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who in 2022, received the
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Celebrate the Holiday Season with Great Jazz at TNC!
Looking for a perfect way to cap off 2024? Join us on Monday, December 30th at 7 PM for a night of incredible jazz at Theater for The New City as we present
Rome Neal's Banana Puddin' Jazz!
Award-winning actor/director/Jazz vocalist Rome Neal will be performing alongside his all-star quartet:
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Andre Chez Lewis (piano)
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Patience Higgins (sax)
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Lonnie Plaxico (bass)
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Dwayne Cook Broadnax (drums)
With special guests Aero (2 years old) and Angelo Lewis (5 years old) adding their youthful charm, it's sure to be a night full of joy and soulful Jazz.
When: Monday, December 30, 2024, at 7 PM
Where: Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue (at 10th Street)
New York, NY 10009
Tickets: $20
Call for tickets at 212-254-1109
or visit theaterforthenewcity.net
For advance tickets, email romeneal25@gmail.com
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The Shine Challenge 2025
He's Coming Back!
Yes, the masterful Ishmael Reed is bringing his sensational satirical play
"The Shine Challenge, 2025" and yours truly, Rome Neal is directing and will be a member of an All Star Cast of.. Jan 30 - Feb 16th at Theater For The New City!
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On November 1, 2024, the Nuyorican closed its iconic doors for a $24 million 3-year renovation project called the "Nuyoricanstruction" phase ushering us into the next 50 years.
Rome Neal, Artistic Theatre Director / Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Rome Neal's Article Features | Click to enlarge
"Wow, what an honor to be acknowledged by Woodie King Jr. for having created my very own
ROME NEAL'S BANÀNA PUDDIN'JAZZ!!!" Rome
Theater produced and created by African-Americans helped mold generations influenced by their performance art and helped shape cultures.
Now, a new documentary hopes to show these Black creators, past and present, seeking stages to share their voices, entertain and inform on issues in front of a live audience and other performance platforms.
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Rome Neal
Rome's directorial credits includes his adaptation of William Shakespeare's "JULIUS CAESAR SET IN AFRICA," Sekou Sundiata's "THE CIRCLE UNBROKEN IS A HARD BOP" Amiri Baraka's "MEETING LILLIE," "SHANGO de IMA," "Prism," Ishmael Reed's "THE C ABOVE C ABOVE HIGH C" and Amiri Baraka's "PRIMITIVE WORLD: AN ANTI- NUCLEAR JAZZ MUSICAL," all performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem North Carolina.
Rome directed Wesley Brown's "LIFE DURING WARTIME" at the Cafe and The National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta Georgia. His production of Alex McDonald's "PRISM" was performed at the Ex-Ponto Festival in Slovenia, Eastern Europe.
His acting credits include Dan Owen's "FOREVER MY DARLIN’," directed by Daune Jones at the Richard Allen Center, and later by John Amos, and Judi Ann Mason's "A STAR AIN’T NOTHIN BUT A HOLE IN HEAVEN" directed by Mikel Pickney.
Rome’s film acting credits include Michael Almereyda’s "HAMLET" Spike Lee’s "SUMMER OF SAM" and Leon Ichaso’s "PINERO."