The success of this production rests on the voices of the actresses and what a success it is! Without incredible singers, the ...

Captivating, empowering and appropriately uncomfortable, “Nina Simone: Four Women” delivered a message I think everyone ...

Akili Ni Mali, an actor and independent recording artist from San Diego, will perform as Nina Simone in two shows this ...

‘Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham’, directed by Austene Van. (Provided photo/Indiana Repertory Theatre) The second performance will be held at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, where the ...

Regardless of what it is called, diversity, equity and inclusion (and belonging) has been around longer than many people may ...

Vanessa Severo in Frida . . . A Self Portrait at Writers Theatre Credit: Zach Rosing, Courtesy Indiana Repertory Theatre Vanessa Severo’s passionate admiration for Frida Kahlo comes through ...

City Theatre in Pennsylvania, Northern Stage in Vermont, Syracuse Stage in New York and Indiana Repertory Theatre. George Anthony Richardson plays Shawn in Rajiv Joseph’s “King James” at ...

The High Priestess of Soul shook the world with her powerful music. In the depths of the Civil Rights struggle, Nina Simone used song as a means of expressing the nation’s anguish—and ...

Vanessa Severo in “Frida … A Self Portrait” at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. (Zach Rosing / Indiana Repertory Company) I have some caveats: At a couple of points, Severo says that she has ...