Roger Guenveur Smith in 'Otto Frank' at Magic Theatre in San Francisco. (Jay Yamada) In a 1967 article entitled “ Negroes are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White,” James Baldwin cautioned against ...

From Basquiat tributes to Riot Grrrl legends, and bold new voices, Hancher Auditorium's Infinite Dream Festival returns for ...

At a youthful 55, Roger Guenveur Smith is at least a few decades too old to carry baseball cards in his wallet, but the one he takes out to show has a special meaning. The memories he discusses on ...

Actor Roger Guenveur Smith discusses the impact of literature and his work with Spike Lee. American Black Journal contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ has an in-depth conversation with ...

Roger Guenveur Smith, whose one-man shows about Rodney King and Huey P. Newton were brought to the big screen by Spike Lee, is bringing his solo show “Frederick Douglass Now" ...

Roger Guenveur Smith adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of A Huey P. Newton Story into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm directed by his longtime colleague, Spike Lee.

Roger Guenveur Smith *Writer/director/actor Roger Guenveur Smith will premiere his new solo performance OTTO FRANK at the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, in Manhattan January 22-29, 2023.

Theater & Dance In Roger Guenveur Smith’s ‘Rodney King,’ a whispered evocation of the L.A. riots July 13, 2014 More than 10 years ago Summary ...

Roger Guenveur Smith has been exploring the art form of solo performance for decades, bringing to life historic characters like Huey P. Newton, Frederick Douglass, and Rodney King.

Roger Guenveur Smith: Interrogating Rodney King. Patti McGuire Roger Guenveur Smith is a character actor who has been enlivening films for nearly 30 years.

Roger Guenveur Smith knows that the Huey P. Newton most of us remember is a one-dimensional figure — the angry revolutionary with a rifle in hand and a bandoleer across his chest. But to Smith ...

“A Huey P. Newton Story” is a Roger Guenveur Smith tour de force.Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party and its defense minister, is likely only a vague memory from the turbulent ’60s ...