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The Robey Theatre Company presents Last Night at Mikell’s

Los Angeles Theatre Center 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA

The Robey Theatre Company presents Last Night at Mikell's Written by Larry Muhammad Directed by Ben Guillory Click here for tickets! Synopsis- James Baldwin is writing himself into bad health. After two heart attacks, the author returns to New York for some ...

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$25 – $50

Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne

Gil Cates Theater 10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Geffen Playhouse presents the West Coast Premiere of Furlough’s Paradise Written by a.k. payne Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden Click here for tickets! Cousins Sade and Mina used to be inseparable. Now leading very different lives, they return to their childhood town for ...

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$36 – $139

Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

Inner City Cultural Center II presents Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology Created by Tuesday Conner Directed by Phylliss Bailey Brooks Click here for tickets! Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology shares the life and music of the man Melody Maker called "The Most Dangerous Musician Alive" and ...

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$40 – $100

Stages of Understanding: Volume II

Long Beach City College 4901 E. Carson St. Bldg. T-1200, Long Beach, CA

JTAINMENT Productions presents Stages of Understanding: Volume II Come take a walk through Black History Stages of Understanding: Volume II is a story of Black History from the 1900s to the 2000s viewed through a new lens. This production dignifies the Black ...

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Free

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone

The Mark Theatre 5144 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

The Mark Theatre presents Hambone By Javon Johnson Directed by Justin Lord Click here for tickets! Hambone is a generational play about four Black men's struggles in the context of family dislocation and cultural alienation. It explores the bonds of friendship, the ...

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$50

August Wilson’s Fences

Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA

Laguna Playhouse presents August Wilson’s Fences Directed by Yvette Freeman Troy Maxson was a star of the Negro baseball leagues, but now it’s 1957 and he’s a garbage man in Pittsburgh. In one of August Wilson’s best and most well-known plays, we ...

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