The year is 1953 in the Harlem apartment of Negro writer Langston Hughes. Unable to sleep he gets up and begins to write a poem, but finds his living space somehow inhabited by his readers. Exposed, guilt-ridden and fearful of the coming day he confesses how he intends to answer McCarthy's accusations on being a communist. He implores his readers not to abandon him no matter what they read or hear. His confession is intermittently interrupted by flashes of inspiration, seen in projected texts and images, of a word or line for his poem. As he tells the story of what he's written and why, and of his difficult and wonderful life as a writer, the poem continues to grow and clarify as a thing with a life of its own, and together they reveal a portrait of an artist faced with his fears and regrets before the greatest ordeal of his life.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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Cathedral of Saint Paul (12/18 - 12/19) HOLIDAY SHOW | |
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SIX
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (6/17 - 6/28) | |
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Ballet Tuesday
Landmark Center (2/17 - 2/17) | |
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Merrily We Roll Along
Gremlin Theatre (12/5 - 12/21) | |
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Season Showcase
Ballet Co.Laboratory (6/5 - 6/5) | |
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Martha Graham Dance Company
Northrop (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Orpheum Theatre (4/25 - 5/17) | |
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Shucked
Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis (1/6 - 1/11) | |
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