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Detroit Red at Emerson Paramount Center - Robert J. Orchard Stage

Dates: (2/1/2020 - 2/16/2020 )

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Emerson Paramount Center - Robert J. Orchard Stage


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The world forever knows him as Malcolm X, but when he lived in Roxbury, they called him Detroit Red. Internationally renowned playwright Will Power combines the accuracy of a historian with the lyricism of a poet to shine a contemporary light on a pivotal coming-of-age moment in the celebrated, controversial civil rights leaders life.Boxed in by race and class in 1940s Boston, he transformed from a rowdy teenager into a street hustler. Detroit Red vividly brings this world to life, depicting a brutally honest, human portrayal of the future activist as he navigates street life and the criminal underworld, taking the first steps in his quest to define the type of man he would eventually become.Power has been called the best verse playwright in America (New York Magazine) and is widely known as one of the pioneers and cocreators of hip hop theater. This world premiere of Detroit Red uplifts Malcolm Xs under-examined, life-shaping experiences as a young man who called Boston home.

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ArtsEmerson Presents The World Premiere Of DETROIT RED
ArtsEmerson Presents The World Premiere Of DETROIT RED
January 17, 2020

ArtsEmerson will present the World Premiere of Detroit Red by internationally renowned playwright Will Power. This theatrical exploration of the life of Malcolm X as he dwelled and came of age in the Roxbury section of Boston, plays the Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage February 01 a?" 16, 2020.

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