the most amazing show you'll see this year.
TILL OCTOBER 30TH.
I want every single person that reads this blog to go out and see a show that in my opinion represents the best of contemporary black performance. I first met writer, musician and playwright Hanifah Walidah when I invited her as a co-headliner for an event I hosted at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village on behalf of Black Pride NYC.
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I remember that night Hanifah was without a doubt the most breathtaking performer. Her show, Black Folks Guide To Black Folks is the most original, witty, thought-provoking and enjoyable piece of black and/or queer theater that I have ever seen.
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I've been in New York for a while now and am trained in the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, so needless to say I've seen a lot of political performance art. But Black Folks rises to the absolute top. A reader review at the New York Times website gives the show five-stars. I give it six.
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As many of the reviews of the show explain, "In the play Walidah plays an entire neighborhood of characters linked together in a polyrhythmic mesh of loves and life lessons. Black Folks Guide approaches the topic of homophobia in the black community by remaining true to the familiar as it blurs the lines and giggles in the faces of sexuality, health, love, faith, and fear" (cited here).
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Black Folks Guide To Black Folks is playing for a special limited run at The Producers Club 358 West 44th Street in Manhattan from October 14th to October 30th. Tickets range from $15 to $25 dollars (at the door) and can be purchased be clicking here. I would also encourage you to visit her website, which is almost as amazing, jam-packed, creative, and innovative as the show itself.
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If for some insane, crazy, and/or irresponsible reason you are unable to get to her performance while it's running, she will be in dialogue with black performance critic & scholar Tavia Nyong'o here in the department of performance at NYU on November 8th, 2005. Information about this special Q &A can be found here.
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If you have a blog, take a moment to post the show's flyer up and spread the word. I'll see you at the theater.
It's that good? That's wassup! I'm going this Saturday's performance. It better be great! LOL
Posted by
Unconquerable Soul |
10/20/2005
Man I wish I had checked thos post out earlier me n the lady would've definetly checked this out...
Posted by
Abreu, Jorge |
10/20/2005
Now that I checked again... the flyer actually says the 30th. I'm gonna see if I check this...
Posted by
Abreu, Jorge |
10/20/2005
Sounds very good, will have to check to see when it gets here to Chicago. Good tip!
KD
Posted by
KneeDeep |
10/20/2005
A greek gay man between hot black guys
Oh! iam horny again boys:)
Posted by
greekgaylolita |
10/21/2005
well...i ordered the dvd...does that count? cuz i don't think she'll be in philly any time soon...
Posted by
AC |
10/21/2005
wow...i didn't mean philly...i meant atlanta...damn i'm gettin' old...lol
Posted by
AC |
10/24/2005