Tickets Now On-sale for Melvin Van Peebles' SWEET SWEETBACK BADASS SONG At BRIC Arts

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to announce that tickets are now on-sale for the work-in-progress previews of Melvin Van Peebles' musical theater adaptation of his 1971 groundbreaking film Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (the Hood Opera). Work-in-progress previews will be February 3rd and 4th, 2010 at 8PM at BRICstudio. All tickets are $10.

Ahead of its premiere at the Sons d'Hiver Festival in Paris, Sweet Sweetback at BRICstudio will give audiences a unique opportunity to experience the intimate process of artistic collaboration between BRIC artists-in-residence Van Peebles and music ensemble Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, along with a large cast of actors and singers, as they bring to the stage one of the most influential films of the African-American cinema.

The work-in-progress previews will conclude with an audience dialogue with the artists, followed by a book-signing with Melvin Van Peebles.

A fiercely independent artist whose work on Broadway has earned him eleven Tony nominations, Mr. Van Peebles financed, wrote, directed, scored, and starred in the original film version of Sweet Sweetback, paving the way for the success of future independent black films. An important work in the history of African-American cinema, it tells the story of a deprived African-American man on his flight from the white authority in satirical, realistic and often humorous detail. The original musical score was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber has been described as a "funk-rock-electronic-samba-soul-jazzfusion-whatever ensemble" and counts among its influences Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, Funkadelic, Bad Brains, Band of Gypsys, Sun Ra and Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi.

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is a multi-disciplinary arts and media non-profit dedicated to presenting contemporary art, performing arts, and community media programs that are reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities, and to providing resources and platforms to support the creative process. All of our offerings are free or low cost, to enhance the public's access to and understanding of arts and media. Each year, upwards of a million people in Brooklyn and citywide are served through our programs. www.bricartsmedia.org

Tickets can be purchased online through the BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn website at www.bricartsmedia.org and at the door two hours ahead of showtime on the day of each performance at the BRIC Box Office on 647 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

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