Georgette Pierre
New Star Rises in the Pinkett-Smith Dynasty
The next time you hit the club, you may find yourself rocking out to a song sung by a nine-year old. I’m amazed at the buzz swirling aroundWillow Smith‘s first single ‘Whip My Hair.’ The song is sassy, confident, and already receiving comparisons to Rihanna. Of course, it’s no secret that Willow comes from an […]
The Steady Rise of “For Colored Girls”
Broadway audiences were probably not familiar with the term “choreopoem” when “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf” arrived at theBooth Theatre1976. But Ntozake Shange’s dynamic and revealing series of poems (set to music and movement) was a giant hit, winning a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. “All sorts of […]