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AUDELCO Awards Spectacular 50th Celebration of Black Theatre Excellence!
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Thank you to Rachel deAragon for article in the
New York Beacon and Philadelphia Observer!
On November 1st, the Nuyorican will close its iconic doors for a $24 million 3-year renovation project called the "Nuyoricanstruction" phase ushering us into the next 50 years.
The last time I directed an event at the Schomburg, it was for Amiri Baraka's All Star 75th Birthday celebration... This time I have the honor of staging Carl Clay's fabulous play "Twas The Night Before KWANZAA"... Don't wait purchase your tickets TODAY (one performance only in Harlem!
Theater produced and created by African-Americans helped mold generations influenced by their performance art and helped shape cultures.
Now, a new documentary hopes to show these Black creators, past and present, seeking stages to share their voices, entertain and inform on issues in front of a live audience and other performance platforms.
The World Famous
 Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe founded by Miguel Algarin, has been around for over thirty years and is known as one of the premier spaces for award winning poetry and poetry slams, award winning theatre and music.
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Over the years some of the people of celebrity status who have attended or performed in events at the cafe have been: Lawrence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, the late John Kennedy Jr., Mary Wilson (of The Supremes), Erica Badu, Ruby Dee and the late Ossie Davis, Max Roach, Gary Walker (WBGO),George Wein, Barry Harris, Ray Barrito, Natalie Portman, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, Louie Guzman, John Leguizamo, John Amos, Savion Glover, the late Gregory Hines, George C. Wolfe, George Faison, the late Joseph Papp, the late Alvin Ailey, Woodie King Jr., and Benjamin Bratt (who partied and filmed scenes from his break out role of Miguel Pinero in the Leon Ichaso film, Pinero) just to name a few.
