It's time yet again for AWOL's Annual Hip Hop History Play...This is the 4th year they've done the play, which is always a really great show, and having already done shows about the birth of hip hop in NYC, the ties between hip hop and the African oral tradition, and the similarities between the hip hop generation and the civil rights generation...this year's show is going to look at hip hop and the Harlem Renaissance.
If you've never seen one of the previous years, then you need to mark your calendar and go down to this show at the Trustees Theater on March 7th. They have a cast of over 60 local youth who spend 6 months giving up 2-3 nights/week and a bunch of weekends to be a part of this show. I've seen 2 of the last 3 shows and every year I'm astounded by the level of work and devotion that goes into this production. I'm not exactly an objective critic, since I've been part of AWOL's sound design program for a couple years, but I've never seen another show that so effectively integrated history lessons with popular music and amazing choreography...
Here's the commercial (via AWOL's YouTube page):
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