March Theatre/Cinema
Highlights
Fr 3/14– WORLD POETRY CAFÉ presents CHERYL BOYCE TAYLOR,
at Café Mezzaluna, Saugerties—Bob Holman, founder of the
Bowery Poetry Club, has called her the “‘Poet Laureate’ of
Trinidad via Lower East Side/Brooklyn. A rollicking life force churns
air into dance when Cheryl reads her poems, sings and raves her poems.” Cheryl
Boyce Taylor has published three books and a spoken word CD, Mango
Pretty. Her poems have appeared in Def Poetry Jam: Bum Rush the Page,
ALOUD: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and other anthologies,
and she has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joyce Theater,
Lincoln Center, Bowery Poetry Club, and on the Lollapolooza tour. Oh,
and she’s the mother of Phife Dawg, of A Tribe Called Quest.
Not your grandma’s poetry reading. Café Mezzaluna Bistro
Latino and Gallery, 626 Rte. 212, Saugerties, 845.679.0431 (World Poetry
Café), 845.246.5306 (Café Mezzaluna). 7 PM
Su 3/16, Su 3/30– GEORGE CARLIN (3/16) and HAIRSPRAY (3/30)
at UPAC, Kingston—Whether or not you agree with him, or approve
his often salty use of language, if you’ve ever seen or heard
George Carlin and not laughed out loud at least once well… that’s
not a good sign, you should have that looked at. (Full disclosure:
multiple listenings to Class Clown at tender age of 14. Don’t
tell Mom.) Politics, religion, everybody and everything is fair game,
and Carlin a crack sniper. Presented by Comedy Concepts. Then, two
weeks later, the National tour of Broadway hit HAIRSPRAY hits town.
Based on the popular John Waters film, it won eight Tony awards in
2003. Big girls, big hair, and Baltimore… and one of the better
movie–to–musical adaptations out there. Presented by the
Roberts Group. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston,
www.upac.org 845.339.6088. Both shows 7 PM
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