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by Valerie Gladstone onSeptember 17, 2010
They were probably the least likely rock band ever to hit Broadway. A Tony Award and a Spike Lee film soon followed. Now they're exploring the creative possibilities of the borough of Kings.
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by Martin Johnson onFebruary 17, 2010
The offbeat composer follows his hit musical, “Passing Strange,” with a very personal show.
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August 21, 2009
Spike Lee, like myself, saw Passing Strange on Broadway last year and fell in love with the display of black middle-class, progressive ideas, free love and ex-patriotism.
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