David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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Now Showing, Alice Childress’s Masterpiece, The Wedding Band
Until May 15th, The Wedding Band, a play by Alice Childress who lived her last years as a pioneer on Roosevelt Island, thrills audiences at The Theatre for a New Audience. Its theme informs topics today just as it did…
Energized on Roosevelt Island, An Alice Childress Revival
From our point of view, the Alice Childress revival started on Roosevelt Island in 2016. Prompted by her friend, Michael Rogers, The Daily dug into the story of this Roosevelt Island pioneer and literary legend. Childress lived her final years…
WHEN ROOSEVELT ISLAND GOT THE JUMP ON BROADWAY…
Roosevelt Island got the jump on Broadway, putting together a revival of Alice Childress’s timely Trouble in Mind in 2017. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Prompted by actor/director Michael Rogers in 2016, we reported on the neglect…
A legendary Roosevelt Island literary pioneer at the Met
Frustrated by long lines waiting to get in, I was thrilled at getting this photo of Alice Neal’s Alice Childress portrait. Neal’s show is a blockbuster at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Note: Photo of Alice Childress painting courtesy of…
Alice Childress Play Added To Roundabout Theatre’s Refocus Project, This Month
A free online reading of Roosevelt Island pioneer Alice Childress’s Wine in the Wilderness will be offered May 21st through 24th. The Refocus Project features on plays about African-Americans and their playwrights.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor