For 50 years, the Billie Holiday Theatre has been on an amazing mission, and it continues.
Like the stories, acting, and creative talents of Black people were being put in the forefront, and allowed to have a venue where they not only had a chance to show their greatness, but were able to use the venue as a steppingstone in their careers?
I so enjoy when my people are doing what they do best and rising to the occasion, and that is exactly what happened during this marvelous theater celebration. The Billie Holiday Theatre has not only been a place for new playwrights to present and hone their work; it has touted the work of some of the greatest Black writers, such as Langston Hughes and his play “Tamborines to Glory,” which was also part of this event. The play tells the story of two poor Black women, Laura and Essie , who decide that the best way to make money in Harlem is to start a church on the street to save the sinners.
An excerpt from “Brothers from the Bottom” by Jackie Alexander featured the awesome talents of Alston as Malika and Sullivan as her husband Chris, as they struggle with gentrification in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. As they disagreed about whether to sell or not, they brought the love, the heat, and the confusion to life that people felt as companies tried to come in and get the people who had stayed in their homes to sell out. I love to see seasoned actors do their thing.
Throughout the event, the names of the famous alumni were not only announced, but video messages came from them as well, including Samuel L. Jackson and Tashina Arnold, with each person fondly remembering their time at the theater.
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