles into a second career as a construction worker. By Nick Morton It’s 5:45 a ...

Matthew Lombardo’s “When Playwrights Kill” begins at the Huntington Theatre with a young guy telling an anecdote about Neil Simon and Mary Tyler Moore. You might expect that a Neil Simon play is ...

Emmy Award-winning journalist Paula Ebben co-anchors WBZ-TV News at 5:30 p.m. Ebben is also an anchor for CBS News Boston and reports across all newscasts including WBZ-TV News' "Eye on Education" ...

Things are getting meta in Boston. Perfomances begin tonight at the Huntington Theatre for the World Premiere production of WHEN PLAYWRIGHTS KILL, a new backstage comedy by Matthew Lombardo and ...