FORCE! an opera in three acts by Anna Martine Whitehead
REDCAT 631 W 2nd St., Los Angeles, CAOver years of making performances inside and around prison, and visits with incarcerated friends and family, Anna Martine Whitehead meditates on the relationships of women and femmes in the waiting areas—the loved ones forced into a complex intimacy both tied and always ...
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego, CAThe Old Globe presents the Broadway production of Fat Ham By James Ijames Original direction by Saheem Ali Directed by Sideeq Heard The 2022 Pulitzer-winning, Tony-nominated sensation Fat Ham is a fresh and funny take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet that The New York ...
Jelly’s Last Jam
Pasadena Playhouse Theater 39 S. El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CAPasadena Playhouse presents Jelly’s Last Jam. Book by George C. Wolfe Music by Jelly Roll Morton Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Musical Adaptation and Additional Music Composed By Luther Henderson When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, ...
A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson
Ahmanson Theatre 135 N Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CAWINNER! EVERY BEST MUSICAL AWARD IN NEW YORK Center Theatre Group and the American Conservatory Theater present A Strange Loop Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson Choreography by Raja Feather Kelly Directed by Stephen Brackett The ground-breaking and critically acclaimed ...
Inner City Cultural Center II presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology
Hudson Mainstage Theatre 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CAGil Scott-Heron Bluesology BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! Poets Jazz House, Inner City Cultural Center II and Tuesday Conner are proud to present "Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology" starring Gil Scott-Herons daughter Gia Scott-Heron. Join an evening that will spark your soul and shake your emotions when ...
Inner City Cultural Center II and Poets Jazz House present Father Amde Hamilton
Willie Agee Playhouse 714 Warren Ln., Inglewood, CAPoets Jazz House is honored to present Father Amde, a hero and legend to poets worldwide. Formed out of the fury of the Watts Riots in 1965 the Watts Prophets were young Black poet-performers railing against police brutality, institutionalized poverty, American hypocrisy, ...