Lyrical rapper Mos Def is making a return to the theatre with a play at New York’s Lincoln Center.
Lyrical rapper Mos Def is making a return to the theatre with a play at New York’s Lincoln Center.
Mos Def will be returning to the theatre world this fall, according to AllHipHop.com. Mos Def will be featured in the Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of John Guare’s play, A Free Man of Color.
He will be acting under the name Mos and he will be reunited with Jeffrey Wright, who starred with Mos in the Tony Award winning 2002 play Topdog/ Underdog.
The play is being directed by Tony Award winning director (Angels in America, Bring ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk) with customes by Ann Hould-Ward and sets by David Rockwell.
Previews for the play are slated to begin October 21, while opening night is scheduled for November 18 at the Lincoln Center’s Beaumont Theater.
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