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Bring the Beat Back

First Preview: Apr 12, 2017
Opening Date: Apr 21, 2017
Closing Date: Apr 23, 2017
Running Time: 01:20
Bring the Beat Back

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Playing @
JACK
20 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Bring the Beat Back is a queer, black, sci-fi music-theater experience, set in a funky futuristic, groove-centered alternative reality. 

Inspired by Afrofuturism, house music and the underground ball scene, the show follows a young man struggling to reconcile his sexuality with his faith. The hero journeys towards spiritual affirmation and self-discovery as conservative religious authorities and an ostentatious queer subculture clash over the music at the center of his world. 
 
Tru Believers know Mamaship Megarhythmic will save them from the end of times. But you can’t get on if you can’t get down…and somebody done stole da beat!
 
RegionalMusicalDancePerformance ArtPlay - DramaRegional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16

Performance Schedule

FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM


Written By
  • Derek Lee McPhatter

Director
  • Christopher Burris

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

Listed at

Never

Full-price tickets:

$18.00 - $18.00

Accessibility

  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Wheelchair Info

    JACK is fully ADA compliant for wheelchair and mobility access needs. Wheelchair access and wheelchair storage is offered, and we welcome service animals. Don’t see what you need? Send us a message at hello@jackny.org.
  • Water Fountain

    None on premises
  • Elevator\Escalator

    None
  • Restroom

    One ADA compliant restroom

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