Black Urban Prep

The life of a twenty something year old preppy black guy.
Norm Lewis. My body is ready. 

Norm Lewis. My body is ready. 

My People

The night is beautiful,

So the faces of my people,

The stars are beautiful,

So the eyes of my people,

Beautiful, also, is the sun,

Beautiful, also, the souls of my people.

-Langston Hughes

But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too.

—― W.E.B. DuBois

new theatre survey: leave a number in my ask!

  • 1. If you were to get a Broadway related tattoo, what would it be of/from what show?
  • 2. Which musical would you like to see transferred to the big screen?
  • 3. Are you having a Tony Awards party this year? If so, what will it consist of?
  • 4. What are your predictions for the Tonys this year?
  • 5. Broadway.com or Playbill.com?
  • 6. What do you think of movies adapted into musicals?
  • 7. What are your dream roles?
  • 8. A musical that you're dying to see.
  • 9. If you were to watch the last musical of your life, which one would it be?
  • 10. Chicago the movie or Chicago the stage production?
  • 11. Who would you cast if your favorite musical was made into a film?
  • 12. Are you going to a performing arts school? If you're still in high school, would you like to?
  • 13. Who should have played Marilyn - Ivy or Karen? (SMASH)
  • 14. If you landed a role on Broadway, would you stay in school or drop out?
  • 15. What show do you believe was "robbed" from a Tony Award?
  • 16. What shows have you seen? [Tour casts included]
  • 17. Will you be seeing the new Les Mis film?
  • 18. How many cast recording albums do you own?
  • 19. Favorite cast?
  • 20. Favorite film adaption?
  • 21. What musical inspires you?
  • 22. Favorite "tagline" of a show. (i.e. "no day but today.")
  • 23. Favorite reprise?
  • 24. What show has the best costume design?
  • 25. Favorite set design?
  • 26. Have you met any Broadway stars?
  • 27. How many playbills do you own?
  • 28. Does your family enjoy musicals as much as you do?
  • 29. First musical you saw.
  • 30. Favorite movie star turned Broadway star.

Drunken History

thesmithian: The protagonist at the center of the young-adult novel “Akata Witch”…is…Nigerian by ancestry, American by birth. Born in New York, she moved to West Africa with her parents and brothers when she was 9. But Sunny Nwazue is also albino, with skin the color of “sour milk” and “hazel eyes that look like God ran out of the right color.” Complicating matters further, she’s a witch. It’s these intriguing and frequently at-odds attributes that drive the action in the latest novel from Chicago-area author Nnedi Okorafor, a Nebula Award nominee…In an increasingly globalized world, Okorafor’s…perspective offers a refreshing…take on the popular coming-of-age fantasy genre… more.

thesmithian:

The protagonist at the center of the young-adult novel “Akata Witch”…is…Nigerian by ancestry, American by birth. Born in New York, she moved to West Africa with her parents and brothers when she was 9. But Sunny Nwazue is also albino, with skin the color of “sour milk” and “hazel eyes that look like God ran out of the right color.” Complicating matters further, she’s a witch. It’s these intriguing and frequently at-odds attributes that drive the action in the latest novel from Chicago-area author Nnedi Okorafor, a Nebula Award nominee…In an increasingly globalized world, Okorafor’s…perspective offers a refreshing…take on the popular coming-of-age fantasy genre…

more.