In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat tickets
About In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Obie Award-winning actor, playwright, and director Roger Guenveur Smith presents an intimate one-man show honoring his friend and collaborator Jean-Michel Basquiat. Weaving personal stories and historical anecdotes with his improvisational performance style, Guenveur Smith explores the legacy of one of the most defining artists of the 20th century and his enduring impact.
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Roger Guenveur Smith met in Los Angeles, where Jean-Michel was painting in a Venice studio and Smith was rapping as “Hollywatts” on the fertile 1980s club scene. Smith’s politically charged soliloquies found their way onto Basquiat’s canvas, and Smith eventually created “Smiley,” the Basquiat-inspired artist/arsonist for Spike Lee’s classic Do the Right Thing.
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Performance poetry about a major art icon from a personal perspective
Could not understand. Very poetic
I loved the idea of a theater piece about Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, but this presentation of the story of Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was simply DISAPPOINTING, BORING, and MISDIRECTED on so many different levels which I am just realizing were specific choices playwright/actor Roger Guenveur Smith made that just didn't lend anything to the story of Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. A good example of this is the choice that playwright/actor Roger Guenveur Smith made to perform the show barefooted and in a striped suit which is NEVER explained to the audience.
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'In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat' Off-Broadway review — Roger Guenveur Smith celebrates not just an artist, but an artistic community
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat cast and creative team
By: Roger Guenveur Smith
Producer: New York Theatre Workshop
Cast list: Roger Guenveur Smith
Sets: Raphael Mishler
Lighting: Arlo Sanders
Sound: Marc Anthony Thompson
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Where is In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat playing?
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat is playing at New York Theatre Workshop. The theatre is located at 79 East 4th Street, New York, 10003.
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Is In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat on Broadway or Off-Broadway?
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat is playing Off Broadway.
Who is in the cast of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat?
The cast of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat includes Roger Guenveur Smith.
Who wrote In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat?
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat was written by Roger Guenveur Smith.
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