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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 14, 2008 08:29 AM
Saturday night I saw an off-Broadway play that featured Idi Amin as a character. The play is called Steve and Idi and it follows the life of a writer named Steve who after losing his partner, agent and a big career-making opportunity decides to take his...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 13, 2008 08:17 AM
The Tony Award nominations are in! Broadway's annual red-carpet recognition of what talent shinned this year in mega-bucks theater. And yes, I tend to be a downtown theater guy. Meaning I prefer the more edgier canon of the off-Broadway scene over the...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 10, 2008 07:04 AM
My mom was daring. She was unconventional, a maverick, a beauty and as her peers insist, "very, very bright." And there are certainly many moms who can be described as such. But when you're living in a community of super-conservatives in the 70s and 80s...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 8, 2008 01:07 PM
When an upscale neighborhood committee tells an upscale black lounge that they don't need a liquor license because you don't need a martini when you're eating Chitlins... what is one to think? My writing life is pretty consistent. The bulk of work happens...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 7, 2008 07:08 AM
Here it is: I'm picking through my mixed veggies at this Vietnamese foodie when one of my dinner mates asked about the Primaries. It was a blast back to reality considering we were in mid-convo about a friend's new play. A fantasia piece about black folks...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 3, 2008 07:43 AM
With two days left of the Tribeca Film Festival, Robert DeNiro's brainchild to attract cultural revenue to post-911 NYC, I'm determined to see as many films as possible within a 48-hour period. One documentary was a must. Zoned-In. Daniella Zanzotto's...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 2, 2008 07:59 AM
I just returned from Cincinnati where I was there to celebrate my dad's birthday. You know, the soul-hipster artsy son flies in to cook up Quinoa Vegetable Paella and Roasted Pear for his Pops like he's fresh from a Top Chef elimination. But I believe...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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May 1, 2008 10:42 AM
A friend of mine told me not to blog about this. He told me if I did I could get jacked with a slander claim or worse. But I'm a daredevil. Meaning I thrive on the slim chance of repercussion. I'm lying... kinda. Anyway, several years ago I was the assistant...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 29, 2008 08:59 AM
Black women have recently made mucho headway in that thing called theater arts. From Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks to MacArthur Genius Awardee Lynn Nottage, black women have been creatively and ingeniously unearthing what makes them tick. They...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 26, 2008 08:05 AM
I actually thought I could end the day without thinking about Sean. Go through my weekend and pretend it didn't happen the way it happened. I really believed I could avoid every email, Facebook update, every subtle and/or vocal comment in Fort Greene,...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 25, 2008 07:23 AM
Many of my NYC crew [both actors and writers] have had much success in paying the rent by working in Daytime. It's a starting point for many. A legit way to get on-camera [or off-] experience as well as national public exposure. Now I have to admit, I...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 24, 2008 09:23 AM
A week ago the Writer's Guild of America sent out an email to all of its members. It was the fi-core blacklist. A list of guild members who left the union during the infamous 2007 strike to sustain personal needs. Fi-Core, for those who forgot, legally...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 23, 2008 07:20 AM
Obama may have lost Pennsylvania, but the road to triumph for a black attorney is not easy. Just ask actor Laurence Fishburne. I mean, Thurgood Marshall. I mean... actually, they both have a lot to say on the matter. As the polls were leaning in Clinton's...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 22, 2008 08:00 AM
A few days ago I was leaving a show and decided to meander over to my old stomping ground—Convent Avenue and 149th Street in Harlem. I didn't actually stomp there, I was mostly scrimping and surviving. From the outside, the building was pretty amazing....
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Apr 21, 2008 08:58 AM
Saturday was interesting. I actually pried myself away from Brooklyn and trained it over to Manhattan to see a play. When I sat down in the theater I realized everyone around me was throwing signs. Meaning, using American sign language as the source of...
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