
"It won't quite be a play or a straight recitation ... Excerpts and fragments will be read either solo or in groups by a cast that includes the actress Angela Bassett and the rappers Common and Black Thought. Projections visualizing Mr. Coates's vivid imagery will tower behind them, and the jazz musician Jason Moran will perform a live score with a trio." Kamilah Forbes, executive producer for the Apollo Theater, tells a reporter how she's gone about adapting the award-winning book by Coates, a close friend from college.
Article source here:Arts Journal
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