"Mr. Soul!" by Laura A. Thomas
part of the The Bronze Collective Theatre Fest: 2022 Rising From The Muck and Mire proof of vaccination and a mask are required
Time & Location
Feb 17, 2022, 7:30 PM
Rochester, 142 Atlantic Ave, Rochester, NY 14607, USA
About The Event
Thur., February 17, 7:30 PM – "Mr. Soul!" by Laura A. Thomas, a full-length play reading, based upon some events surrounding a black television show called Mr. Soul! which ran on public television from 1968-1973 and the producer and host of the show, Ellis Haizlip, a gay black man. A talkback and inquiry about the play will follow the play.
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MUST SEE TV: Long before the NBC network coined the phrase, PBS had a Thursday night show that embraced it.
At 7:30 pm Thur, Feb. 17 take a trip back in time when Ellis Haizlip is host and producer of the very popular "Soul" television show at WNET in the Big Apple.
The Black Arts Movement -- poetry by Nikki Giovanni, theater by Amiri Baraka, and dance by Alvin Ailey-- is flowering.
So Haizlip makes it a point to have artists like each of them on his show regularly.