description: "Playz from the Boom Box Galaxy" collects works by many of the most exciting and influential hip-hop theater artists performing today. These young artists are mixing music, movement, rap, spoken word, and visual design to create an entirely new and essential theater by and for the hip-hop generation. As described by Harry J. Elam Jr., a leading scholar in the field, "This is a theatre that in its form and content recycles elements from the past, but with a new spirit of possibility and a new urgency that speaks to the racial and cultural hybrid of today." From "Word Becomes Flesh":"Welcome to the spoken world The living word a dream deferred Reverse return back to the original path.  For whites For browns For blacks For greens Feel me?  Welcome to the spoken world Unspoken heard Unfocused blurred A bird of youth A sooth A truth A muse of mind You are divine Feel me?"-Marc Bamuthi JosephThe stars in the "Boom Box Galaxy" are: Carl Hancock Rux (Brooklyn, New York), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (San Francisco, California), Psalmayene 24 (Silver Springs, Maryland), Will Power (Beacon, New York), Jake Ann Jones (New York, New York), Zell Miller III (Austin, Texas), Dan Wolf and Tommy Shepherd (San Francisco, California), and Jonzi D (London, England).Robert Alexander is the author of 23 plays, including "I Ain't Yo' Uncle," and is the co-editor of "The Fire This Time" anthology. He lives in Oakland, California.Kim Euell is a well-known dramaturg who has worked at many theaters across the country on the development of new plays. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
language: English
title: Playz from the Boom Box Galaxy: An Anthology from the Hip Hop Generation
titlecomplete: Playz from the Boom Box Galaxy: An Anthology from the Hip Hop Generation
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Theatre Communications Group