SimonSays Entertainment Tell Every StoryTM via film, stage & TV about underrepresented communities. The film was released in the U.S.
SimonSays Entertainment, founded in 2009 by Ron Simons, is a Film & Theatre production company whose mission is to "Tell Every Story" with a particular focus on narratives that dig deeply into the outsider's struggle for dignity and acceptance and how that journey unfolds in the ever-changing American Tapestry. The film’s debut film project "Night Catches Us", premiered in dramatic competition at
the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was screened as part of the 2010 New Directors / New Films Festival by the Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society at Lincoln Center. in December 2010 through Magnolia Pictures and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. The company’s second feature, "Gun Hill Road", stars Esai Morales and Judy Reyes. "Gun Hill Road" was a 2011 Sundance Grand Jury nominee. Recent projects include the Tony-winning longest running Broadway production of "Porgy & Bess" starring Audra MacDonald as well as the all black Broadway production of "A Street Car Named Desire" starring Blair Underwood. SimonSays Entertainment currently has two films at 2012 Sundance: "Mother of George" in the Dramatic competition & "Blue Caprice" in the NEXT category for Innovative Storytelling.
Operating as usual
SimonSays featured in Harpers Bazaar…
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a40960205/broadway-producer-ron-simons-diversity-theater-for-colored-girls-interview/
For Colored Girls producer Ron Simons talks diversity onstage and why the Great White Way needs a revamp.
Many thanks to and the City of Detroit Government for the key to the city and presidential pathfinder award.
Last performance next weekend!
If you can not attend the show, or if you do attend, you may support the show by gifting tickets to women, BIPOC community members and theater students who otherwise might not be able to attend. As you will read in the Playbill article below its a wonderful way pay forward to support these populations who could benefit from the healing that this show enables. Just click on the links at the bottom of the article. We thank you in advance.
https://playbill.com/article/grassroots-for-colored-girls-ticket-initiative-takes-off-on-social-media
The initiative, organized by Ayanna Prescod, gifts tickets to women and Non-binary people of color.
Congratulations to the entire team that made this happened!! for colored girls who have considered su***de/ when the rainbow is enuf has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards, including:
Best Revival of a Play
Best Direction of a Play – Camille A. Brown
Best Choreography – Camille A. Brown
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play – Kenita R. Miller
Best Costume Design of a Play – Sarafina Bush
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Jiyoun Chang
Best Sound Design of a Play – Justin Ellington
In honor of Mother’s day this Sunday, I wanted to take a moment to spotlight the incredible Kenita Miller, who is performing 8 shows a week on Broadway while 8 months pregnant! Truly unbelievable.
Tickets are still available for this Sunday’s performance of For Colored Girls - Broadway. It’s an ecstatic celebration of womanhood! Bring your mother 🙂
Meet the colored girls in FOR COLORED GIRLS…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cvDTuLRyyIeCrYxJSEjfmQRTHN0eDgfr/view?usp=drivesdk
Performances begin TONIGHT! Come through and show some love. you WILL NOT be disappointed!
Thrilled that our revival of for colored girls who have considered su***de / when the rainbow is enuf begins performances April 4 at the Booth Theater. Tickets are on sale now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6VJ4DJdGiE
Black girl magic is reborn on Broadway. It’s time for joy. It’s time for sisterhood. It’s time for colored girls.Begins April 1, 2022. ...
The end of 2021 left us devastated when both of our broadway shows Thoughts Of A Colored Man and Ain't Too Proud Musical were forced to close (Ain't Too Proud announced closing January 16, Thoughts was forced to close immediately. Both had legs to run longer until COVID struck us and struck hard.
But as we know, when God closes a door he opens a window. We look ahead to touring both shows where thousands of more people can see what excited, thrilled and inspired Broadway audiences.
At the same time we look, with great enthusiasm, to opening "for colored girls su***de / when the rainbow is enuf!" We are proud to revive the show on Broadway for the first time since it debuted 46 years ago. And we are beyond words that Camille A. Brown will be directing and choreographing the show. She will be the first black woman to both direct and choreograph a Broadway show in 65 YEARS!
We thank you all for your continued support! Now get your tickets for Ain't Too Proud soon while there are still tickets avail: https://ainttooproudmusical.com!
https://www.theotherdreamer.com/blog/my-first-broadway-show. Still waiting to see your first Broadway show? Wait no longer!
I just watched my very first broadway show (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and it was poignant, poetic and beautiful . This is my new favorite New York minute. I had watched Hamilton on Disney Plus sometime last year and I was so enthralled by it, I could only imagine the invigorating sensation the audi
Thoughts Of A Colored Man begins previews Oct 1!
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201238/the-real-housewives-of-atlantas-kandi-burruss-on-producing-thoughts-of-a-colored-man/
The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kandi Burruss made her Broadway debut as Chicago's Mama Morton in 2018, and now she's on the producing team for Keenan Scott …
Tickets now on sale for www.thoughtsofacoloredman.com. performances begin Oct 1! Limited run so don't wait!
THRILLED to announce that Kandi Burruss joins Thoughts Of A Colored Man as her Broadway debut as a producer! Not sure it's possible to be more excited!
https://www.etonline.com/kandi-burruss-helps-make-broadway-history-with-producing-debut-exclusive-167570
The GRAMMY winning TV personality joins the producing team of 'Thoughts of a Colored Man,' a new show from an all-Black creative team.
This evening at 5:30pm. Here's the link to tonight’s Livestream...
https://streamyard.com/8u2qxva3r9
Be the first to know about ticket availability for Thoughts Of A Colored Man by Keenan Scott II, directed by Steven Broadnax. Sign up today!
http://thoughtsofacoloredman.com
The critically acclaimed theatrical testament the world needs now more than ever comes to Broadway at last.
TU ME MANQUES is available to watch on:
- iTunes
- Amazon
- Google Play
- Vudu
- YouTube (Transactional)
- Fandango Now
- Direct TV
- Dish Network
- Comcast/Xfinity
- Verizon Fios
- Spectrum
- Cox
- And Through Local Cable Providers
We are pleased to have been the first funder/executive producer for this extraordinary film. Here are images from TU ME MANQUES.
TU ME MANQUES is available to watch on:
- iTunes
- Amazon
- Google Play
- Vudu
- YouTube (Transactional)
- Fandango Now
- Direct TV
- Dish Network
- Comcast/Xfinity
- Verizon Fios
- Spectrum
- Cox
- And Through Local Cable Providers
It’s an honor to have been the initial funder of this extraordinary film. Here are images from TU ME MANQUES.
Here we come! Historic moment in Broadway’s history a play written by a black man, directed by a black man, produced by black men and starring all black men!
https://app.criticalmention.com/app//view/e74fee1e-4b32-4f0d-814a-b74617f3cfa6?token=8ad5385b-b42b-408a-8d9c-ce6e4c5f7ee7
Proud to have our first role as lead producer on the upcoming historic Broadway production of Thoughts Of A Colored Man. On this glorious day our marquee went up on the Golden Theater in the Broadway district on 45th Street! We are the first play to announce coming to broadway since the pandemic shut us down. Broadway here we come!
Thoughts of a Colored Man, the new play by Keenan Scott II will play Broadway’s Golden Theatre. Signaling a genuine moment of optimism about the future return of theater to New York City, this morning, the marquee for Thoughts of a Colored Man was installed at the Golden Theatre making it the ...
This Saturday!
How proud are we to have such a talent and power player on our For Colored Girls team? VERY!
https://observer.com/power-series/2020-pr-power-50/player/cheryl-duncan/
Since founding her firm 15 years ago, Cheryl Duncan’s made her mantra. The resonance of that work keeps growing stronger. Duncan, a go-to PR pro for Black cultural and nonprofit…
Oh happy day! So excited! Broadway here we come!
https://deadline.com/2020/11/thoughts-of-a-colored-man-broadway-keenan-scott-ii-steve-broadnax-iii-1234617119/
Thoughts of a Colored Man, the critically lauded new play by Keenan Scott II and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, will open on Broadway during the upcoming season, producers announced today. The …
Then this happened yesterday!... congrats to all the creative leads (all women of color) for being recognized for black excellence! Can’t wait to produce FCG on Broadway!
FOR COLORED GIRLS received four nominations for the 2020 AUDELCO Awards (Amazing news!!), including Camille A Brown (Best Choreographer), Toni-Leslie James (Best Costume Design), Deah Love Harriot (Outstanding Musical Composer), and Best Revival of a Play. The virtual ceremony will take place on Monday, November 30.
Voting opens soon, check the awards website for more info! Winners are chosen by the Friends of AUDELCO membership which you and others may join, if you wish. In order to vote, you must first become a Friend of AUDELCO with a contribution of $25 online at www.audelco.org. Once you have joined, you will receive an email to vote digitally.
AUDELCO was established to generate more recognition and awareness of African American theatre and dance companies.
https://www.playbill.com/article/black-broadway-producers-you-should-know
If we want more diverse stories, more representative casting, more inclusive staffs, it begins with producers. We illuminate the names behind the marquee lights working to change theatre from the inside.
Here’s a link to Ron Simons’ recent chat with Broadway World.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Podcast-BroadwayRadio-Chats-with-Tony-Winning-Producer-Ron-Simons-on-BLUE-FOR-COLORED-GIRLS-More-20200901
On today’s episode of BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More,' host Matt Tamanini speaks with one of the busiest Broadway producers working during the pandemic, Ron Simons. In addition to being the first Black producer in Broadway history to win four Tony Awards, Simons also has four shows that are circlin...
I've decided to embark upon a journey of better health. For me that includes exercise, nutritious meals and the right supplements that your body needs is the foundation for improved health, greater strength and endurance. Ron Simons Page is proud to be a member of the Shaklee team alongside Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize winner, who has dedicated her life to the health of the planet and it's inhabitants. Thank you for your contribution to the world and for being an inspiration to us all!
pws.shaklee.com/ronsimons
Wangari Maathai was an inspiration to thousands of Shaklee distirbutors and millions of people in Her native Kenya and around the world. We were honored to...
Ron Simons segment on NBC/LX
https://www.lx.com/entertainment/ron-simons-reveals-journey-from-microsoft-software-engineer-to-tony-award-winning-producer/17053/
With the future of Broadway uncertain, actor and producer Ron Simons addresses how quarantine has altered his creative process and explains the trajectory of his career from software engineer to award-winning producer.
We at SimonSays cares about health and nutrition. Ron did the prove it challenge and lost 10 pounds and significantly lowered blood pressure with the blood pressure supplement! Why not take advantage of the MONEY BACK GUARANTEE and get on your way with better help? Don't leave improving your health for another day! If not now, when?
Do what you love, share what you're most passionate about, and earn real rewards. All through a simple system. Easy to learn and easy to teach. Prove It....
Great piece by our playwright Keenan Scott II of Thoughts of a Colored Man. This show?! you best get ready!
https://www.americantheatre.org/2020/07/30/black-storytelling-the-blessing-and-the-curse/
Black trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
From the Culture Guru Brad Grossman...
Don't miss tomorrow's CULTURE CLASS!
As you know from my 18 Culture Classes, Covid has impacted every aspect of contemporary culture and society; it's not just a health epidemic but a CULTURAL EPIDEMIC. And this week in our Summer Semester Class #8/10, we shift to the entertainment business.
I am so grateful that 2 of the most influential creators have carved out some time from their super-busy schedules to enlighten us:
CEO/Chairman of Showtime and the Chief Creative Officer of CBS, David Nevins and
4-time TONY-winning Producer, Ron Simons (Ain't Too Proud Musical, Jitney, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess on Broadway); the most for any African-American producer in history.
https://zeitguide.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ba6344aae1173ac1a55951101&id=0bfefd1bcc&e=bcb7eb44a8
Want a cultural download and analysis on what this craziness all means? CEO/FOUNDER Brad Grossman will offer a special FREE CULTURE CLASS to anyone who wants to learn about what matters.
Thrilled that three of the Broadway shows we are producing are featured in the NYTimes! Thoughts of a Colored Man, Blue and For Colored Girls.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/theater/black-plays-broadway.html
Calls for diversity grow louder, and there are shows in the pipeline. But many are being shepherded by newcomers, not the powerful industry regulars.
Ron Simons’ views on racism in America...
Show Politics: Meet Me in the Middle, Ep 30 - How to Have the Hard Discussions: Talking About Race in a Polarized Society with Dr. David Campt and Broadway Producer Ron Simons - Jul 10, 2020
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