This Week On MNN
Washington Heights’ United Palace is host to this year's 76th annual Tony Awards and MNN is here for it! Join MNN Community Members as they talk with Tony winners, nominees, and discuss equitable representation in commercial theater. You won't want to miss these exclusive interviews.
Join us Sunday, June 11 starting at 1 PM and Wednesday, June 14 starting at 7 PM on MNN HD (Spectrum 1993)
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Consider It Blacklit host Kim Singleton discusses The Industry Standard Group (TISG) with co-founders Rashad Chambers and Adam Hyndman. TISG is innovating Broadway by finding new pathways toward equitable representation in commercial theater. See below for more about Consider it Blacklit.
Sunday 1:00 PM / Wednesday 7:00 PM
Consider it Blacklit airs every Saturday at 9 AM on MNN HD
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang features an interview with former New York City police officer turned actor David Zayas. David is best known for his role as Angel Batista on Showtime's psychological drama “Dexter”. This year David is nominated for a Tony award in the Best Featured Actor in a Play category. Join Lia and David as he talks about being nominated, his role on Dexter and more. See below for more about Backstage Pass with Lia Chang.
Sunday 1:30 PM / Wednesday 7:30 PM
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang airs every Sunday at 6:30 PM on MNN Lifestyle
For 30 years Inside New York has brought viewers exclusive interviews and behind the scenes access to the best arts and culture that NYC has to offer. On this episode host Joan Allen attends the Lucille Lortel awards and talks with Lifetime achievement award winner Stephen McKinley Henderson, who just received his first Tony nomination for his critically acclaimed leading role in Stephen A. Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize Award and Tony nominated play, "Between Riverside and Broadway," Henderson, also starred in Dune and five other Oscar-nominated films. Also on this episode we get an exclusive interview with Tony award winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, Tony-nominated for the Best Revival of her Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, "Top/DogUnder/Dog." It's been a big Awards season for Suzan, who has also just won the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Award for her musical adaptation of "The Harder They Come" and a Drama Desk Award for the music from her play, "Plays for the Plague Year." See below for more about Inside New York.
Sunday 2:00 PM / Wednesday 8:00 PM
Inside New York airs every Saturday at 8:30 PM on MNN Lifestyle
Jamie deRoy & Friends is a long-running show on MNN that highlights on and off Broadway, concerts, cabarets and the occasional book tour. Join Jamie and her friend Barry this week as they celebrate some of the award categories including Best Musical, Best Play, and Best Director. See below for more about Jamie DeRoy & Friends
Sunday 2:30 PM / Wednesday 8:30 PM
Jamie deRoy & Friends airs every other Monday at 8 PM on MNN HD
More About Consider It Blacklit:
Consider it Blacklit highlights films, television programs and stage plays featuring African Americans up front and behind the scenes. The show also highlights social issues, as it relates to these programs, and how they impact our communities. Show host Kim Singleton interviews directors, writers, producers, actors, content creators and overall film/television/stage enthusiasts.
More About BackStage Pass with LIa Chang:
LIA CHANG is an actor, a multi-media content producer, an award-winning filmmaker, a photo activist & documentarian, who lifts up and amplifies BIPOC communities and artists and the institutions that support them. Lia is also an internationally published and exhibited photographer, a multi-platform journalist. She is a co-founder of Bev's Girl Films which produces multimedia content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers and musicians. Lia is a TV Host and Executive Producer of BACKSTAGE PASS WITH LIA CHANG, a weekly Arts and Entertainment and Lifestyle series that airs on Sundays at 1:30pm & 6:30pm on FIOS 34, RCN 83, Spectrum 56/1996 and streams on MNN2. The Lia Chang APA Theater Portfolio in the Asian Pacific American Performing Arts Collection is housed in the Library of Congress Asian Division's Asian Pacific American Islander Collection & the Lia Chang Photography Collection is being archived in The Billy Rose Theatre Division of NYPL. www.liachang.com
More about Inside New York:
INSIDE NEW YORK’s got your VIP ticket and behind-the-scenes backstage pass to the best in culture in New York. As Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee state, "where you can catch the best in theater, music, film, and all of the arts!"
More About Jamie DeRoy & Friends:
Jamie deRoy is a show business tour de force. Not only is Jamie a prolific, Tony Award-winning producer on Broadway and beyond. She’s also a cabaret, stage, film and TV performer, a recording artist and producer, and humanitarian. his award-winning cable television show spotlights well-known entertainers and newcomers that are lighting up the marquees of cabaret, theater, music and comedy. Jamie deRoy has won three Tony Awards, eight MAC Awards, four Back Stage Bistro Awards and ten Telly Awards for her extensive work on both stage and screen. She has appeared onstage with Joan Rivers and has headlined at many of New York’s major clubs. She has produced nine CDs in the Jamie deRoy & friends series, all of which are available on Harbinger and PS Classics labels.
