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Between the World and Me
October 25, 2019 @ 8:00 pm - October 26, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 8:00 pm, repeating until October 26, 2019
One event on October 28, 2019 at 8:00 pm
Apollo Theater Presents
Between The World And Me
Book by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Developed and Directed by Kamilah Forbes
Original Score by Jason Moran
Dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks
Dramaturgy and Adaptation by Lauren A. Whitehead
Co-Commissioned by the Apollo Theater and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
ATLANTA PERFORMANCES:
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 / 3pm & 7:30pm
NEW YORK PERFORMANCES:
Friday, October 25, 2019 / 8pm*
Saturday, October 26, 2019 / 8pm*
Monday, October 28, 2019 / 8pm*
Friday, October 25th Performance Featuring:
Dahlak Brathwaithe
Omar J. Dorsey
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Greg Alverez Reid
Olivia Washington
Pauletta Washington
Lynn Whitfield
Michelle Wilson
Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh
Saturday, October 26th Performance Featuring:
David Banner
Dahlak Brathwaithe
Alicia Garza
Omar J. Dorsey
Tip "T.I." Harris
Joe Morton
Greg Alverez Reid
Olivia Washington
Pauletta Washington
Lynn Whitfield
Michelle Wilson
Monday, October 28th Performance Featuring:
Omar J. Dorsey
Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Joe Morton
Greg Alverez Reid
Olivia Washington
Pauletta Washington
Lynn Whitfield
Michelle Wilson
Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh
Musicians
Jason Moran, Piano
Mimi Jones, Bass
Nate Smith, Drums
Lineup subject to change
Based on the award-winning book by the Apollo Theater's Master Artist-in-Residence Ta-Nehisi Coates, the theatrical event Between the World and Me, takes difficult but necessary conversations around Black life and death and places them center stage. This limited engagement features a star-studded rotating cast of artists and activists. Each performance promises a unique experience.
A profound work that pivots from the biggest questions around racism and police violence to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Between the World and Me offers a powerful framework for understanding our nation’s history and asks: What is it like to inhabit a Black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me, both the book and the theatrical event, is an eye-opening, emotional look inside these conversations.
Back by popular demand, after sold out runs at the Apollo Theater and Kennedy Center in 2018, this live performance features a dynamic cast who bring to life Coates’s words, along with captivating stage projections and music composed and performed live by MacArthur “Genius” Jason Moran (Selma, Netflix’s 13th) and his trio, direction by Apollo Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes (Broadway’s Stickfly, NBC’s The Wiz).
Buy Tickets - New York Special Offers
Tickets start at: $30
In person at the Apollo Theater Box Office
By phone call Ticketmaster (800) 745-3000
Online at Ticketmaster.com
Online and phone service fees apply
Between the World and Me is sponsored by
APOLLO MASTER ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
The 2019-2020 season begins with two dynamic programs featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Apollo Theater's inaugural Master Artist-in-Residence. This three-year initiative, which will include events on the Apollo’s iconic stage and in the new Apollo spaces in the Victoria Theater in Fall 2020, will further deepen the relationship between Coates and the nonprofit theater. The Artist-in-Residence program reinforces the Apollo Theater's commitment to celebrating African-American arts and culture, supporting emerging and established artists of color, and serving as an artistic, educational and community resource.
The inaugural Master Artist Residency is sponsored by
