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*Filmmaker Spike Lee will present Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings in association with New York's Public Theater. The play, performed by the author, offers a biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment. The one-man show weaves hard-edged drama with urban poetry as the Brooklyn hip-hop artist spins his own coming-of-age memoir about growing up during the birth of hip-hop. Brooklyn born and raised, Andersen has been featured as a regular on HBO’s Def Poetry. County of Kings begins a six-week limited engagement at the Public on Sept. 29. Opening night is set for October 21.

*LaVon Fisher-Wilson of Broadway's The Color Purple and Eugene Barry-Hill of Broadway's The Lion King are meddling Dolly and penny-pinching Vandergelder, respectively, in Hello, Dolly! Sept. 2-27 at Fulton Theatre in Pennsylvania. Director-choreographer Marc Robin's production (officially opening Sept. 3) also features Barrymore Award winner Jeffrey Coon as Cornelius; Daniella Dalli as Irene; Alessia Thompson as Minnie; Mitch McCarrell as Barnaby; Robert Hartwell as Ambrose; Brittany Lewis as Emengarde; and Patrice Covington as Mrs. Rose/Ernestina. For tickets call (717) 397-7425 or visit www.thefulton.org.

*In conjunction with Boston University's Huntington Theatre Company production of August Wilson's Fences, the play's director, Kenny Leon, and a panel of theatre artists will discuss the legacy of Pulitzer Prize winner Wilson on Sept. 14 at Roxbury Community College's Mainstage at the Media Arts Building. WCVB-TV's Karen Holmes Ward will host the 7:30 PM event, which is free and open to the public. Fences begins performances on Sept. 11, at the Media Arts Building (1234 Columbus Ave. in Boston, MA.) To reserve a spot for the discussion, visit www.huntingtontheatre.org/WilsonEventRSVP.

*Diverse City Theater [DCT] Company's production of Race Music — penned by Warren Bodow, the former president of New York classical radio station WQXR — begins performances Sept. 3 at Theatre Row's The Beckett Theatre in New York's Times Square. Race Music, according to press notes, "is set in a metropolitan Midwestern city in 1999. Lebron Malek, a 26 year-old classical music lover, applies for a radio-announcing position at a classical music radio station but is rejected because he is black. Six characters of varying colors and ancestral origins, struggle to come to terms with the changing racial landscape of our country in pre-Obama 1999." The production will officially open Sept. 5, and performances will continue through Sept. 19.




	THEATRE BITS: Spike Lee presents County of Kings; Hello Dolly! opens in Penn; Kenny Leon in Boston for Wilson's Legacy; Race Music in Times Square. (September 4, 2009) Email to a friend \| Print Friendly Filmmaker Spike Lee will present Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings in association with New York's Public Theater. The play, performed by the author, offers a biographical account of a good kid growing up in an unforgiving environment. The one-man show weaves hard-edged drama with urban poetry as the Brooklyn hip-hop artist spins his own coming-of-age memoir about growing up during the birth of hip-hop. Brooklyn born and raised, Andersen has been featured as a regular on HBO’s Def Poetry. County of Kings begins a six-week limited engagement at the Public on Sept. 29. Opening night is set for October 21. LaVon Fisher-Wilson of Broadway's The Color Purple and Eugene Barry-Hill of Broadway's The Lion King are meddling Dolly and penny-pinching Vandergelder, respectively, in Hello, Dolly! Sept. 2-27 at Fulton Theatre in Pennsylvania. Director-choreographer Marc Robin's production (officially opening Sept. 3) also features Barrymore Award winner Jeffrey Coon as Cornelius; Daniella Dalli as Irene; Alessia Thompson as Minnie; Mitch McCarrell as Barnaby; Robert Hartwell as Ambrose; Brittany Lewis as Emengarde; and Patrice Covington as Mrs. Rose/Ernestina. For tickets call (717) 397-7425 or visit www.thefulton.org. In conjunction with Boston University's Huntington Theatre Company production of August Wilson's Fences, the play's director, Kenny Leon, and a panel of theatre artists will discuss the legacy of Pulitzer Prize winner Wilson on Sept. 14 at Roxbury Community College's Mainstage at the Media Arts Building. WCVB-TV's Karen Holmes Ward will host the 7:30 PM event, which is free and open to the public. Fences begins performances on Sept. 11, at the Media Arts Building (1234 Columbus Ave. in Boston, MA.) To reserve a spot for the discussion, visit www.huntingtontheatre.org/WilsonEventRSVP. Diverse City Theater [DCT] Company's production of Race Music — penned by Warren Bodow, the former president of New York classical radio station WQXR — begins performances Sept. 3 at Theatre Row's The Beckett Theatre in New York's Times Square. Race Music, according to press notes, "is set in a metropolitan Midwestern city in 1999. Lebron Malek, a 26 year-old classical music lover, applies for a radio-announcing position at a classical music radio station but is rejected because he is black. Six characters of varying colors and ancestral origins, struggle to come to terms with the changing racial landscape of our country in pre-Obama 1999." The production will officially open Sept. 5, and performances will continue through Sept. 19. Click for the latest entertainment headlines Click for the latest Obama - Political headlines Speak Out Currently, 0 comments have been made on this story. View Comments or Post Comments.	Spike Lee ... Powered by Mochila
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THEATRE BITS: Spike Lee presents County of Kings; Hello Dolly! opens in Penn; Kenny Leon in Boston for Wilson's Legacy; Race Music in Times Square.