Black Ensemble Theater Announces 2019 Season
Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor has announced the company’s 43rd season, featuring tributes to Mahalia Jackson, Lena Horne, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and more, as well as the return of “The Other Cinderella.” “It’s hard to believe that we are now in our 43rd Season here at...
Black Ensemble Theater Announces Partial Patti LaBelle Tribute Casting
Black Ensemble Theater has announced the cast for “A New Attitude: In Tribute to Patti LaBelle,” written and directed by Rueben D. Echoles, and running, May 5 – June 17. The cast includes Dawn Bless as older Patti and Cherise Thomas as young Patti. Jessica Seals, Kylah, Williams, and Renelle...
Black Ensemble Has Its HAIL, HAIL CHUCK Cast and Creatives
Black Ensemble Theater has announced the cast and creative team for its first show of 2018, HAIL, HAIL CHUCK: A TRIBUTE TO CHUCK BERRY
Review: SAMMY: A TRIBUTE TO SAMMY DAVIS JR. at Black Ensemble Theater
In our modern society, we often hear the opinion that artists shouldn’t be too political, too controversial or too outspoken in order to achieve success. Yet Sammy Davis Jr. would have simply laughed wryly and sang “I’ve Gotta Be Me.”
Black Ensemble Season Includes Chuck Berry, Patti LaBelle, Blues, Hip Hop Tributes
Black Ensemble Theater’s Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor announced today the company’s 2018 season. Taylor comments, “This 42nd Season titled ‘Movers and Shakers’ has something for everybody! From Rock and Roll, to Soul, to Blues, to Hip Hop and everything in between, this is a musical smorgasbord that cannot be...
Black Ensemble Announces LIVING THE BLACK RENAISSANCE Cast & Team
Black Ensemble Theater continues their 2017 season with the world premiere of LIVING THE BLACK RENAISSANCE (MORE THAN AN MOMENT IN HISTORY), written and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor, October 14-November 26. LIVING THE BLACK RENAISSANCE is said to be “a musical and historical depiction...
Black Ensemble Theater Announces Casting for BLACK PEARL
Black Ensemble Theater has announced the cast for the world premiere of BLACK PEARL: A Tribute to Josephine Baker. Directed and written by Black Ensemble Theater Associate Director Daryl Brooks, the production features Joan Ruffin as Older Josephine, Aerial Williams as Younger Josephine, and Rhonda Preston as Mother. The ensemble also includes...
Full of Humor and Energy THE OTHER CINDERELLA Brings the House Down
Only Jackie Taylor can remix a classic like Cinderella.
Jackie Taylor Recieves Fifth Star Award
Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of Black Ensemble Theater, was honored with the Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago and Allstate Insurance Company, at a ceromony held earlier this evening at Millennium Park. Hosted by the Q Brothers, the event featured tribute performances by Black Ensemble Theater and...