Rosie Benton’s backstage digs aren’t quite as luxurious as the Martha’s Vineyard home that serves as the setting for Stick Fly, but her Cort Theatre home has everything the actress needs. Benton, who stars as Kimber Davies in Lydia R. Diamond's new play, counts on a K-Mart sweatsuit and slippers to keep her cozy and an ...

Lydia R. Diamond’s dark family comedy Stick Fly will play its final performance on February 26 at the Cort Theatre. Starring Tracie Thoms, Mekhi Phifer and Dulé Hill, the production will have played 24 previews and 92 regular performances at the date of closing.

Directed by Tony nominee Kenny Leon, Stick Fly is the story of the LeVays, a ...

With actors like Tracie Thoms, Mekhi Phifer and Dule Hill on stage, every night is a starry night at Broadway’s Stick Fly. But on January 7, the Cort Theatre got an extra dose of star power both on stage and off. Not only did VH1 reality TV star La La Anthony stop by to moderate a post-show discussion with ...

Tony-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an actor, writer and director best known for his work in the plays of August Wilson. After a Broadway debut in Jelly’s Last Jam, he earned his Tony for Seven Guitars and went on to star in Gem of the Ocean. His biographical play Lackawanna Blues was commissioned by the Public Theater and became an ...

His onstage home in Stick Fly is a Martha’s Vineyard mansion, and star Dulé Hill makes sure his backstage space at the Cort Theatre is equally comfortable. When Hill invited Broadway.com into his dressing room to show off his must-haves, he started with the basics, like a fridge full of Zico coconut water, complete with explanation. “Why? Because ...

Hanukkah has officially begun and Christmas is just around the corner, so to celebrate the holiday season Broadway.com is delivering daily videos featuring Broadway's best, caroling away. Stick Fly standout Condola Rashad recently chatted with Broadway.com about her music career ambitions, and if this clip from a holiday concert is a determining factor, she should have a ...

If you want to know the definition of rising star, look no further than Stick Fly standout Condola Rashad. The actress, who is making her Broadway debut in the Alicia Keys-produced new play by Lydia R. Diamond, is definitely one to watch. Rashad chats with host Paul Wontorek about her famous family (she is the daughter of actress Phylicia Rashad ...

The family secrets come fast and furious on the stage of Stick Fly, and ABC News' Robin Roberts went inside the new Broadway show to get behind-the-scenes scoop from the cast and producer/composer Alicia Keys. Roberts sat down with Keys to chat about her earliest Broadway memories, before joining the entire cast on the stage of the Cort Theatre ...

From an elegant setting in Martha’s Vineyard to a fun-filled opening night party at Copacabana, things were swanky from start to finish at the December 8 Broadway premiere of Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly. A starry crowd, including producer and composer Alicia Keys, settled into the Cort Theatre to see an equally starry cast, featuring Tracie Thoms, Dul ...

Explosive family secrets and a class warfare are on the menu at the Martha’s Vineyard home of the LeVay family, which opened its doors to Broadway audiences on December 8 when Stick Fly officially bowed at the Cort Theatre. Joined by director Kenny Leon and playwright Lydia R. Diamond, first-time Broadway producer and composer Alicia Keys brought her heavyweight ...