Blair Underwood

Actor Blair Underwood is the first African-American man to star in a Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." He stopped by live to talk about this Tennessee Williams classic which has has extended its Broadway run to Aug. 19.  

Anderson Show featuring Lisa Kudrow and Blair Underwood Anderson Cooper had Who Do You Think You Are? Executive Producer Lisa Kudrow and celebrity Blair Underwood on the show to talk about their incredible family history journey. From: AncestryCom Views: 5 0 ratings Time: 16:30 More in People & Blogs  

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Blair Underwood, Angela Lansbury and more were ... Belafonte was honored for his lifelong career as artist and activist with the Lee Strasberg Artistic Achievement Award, while Stiller and Meara received The Actors Fund Medal of ...  

The multi-ethnic Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, has extended its Broadway run to Aug. 19, a representative for the production confirmed to Playbill.com May 15.  

Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker, who star in the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, are speaking out against critics of the multi-racial production that offers a fresh perspective on the historical context of Tennessee Williams' drama.  

The cast is led by Golden Globe Award nominee Underwood ("Sex in the City," "In Treatment") as Stanley, Parker ("Soul Food," "Boogie Nights") as Blanche DuBois and two-time Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent, Jack Goes Boating, Anna in the Tropics ...  

SECRET MILLIONAIRE is a one-hour alternative series that follows some of America's most successful business people as they spend a week in the country's poorest areas and ultimately gift deserving...  

Underwood is perhaps best known as headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins from the NBC legal drama L.A ... and searching their hearts to determine how much of their own fortune to gift the community heroes they meet. "Secret Millionaire" premieres SUNDAY ...  

Coming up at 9 p.m. tonight, Piers Morgan welcomes television and film actor Blair Underwood for a candid and engaging interview, touching upon such topics as race and politics, patriotism and entertainment. Currently starring in the first ...  

He’s been acting for three decades and his performances have earned him two Golden Globe nominations and a Grammy Award, but tonight will be the first time actor Blair Underwood steps onto the Broadway stage. Underwood makes his Broadway debut Tennessee Williams’ classic play “Streetcar...  

She joins a number of special guests including supermodel Beverly Johnson, actor Blair Underwood and Couples Therapy star Linda Hogan. The Wendy Williams Show week April 23 - April 27 kicks off with "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon and the latest to ...  

The one-man show IM4: From the Mountaintop to Hip Hop, Purlie, NYSF's Measure for Measure, The Game of Love and Chance, Love Letters. And his TV credits include: "The Event," "In Treatment, "Dirty Sexy Money," "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "Sex ...  

In the first multicultural revival of A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, Blair Underwood tackles the iconic role of Stanley Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams' 1947 classic about the clash between the upper and working class. The ...  

A Streetcar Named Desire starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch opened last night, April 22, on Broadway for a limited run through to July 22, 2012. BroadwayWorld was at the celebratory after party and takes you inside below.  

Perennial film and television actor Blair Underwood stars in the T.D. Jakes produced drama ... Underwood stars along with Sharon Leal as David and Kari Ames, a successful couple who seem to have everything going for them until the abduction of their ...  

Two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker have a volatile date with destiny in the multi-ethnic Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which officially opens April 22 at the Broadhurst Theatre.  

Blair Underwood has all of that ... Before we go there, let's linger for a moment on the beauty that is Underwood (TV's "The Event"). When he strips off his shirt the first time, sighs of approval fill the theater. This is one of those stories ...  

L.A. Law actor Blair Underwood is going to be making his Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire! The two time Golden Globe nominee and Grammy Award winner will be playing Stanley in Tennessee Williams' most famous play. Does such a famous ...  

A stunning new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire is currently playing at Broadway's Broadhurst Theater and showcasing bravura performances from Nicole Ari Parker (as Blanche), Daphne Rubin-Vega (as Stella) and 2012 Drama League ...  

L.A. Law actor Blair Underwood is going to be making his Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire! The two time Golden Globe nominee and Grammy Award winner will be playing Stanley in Tennessee Williams' most famous play. Does such a famous role make Blair nervous? According to him … nope. He explains: "I feel the most comfortable on stage. [...]  

Blair Underwood taps into his brutish stage sideSouthCoastToday.comHe's coming off a whirlwind few years in which he was in the TV shows "In Treatment," "Dirty Sexy Money," "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "The Event," where he played the president of the United States. He's also got a book and a film planned ...and more »  

An all-new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which stars Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega and brings a multi-ethnic frame to the New Orleans-set drama, begins Broadway previews April 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre.  

NEW YORK _ Blair Underwood hopes it's a good omen. The first day he and fellow cast members of "A Streetcar Named Desire" set foot in the Broadhurst Theatre for a technical rehearsal was March 26 _ playwright Tennessee Williams' 101st birthday. In this new ...  

LIVE! with Kelly's upcoming guests include A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE's Blair Underwood, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT's Matthew Broderick and THE BEST MAN's Candice Bergen. See the full list of upcoming guest stars: April 20, 2012 - Candice Bergen ...  

The new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams'"A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Broadhurst Theatre has one thing that distinguishes it from its predecessor productions -- it's performed by a cast of mostly African American actors. Blair ...  

Streetcar also features Carmen DeLavallade Amelia Campbell, Aaron Clifton Moten, Jacino Taras Riddick, Matthew Saldívar, Count Stovall, Streetcar's creative team includes: Set Design by Eugene Lee, Lighting Design by Edward Pierce, Costumes by ...  

Underwood made a discovery about his own family that brought him closer to the story of Stanley, Stella and Blanche DuBois. "I learned ... that my four-times great-grandfather Samuel Scott was a free person of color in the early 1800s Virginia South who ...  

May 15, 2012 — Russia has one of the world's 10 biggest economies, but it isn't even among the top 30 U.S. trading partners. A new John Deere plant there shows the complications of that relationship. To avoid tariffs, tractors and combines are built in ...  

Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.  

Here are some of the arts and entertainment stories making headlines Monday afternoon ... Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift lead with way with CMT nominations. (NY Daily News) Victoria Beckham turns her designer hand to spice up new version ...  

He's coming off a whirlwind few years in which he was in the TV shows "In Treatment," "Dirty Sexy Money," "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "The Event," where he played the president of the United States. He's also got a book and a film planned for ...  

An all-new production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which stars Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker and Daphne Rubin-Vega and brings a multi-ethnic frame to the New Orleans-set drama, begins Broadway previews April 3 at the Broadhurst Theatre.  

“It’s Broadway, it’s Tennessee Williams, it’s ‘Streetcar,’ it’s Stanley — it just made too much sense not to do it,” added Underwood, known for “The Event,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Sex and the City” and his Globe ...  

NEW YORK - Blair Underwood is the first African-American man to star in a Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. But he'd argue that racial diversity is embedded in the Tennessee Williams classic. "The first image you see in the play is a black ...  

(CBS News) In the 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire," Marlon Brando played Stanley Kowalski, the role he created on the Broadway stage four years earlier. Now, as Rita Braver tells us, a new "Streetcar" - and a new Stanley - have arrived on ...  

NEW YORK - Blair Underwood is the first African-American man to star in a Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire. But he'd argue that racial diversity is embedded in the Tennessee Williams classic. "The first image you see in the play is a black ...  

*Blair Underwood and Sharon Leal tiptoe into movie theaters this weekend in the latest T.D. Jakes production, “Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7 th Day.” Not to be confused with Jakes’ 2004 film “Woman Thou Art Loosed,” this faith-based ...  

The actor stars in a Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams classic  

The plot and tone of the film is decidedly different from the 2004 film adaptation of Bishop Jakes’ self-help novel “Woman Thou Art Loosed,” which was directed by Michael Schultz and starred Kimberly Elise as a woman trying to come to terms with her ...  

Blair Underwood is hungry. Just a few hours ago, he was in Los Angeles, and now he's lounging in a tufted turquoise booth, contemplating the breakfast menu at Gordon Ramsay's The London. If Underwood is jet-lagged, it doesn't show. Even a ...  

Eighty people, sporting red “Petersburg Pride” shirts trekked six hours on a bus from Petersburg, VA, to NYC’s Broadhurst Theater to celebrate the Broadway debut of their hometown hero Blair Underwood.  

PETERSBURG - Dozens of locals will travel to New York on Saturday to support former Petersburg resident Blair Underwood in his first Broadway ... of the United States in the NBC series "The Event," which was canceled after one season.  

The ceremony will feature more than 50 stars from the 2011-2012 Broadway and Off-Broadway season. Click here for more information and tickets to the Drama League event.  

The Drama Desk will present its special annual Panel Discussion and Luncheon at Sardis today, titled Its a Hard Act To Follow, exploring the challenges confronting stars in current New York theater revivals of hit shows who are playing iconic roles and following iconic performances from previous productions.  

NEW YORK -- Blair Underwood's weird ride to becoming Stanley Kowalski onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire" started four years ago with a dashed hope. The actor had wanted to play Brick in an all-black Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams ...  

NEW YORK - Blair Underwood's weird ride to becoming Stanley Kowalski onstage in "A Streetcar Named Desire" started four years ago with a dashed hope. The actor had wanted to play Brick in an all-black Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat ...  

Image Credit: Ken Howard There’s going to be a whole lotta crazy and a whole lotta steam on Broadway this spring thanks to the upcoming revival of Tennessee Williams’ New Orleans-set A Streetcar Named Desire. Daphne Rubin-Vega (above, in the ...  

stay in your lane, if you will. But when it comes time to step up as the actor, you kind of know what the parameters are of what you need to do. “Early on as an actor, I was one of those people who would over-prepare. Do way too much research.  

T.D. Jakes is back as an executive producer, and he’s bringing another potentially powerful story to the big screen. Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood (Madea’s Family Reunion, Set It Off) and Sharon Leal (Why Did I Get Married Too?  

TV One will premiere the 20th Annual Trumpet Awards, hosted by award-winning comedian, singer and actor Wayne Brady Easter Sunday, April 8 from 8-10 PM ET, repeating from 10 PM - midnight. The Trumpet Awards were created in 1993 to honor African-American ...  

Anna in the Tropics) as Stella Kowalski. For the new production, the creative team was granted permission from the Williams estate to drop the last name of Kowalski, so that Stanley's heritage is now African-American rather than Polish. "I've made tiny ...  

The event featured a proclamation from The Honorable Brian Moore, Mayor of Petersburg. Joining the Mayor onstage were Underwood's father and brother.  

Click to enlarge. Blair Underwood as Stanley raises his beer with the card players in the new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway. Photo by Ken Howard. Terence Blanchard grew up around musicians in New Orleans, was an only child and his ...  

Well, at a Drama Desk panel discussion at Sardi's the other day, Blair Underwood--who's playing the old Brando role, the brutish Stanley Kowalski--said he's just Stanley now. "Do I look Polish?" he cracked to host Elysa Gardner from USA Today. Underwood ...  

This is a second installment of TD Jakes directed by Neema Barnette starring Bishop TD Jakes, Sharon Leal, 7 major films, Blair Underwood, 37 films, Nicole Beharie, 4 films, Pam Grier -64 films, Nominated for Screen Actor's Guilde & Golden Globe ...  

This is one of those little stories I just love. It concerns a current story in USA TODAY. The headline reads: “Blair Underwood’s ‘Streetcar’ role is a landmark.” Underwood, an African American actor, has been cast as Stanley Kowalski ...  

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