{"title": "MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT", "start": "2026-10-22T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-29T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Vineyard Theatre", "address": "East 15th Street 108, 10003 New York", "price": "$20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "Ms. Blakk for President is a theatrical production inspired by the true story of drag performer and activist Terence Alan Smith, a joyous stampede through urgent and unfinished business. It is written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau and directed by Tina Landau, with a cast including Wayne Brady, Gideon Glick, Nic Ashe, Kelvin Moon Oh, Sawyer Smith, and Adina Verson. 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Written and performed by Emmy Award winning William Electric Black (aka Ian Ellis James), it takes on Sidney Lumet's film \"12 Angry Men\" with one performer playing all 12 jurors. 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Behind it is LPAC, as part of its commitment to supporting new work, giving artists opportunities to strengthen storytelling, test new possibilities, and connect with audiences and fellow artists. Audiences are invited into the creative process, seeing how new work evolves through experimentation, revision, and collaboration. On October 27 the program presents \"Skin to Skin - Triptych of an American Epidemic\", created by playwright Jeremy J. Kamps and co-creator Trixie Ndanu Kioko with Houses on the Moon Theater Company, centering the experiences of Black women in a theatrical exploration of health, care, and survival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rough-draft-festival-53450/", "official_url": "https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rough-draft", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b630d0b2ec7633cd208ae9b1a185ef4184c89e2c7d72c2d34bcf4f710bf63516-1200.webp"}, {"title": "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Peter Jay Sharp Building, Howard Gilman Opera House", "address": "", "price": "Tickets start at $35", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://commerce.bam.org/production/55619", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "music"], "description": "I Guess It Was My Destiny To Live So Long is a transdisciplinary poetry series honoring the legacy of Brooklyn icon June Jordan. It is curated by Hanif Abdurraqib, a BAM Curator and MacArthur \"Genius,\" now in its third year, and this year spotlights powerful voices from across the African Diaspora. The evening on offer pairs versatile composers and instrumentalists Meshell Ndegeocello and Samora Pinderhughes, who share a night of words and music under the series' banner. 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