Sisters Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad will star in an upcoming virtual reading of Pearl Cleage’s Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous as part of Spotlight on Play’s spring lineup. Tony-nominated choreographer Camille A. Brown will direct, with Heather Alicia Simms and Alicia Stith co-starring.
Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous will stream April 9 at 8 PM ET on Stellar.
Written by Pearl Cleage, Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous is about two characters, Anna Campbell and Better Samson. A lifetime ago, actress Campbell and director Samson ignited a theatrical controversy with a performance of scenes from August Wilson’s Fences that came to be known forever after as ‘Naked Wilson.’ To escape the critics and bad publicity, Campbell and Samson accepted what they thought would be a temporary job in Amsterdam. Twenty-five years later, the women receive an invitation to return to America where the infamous piece will open a women’s theatre festival that promises to be ‘angry, raucous, and shamelessly gorgeous.’ Uncertain of what kind of reception she will get after so many years in self-imposed exile, and unmoved by Samson’s reassurances, Campbell’s insecurity only grows when she meets an ambitious young performer who has been chosen to recreate the role but whose theatrical experience is limited to the adult entertainment industry. Searching for common ground, the women confront their ideas about themselves and about each other, as they search for a way to reconcile their two very different ways of looking at the world.
Spotlighted as a part of a platform the raises funding for the Actors Fund, Spotlight on Plays presented by Broadway’s Best Shows as a series of livestream readings of Broadway’s best plays With Debbie Allen, Ellen Burstyn, Bobby Cannavale, Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Mary-Louise Parker, Phylicia Rashad, Keanu Reeves, Heidi Schreck, Alia Shawkat, Heather Alicia Simms, Alicia Stith, Meryl Streep, and many more. Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen Star in Virtual Reading of Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous
Angry Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous screenplay reading is directed by Camille A. Brown, a prolific Black Broadway choreographer, whose bold body of work over the last 10 years has been honored with a Guggenheim Award, Bessie Award, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award and a Tony nomination and Obie Award Winner for Sustained Excellence in Choreography.
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