Nuyorican Poets Cafe to Stream Ishmael Reed's New Play About Basquiat
The Slave Who Loved Caviar readings will stream on March 20 and 21.
By: A.A. Cristi
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Renowned playwright, poet and satirist Ishmael Reed takes aim at the New York City art world with The Slave Who Loved Caviar, his new play about the life and career of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe will host two online readings of this new work, at 7PM EST on March 20 and 21, 2021. The readings are directed by Rome Neal. Reed's recent play The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda - an epic theatrical rebuttal to the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton - was a surprise hit that launched a national dialogue about the Founding Fathers' slaveholding and mistreatment of indigenous people. In this new work, Reed examines the racism directed at Basquiat, and the ways that Andy Warhol, the art establishment and the fashion industry exploited and profited from Basquiat's artistry. Reed's new play also questions why racism toward Basquiat was allowed to masquerade as "Art Criticism", and explores how Basquiat's treatment implicates the New York City art world.
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