Back to Previous Detroit Red Emerson Paramount Center - Robert J.
Orchard Stage 559 Washington St Boston, MA (617) 824-8400 February
1-15, 2020 Recurring weekly on Saturday Start Time: 7:30 PM End Time:
9:30 PM Price: $25 Send Email | Visit Website Details Map The world
forever knows him as Malcolm X, but when he lived in Roxbury, they
called him “Detroit Red.” Internationally renowned playwright Will
Power combines the accuracy of a historian with the lyricism of a poet
to shine a contemporary light on a pivotal coming-of-age moment in the
celebrated, controversial civil rights leader’s life. Boxed in by
race and class in 1940’s Boston, he transformed from a rowdy
teenager into a street hustler. Detroit Red vividly brings this world
to life, depicting a brutally honest, human portrayal of the future
activist as he navigates street life and the criminal underworld,
taking the first steps in his quest to define the type of man he would
eventually become. Power has been called “the best verse playwright
in America” (New York Magazine) and is widely known as one of the
pioneers and cocreators of hip hop theater. This world premiere of
Detroit Red uplifts Malcolm X’s under-examined, life-shaping
experiences as a young man who called Boston home. What's Nearby
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