Blair Underwood

A Streetcar to Remember

Landon Jones | Posted 04.30.2012

Landon Jones

A full week has gone by since I saw the premiere of Emily Mann's new production of A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, and I can't get it out of my ...

Two by Tennessee: Streetcar Named Desire at the Broadhurst, and In Masks Outrageous and Austere at Culture Project

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.23.2012

Regina Weinreich

Two Tennessee Williams plays in New York City, the revival of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Broadhurst on Broadway, and the world premiere of his last experimental work, In Masks Outrageous and Austere, at Culture Project, may cause a laugh riot.

Brennan Williams

New T.D. Jakes Film Aims To 'Recreate The Faith-Based Genre'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 04.16.2012

This weekend marked the release of Bishop T.D. Jakes' latest motion picture, "Woman Thou Art Loosed!: On the 7th Day," starring Blair Underwood, Sharo...

Blair Underwood Gears Up For 'Streetcar' Previews

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.03.2012

NEW YORK -- Blair Underwood's weird ride to becoming Stanley Kowalski onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire" started four years ago with a dashed hope....

Brennan Williams

Blair Underwood: People Are Not Aware Of What's Offensive

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 03.04.2012

In our weekly "Love Of The Game" series, HuffPost Black Voices talks sports with a person of note. This week we caught up with actor Blair Underwood, ...

Brennan Williams

Blair Underwood Talks 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 02.27.2012

Over 26 years since making his big-screen debut in the iconic hip-hop film "Krush Groove," Blair Underwood has evolved into one of today's most sought...

Kim Kardashian, Blair Underwood, Others Serve Turkey To Homeless In Skid Row

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian, Blair Underwood and other celebrities served up a Thanksgiving day meal to the homeless in Los Angeles. Longtime ...

Brennan Williams

Rowell, Mooney Take Their Pages To Stage

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 11.18.2011

Known for her work on daytime television and her New York Times bestselling book, Victoria Rowell has brought her talents to the stage in the aptly ti...

Steve Mnuchin, Meet Rose Gudiel

Peter Dreier | Posted 12.03.2011

Peter Dreier

Gudiel would like Mnuchin to visit her at her home, because his OneWest Bank is trying to evict her and her family. If Mnuchin won't come to visit Gudiel, she will visit him, and bring some of her neighbors and friends with her.

Broadway's 'Streetcar' Finds Its Stella

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

NEW YORK — The upcoming Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" has found its Stella. Producers said Tuesday that Daphne Rubin-Vega, ...

Nicole Ari Parker Set For "A Streetcar Named Desire"

indieWire | Posted 10.05.2011

Blair Underwood has found his Blanche Du Bois. Nicole Ari Parker will make her Broadway debut as Blanche Du Bois, opposite Underwood (also making his ...

ReThink Review: The Art of Getting By -- Smells Like Teen Angst

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.23.2011

Jonathan Kim

Ever since the 1951 book The Catcher In the Rye, stories about angsty, alienated, financially secure (mostly male) teenagers in existential crisis over "what it all means" have become a staple of movies, TV and literature.

HuffPost Review: The Art of Getting By

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.16.2011

Marshall Fine

This slight coming-of-age tale works better than it has any right to, thanks to the performances by the young actors and several of the supporting cast.

Blair Underwood: I Lost 20 Pounds On The Master Cleanse

Posted 05.25.2011

Blair Underwood visited 'Regis and Kelly' on Monday and remarked that he had been 20 pounds heavier the last time he appeared on the show. He said h...

From Cape Town with Love: Our Journey from Book to Vook (VIDEO)

Tananarive P. Due | Posted 05.25.2011

Tananarive P. Due

To squeeze our story down to Vook size, we had to chop a 350-page novel down to about 85 pages. And our deadline was a matter of days.

A Black Hiker? Believe it. (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

All Blair Underwood wants to do is enjoy a peaceful, scenic hike. But as a black guy on the trails, that's not gonna happen. Not with all the white mi...

Blair Underwood Goes "In Treatment"

AP | KINNEY LITTLEFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Playing cocky charmers is a breeze for Blair Underwood. But playing alpha male Alex, the ultra-aggressive patient on HBO's taut saga of psychotherapy...