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Brooklyn Academy of Music presents:

Sizwe Banzi is Dead

Drama

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Opened on April 8, 2008
Closed on April 19, 2008

Location:
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Website: www.bam.org

Synopsis:
When South African actors John Kani and Winston Ntshona first put on Sizwe Banzi Is Dead in Cape Town in 1972, it was an act of artistic daring and personal bravery from two black men defying the rules of apartheid. Detained for their audacity, the pair was undeterred and in 1973 staged the epic The Island (performed at BAM in Spring 2003), a revelatory work set in the infamous Robben Island prison. Created with Afrikaner director Athol Fugard, the plays garnered the performers a Tony award and international recognition for their deeply nuanced portrayal of humanity that...

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Location:
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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REVIEW
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
John Kani and Winston Ntshona reprise their roles in this vibrant tale of Apartheid-era South Africa that continues to have contemporary resonances.
Reviewed by: Dan Bacalzo »

New York Spotlight:
July 2008

Working Title

[title of show] transfers to Broadway, while Sean Hayes, Jane Krakowski, and Cheyenne Jackson headline Damn Yankees and Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson, and Caryn Lyn-Manuel star in Hair. Additional highlights include Alan Cumming in The Bacchae, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes in Gate/Beckett, and Jamie Farr and Anita Gillette in Flamingo Court. Full Story

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