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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was his long-standing friendship with Forbes that softened his stance and led him to award her the stage rights. “When ‘Between the World and Me’ came out, a lot of people had ideas for things, and I was just really tired and kind of suspicious.” “My recollection is I didn’t want to do it,” he said in a phone interview. The only thing in her way was Coates himself. “How do we, in an overwhelming, arresting and gorgeously beautiful way, illuminate all that the book is?” Forbes asked.īack in 2015, as soon as Forbes finished the book, she knew she wanted to turn it into a stage production. Projections visualizing Coates’ vivid imagery will tower behind them, and jazz musician Jason Moran will perform a live score with a trio. Excerpts and fragments will be read either solo or in groups by a cast that includes actress Angela Bassett and rappers Common and Black Thought. ![]() It won’t quite be a play or a straight recitation of the celebrated book, which won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on April 7. The production will run for two nights, Monday and Tuesday, before traveling to the John F. “It’s unfortunate that every single week there is another world event that happens that makes the language even more relevant,” Forbes said in an interview. ![]()
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