Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Robey Theatre Company is inspired by Paul Robeson, the Black social activist, ...

Lawrence Brown (left) and Paul Robeson perform at the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., in 1941. (Sony Classical) Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for ...

Communist, fellow traveler, red, pinko, commie, useful idiot — the searing epithets of the Cold War have lost their sting but in their day they were lacerating. Depending on where the recipient was ...

Even the sparest account of the life of Paul Robeson, the lawyer, actor, singer and civil rights activist who died in 1976, has a mythic power: He accomplished more, against greater odds, than seems ...

On Jan. 23, we mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Paul Robeson. The well-known singer and thespian was the most accomplished, educated and talented human being that I have ever read about.

Adminstrators of the Paul Robeson House in West Philadelphia have released a book attesting to the legacy of the actor and social activist. Stories From the Paul Robeson House: Lives Touched by a ...

Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that easy to call. By Ben Brantley Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo ...

Before it was officially denoted the Paul Robeson House, the property at the corner of Witherspoon and Green Street was everything from a grocery store to a private residence to a rooming house.

“What’s my motivation?” is a standard laugh line satirizing the acting profession, a livelihood in which it’s not always clear why one is doing what one needs to do. At the moment, Daniel Beaty and ...

A box set featuring previously unreleased recordings sheds new light on the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, a bass-baritone concert artist,... Paul Robeson's many faces get new spotlight in recording ...