Black Angels Over Tuskegee, Layon Gray's acclaimed play is now in its fourth year at the Actors Temple Theater 339 West 47th Street. Based on true events, six men explore their collective struggle with Jim Crow, their intelligence, patriotism, dreams of an inclusive fair society, and brotherhood as they become the first African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Teh New York Jets just visited the production and you can check out a photo from the special ocassion below...
- 8/28/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
"Guiding Light" star Lawrence Saint-Victor will join the acclaimed new play, Black Angels Over Tuskegee, by Layon Gray, this Monday, April 5th at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Ave.) Lawrence Saint-Victor is replacing Lamman Rucker in the cast, which also features Demetrius Gross, Thom Scott II, Antonio Charity, Layon Gray, David Wendell Boykins, Derek Shaun, Jay Jones, and Rich Skidmore.
- 3/30/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
Real Tuskegee Airmen - click to enlarge
Tambay’s post yesterday, The Black Gents Discuss Black Theatre In America, reminded me of an email I received from one of the members of The Black Gents of Hollywood a few weeks ago (yes, I’ve been lax in my blogging commitment of late). I met this particular Black Gent a few years ago in Atlanta, during the Independent Black Film Festival, and have remained on his emailing list ever since. I’ve yet to respond to any of the emails by actually getting up and going to see any of their productions, but that’s only because it’s a long way from London to Los Angeles and, while I’ve been known to travel across oceans on a whim, the funds situation is clawing itself out of a bit of a dip right now.
However, following the discussion in the video posted by Tambay yesterday,...
Tambay’s post yesterday, The Black Gents Discuss Black Theatre In America, reminded me of an email I received from one of the members of The Black Gents of Hollywood a few weeks ago (yes, I’ve been lax in my blogging commitment of late). I met this particular Black Gent a few years ago in Atlanta, during the Independent Black Film Festival, and have remained on his emailing list ever since. I’ve yet to respond to any of the emails by actually getting up and going to see any of their productions, but that’s only because it’s a long way from London to Los Angeles and, while I’ve been known to travel across oceans on a whim, the funds situation is clawing itself out of a bit of a dip right now.
However, following the discussion in the video posted by Tambay yesterday,...
- 12/30/2009
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
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