In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat

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On the heels of the acclaimed sold-out run during Under the Radar, Obie Award-winning actor, playwright and director Roger Guenveur Smith performs an intimate one-man show honoring his friend and collaborator Jean-Michel Basquiat. Jean-Michel Basquiat and Roger Guenveur Smith met in Los Angeles, where Jean-Michel was painting in a Venice studio and Roger was rapping as “Hollywatts” on the fertile 1980s club scene. Smith’s politically charged soliloquies found their way onto Basquiat’s canvas, and Smith eventually created “Smiley,” the Basquiat-inspired artist/arsonist for Spike Lee’s classic Do the Right Thing. In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat features live sound design by Marc Anthony Thompson.