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Style Evolution: Alicia Keys (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 03.26.2012

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We've had a love affair with Alicia Keys ever since she stole our hearts with the mega hit "Fallin" in 2001. Keys' powerhouse voice has earned her...

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Broadway's Dazzling Diamond

Lonna Saunders | Posted 03.18.2012

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Writing regionally produced plays for 20 years including The Bluest Eye, an adaptation of Nobel Prize winning Toni Morrison novel, Lydia Diamond is making her Broadway debut with Stick Fly.

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Brennan Williams

'Stick Fly': Playing On The Perception Of America

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.17.2012

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Since opening on Broadway on December 8, the new play "Stick Fly," written by Lydia R. Diamond, has played to enthusiastic audiences and garnered crit...

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Mekhi Phifer: Screams From Broadway Audience 'Exhilirating'

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 01.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- Mekhi Phifer is not used to being shouted at, but it's part of his Broadway debut. The 37-year-old actor, best known for the TV series "E...

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Stage Brothers -- Dule Hill and Mekhi Phifer in Stick Fly

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 02.13.2012

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Nancy Doyle Palmer

Stick Fly opened last week on Broadway -- produced by Alicia Keys, written by Lydia Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon -- to positively mixed reviews. I interviewed both Dule Hill and Mekhi Phifer about their collaboration, the message of the play and what's next.

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Alicia Keys Scores With Stick Fly

Lonna Saunders | Posted 02.12.2012

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Lonna Saunders

Fourteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys scores with Stick Fly in her debut as a Broadway producer. Stick Fly may be best described as television's The Cosby Show meets Academy Award-winner Crash (2005).

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PHOTOS: Stars Celebrate 'Stick Fly' Opening Night

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.08.2012

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Last night Alicia Keys was joined by her husband Swizz Beatz, actor Jaleel White, Gayle King, Spike Lee and a host of other stars for the opening of "...

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'Stick Fly' Doesn't Stick

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.07.2012

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It's telling that at the end of the night everyone is essentially the exact same person they were at the beginning and nothing we've learned has changed our opinion of them.

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Brennan Williams

Kenny Leon Talks 'The Mountaintop,' 'Steel Magnolias' Remake And More

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.17.2012

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The timing couldn’t have been better for the opening of Kenny Leon’s latest Broadway production, “The Mountaintop.” Starring Samuel L. Jackson...

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Interview: Playwright Katori Hall Reaches for King's Mountaintop

Lonna Saunders | Posted 12.10.2011

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Lonna Saunders

Playwright Katori Hall's new play Mountaintop pays tribute to Dr. King's last public appearance at Mason Temple in Memphis where he delivered his historic "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.

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Finding Neighbors

Alicia Anstead | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Neighbors" has given rise to countless confusing discussions about race and about art. The play isn't necessarily great art, but it does tap into something raw.

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