Oct 01, 2020 - Nija Okoro and Maria Manuela Goyanes

Nija Okoro plays Florence, Charles Gilpin’s wife, in the just
released “The Black Emperor of Broadway.” The film is about
Gilpin who in 1920 became the first Black to play the lead in a
Broadway show and in a time when Whites would often play Blacks
in “blackface.” Many may know the South Bronx native from The
Deuce (2017), Animal Kingdom (2016), and Insecure (2016). She
also played Rena, Youngblood's girlfriend and the mother of his
young son, Jesse, in the US national tour of Jitney including at
Washington’s Arena Stage.



Maria Manuela Goyanes, Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth
Theater Company in Washington, DC, talks about their new
productions in the virtual age. Woolly Mammoth is currently
offering "Human Resources," a unique theatrical telephone
experience.

PORT OF HARLEM TALK RADIO