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And So We Walked is a frank, heartwarming, and inspiring story about a contemporary Cherokee woman and her father who embark on an incredible 900-mile journey along the Trail of Tears to truly understand her own identity and the conflicts of her nation. The play recounts the six-week journey, which retraced the path her great-great-grandparents took in the 1830s during the forced relocation of 17,000 Cherokee from their homelands.

It’s 1949 in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood, and there’s no better place to hear or play jazz than Paradise Club. Blue (Emmy and Grammy Award winner Blair Underwood), club owner and trumpeter, can wail like no other, but as forces outside the club conspire to irreparably change life inside and outside Paradise’s walls, he must decide whether to stay or sell. Beholden to his girlfriend (Grammy Award winner Kristolyn Lloyd) and fellow bandmates (André Holland and Keith Randolph Smith), Blue faces an uncertain future as he reckons with his troubled past.

Lydia (Aja Naomi King) and Henry (Jason Butler Harner)’s dinner guests (Madeline Brewer and William Jackson Harper) are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp. Wine bottles and years of unspoken tensions are uncorked, and before the evening is through, Lydia must confront her long-held fears and feelings if she’s going to commit to a future with Henry.

Antigone stood defiant in the face of tyranny. Best-selling and award winning author Colm Tóibín wrote this new dramatisation of the Greek tragedy especially to be performed by Irish actor Lisa Dwan. Pale Sister gives voice to Antigone’s sister, Ismene, who recounts her sister’s defiance of the king as pressures mount on her to act to vindicate her sister, or even follow her example. Pale Sister tells Antigone’s story through Ismene: the quiet person in the corner, bearing witness to everything.

Billy Kelly's This Is a Family Show! is a stand-up comedy experience (with music) that parents and kids can enjoy together. From jokes about nocturnal animals and microwaves to Ben Franklin and people throwing turtles, the whole family will laugh along while listening to this comedian’s unique perspectives. It’s comedy toast with the crust cut off. Who needs all that crusty talk about dating, politics, and money, anyway?

Sometimes you want comedy that comes from both the brain and the butt, and somewhere in between, maybe the spleen. Hampton Yount's third album, Able. is his follow-up to his albums Unbearable and Bearable, finishing out his trilogy of poorly named stand-up albums. Will there be more? Who knows! Wouldn't really be a trilogy then, hmmmm?

Der nächste Teil der Audible Original Bestseller Serie nach einer Idee von Sebastian Fitzek! Im 5. Thriller der AURIS-Reihe macht ein psychopathischer Kollege mit dem absoluten Gehör Jagd auf den forensischen Phonetiker Matthias Hegel. Der Mann, der das Verbrechen hört, und die hartnäckige True-Crime-Podcasterin Jula Ansorge müssen ein weiteres Mal zusammenarbeiten und dabei all ihr Können aufbieten, um sich durch einen Parcours voller tödlicher Rätsel und Fallen zu kämpfen, während ihr schier übermächtiger Gegner einen akustischen Anschlag plant, mit dem er in die Geschichte eingehen will.

La Cinta Perdida es un documental acerca de la "nueva canción", un movimiento musical que ocurrió durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970 en América Latina como una resistencia artística y social a las muchas dictaduras y regímenes opresivos de la época. Tras obsesionarse con las canciones de protesta que escuchó mientras cubría el estallido social de 2019 en Chile, el periodista Luis Alberto González comienza a investigar más sobre los orígenes y la historia de la música popular latinoamericana.

This year has not been easy, and navigating the crushing toll of the pandemic, isolation, and racial injustice has made focusing on health and wellness more important than ever.

Considéré par le Los Angeles Times Magazine comme "la plus grande épopée de l'histoire des comics", "The Sandman" a révolutionné l'univers des comics et a amorcé un phénomène culturel mondial avec son univers sombre et littéraire, rempli d'horreur et de fantasy. Audible et DC sont heureux de présenter la toute première production audio des romans graphiques de DC acclamé par le New York Times écrit par le célèbre auteur Neil Gaiman.

Psycho-Thriller-Fans aufgepasst! Gemeinsam mit Deutschlands erfolgreichstem Autor Sebastian Fitzek bringt Audible seine Meilenstein-Bestseller als völlig neue Hörerfahrung heraus. Überarbeitet von den besten Hörspiel-Dramaturgen, besetzt mit einem atemberaubenden Cast und begleitet von einem vollen Orchester-Soundtrack, dringt die Spannung intensiver ins Ohr als je zuvor. Zum 10jährigen Erscheinen des Romans macht den Auftakt der neuen Original Hörspiel-Reihe "Der Nachtwandler", Sebastian Fitzeks erster #1 Hit auf der Spiegel Bestseller Liste.

A sidesplitting, heartrending look at life—and death. This powerfully personal production, recorded live from the Minetta Lane Theatre, cuts through the platitudes, directly reaching out to anyone who has ever experienced loss—or will. So...everyone.

How did hip-hop happen? To understand that, we have to go back to before the ‘birth’ of the culture.

Listen as stage and screen performer Jason Gotay (Gossip Girl, Evita) brings his breathtaking vocals and gift of storytelling to a musical narrative about his journey to self-acceptance. With soulful interpretations of musical theater selections and pop favorites, the Bring It On: The Musical actor walks us through transformational moments of his past while paying homage to the fierce women who have inspired him.

When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.

The fiercely talented and versatile stage and screen performer Solea Pfeiffer (Hamilton, Almost Famous, The Light in the Piazza, and Evita) brings her powerhouse vocals and gift of storytelling to create a deeply personal musical narrative. Armed with her immense versatility as a vocalist, the Zimbabwe-born performer explores what it means to be a mixed-race person in America today and takes us on her journey toward self-discovery, self-love, and ultimately self-celebration.

What does it mean to live in your skin as a Black woman in 2021? There is no one answer - but in this powerful, spellbinding audio special, there are 11, told by women ranging in age from 17 to 91. Together, they share stories about love, work, microaggressions, mothering - about the way the world breaks your heart and how other Black women heal it.

SNL alum and sage satirist Colin Quinn is here to take no prisoners. In this hilarious stand-up show, performed live at the Minetta Lane Theatre, no political view is safe. Quinn takes on political division highlighting the truth, absurdity, and humor on both sides of the aisle. This isn’t Colin Quinn vs. liberals or conservatives. This is Colin Quinn deftly roasting liberals, conservatives, and everyone in between.

In BE TRUE, DeVon Franklin takes the stage in his most vulnerable and groundbreaking work yet—blending spiritual insight, raw emotional honesty, and theatrical storytelling to share his evolution through one of the most difficult chapters of his life. In a bold departure from the pulpit and silver screen, Franklin opens the door to his most intimate truths, from the pain of public heartbreak to the clarity of personal rebirth. Franklin combines storytelling, spiritual insight, and emotional transparency in a performance that is as soul-stirring as it is unforgettable.

In the spring of 2020, as the world grappled with the deepening coronavirus pandemic, acclaimed British screenwriter and playwright David Hare was struck down by the virus himself. With brutal honesty, sharp humor, and his trademark insight, the renowned writer of modern classics like Skylight and Plenty brings us into his own experience battling the bizarre and terrifying symptoms of Covid-19.