Join Lookout Live at Chattanooga's historic Howard Auditorium on May 2-4 for Ishmael Reed's The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda: a different take on the musical megahit's famous forefather, presented by a collab of local performing arts organizations - Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts & Ideas, Next Exit Productions and Scenic City Shakespeare.
Review for The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda:
The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, written by Chattanooga's Poet Laureate Emeritus and literary legend, Ishmael Reed, is a response piece to Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway hit, Hamilton, offering another side of the conversation surrounding Miranda's popular and polarizing play.
The New York Times called Reed's play, "A cross between A Christmas Carol and a trial at the Hague's International Criminal Court."
After taking Ambien given to him by his agent, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is visited by the spirits of the historical figures George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, and spirits representing those left out of his musical, including enslaved Africans, Native Americans, a white indentured servant, and Harriet Tubman.
The spirits of Haunting, from the time of the musical’s eponymous forefather, set the record straight on the historical inaccuracies portrayed in Miranda’s play: namely, refuting the characterization of Hamilton as a progressive abolitionist.
Performances will be Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 4, at 2:30 p.m.
Each performance will feature a post-show talkback with cast, crew, and production team.
This production of The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda is a collaboration between the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts & Ideas (co-director: Ric Morris), Next Exit Productions (co-director: Kashun Parks), Scenic City Shakespeare (technical director: Ryan Laskowski), and Lookout Productions (producer: Courtenay Cholovich).
Featuring performances by: Arche Twitty, Bruce Shaw, Amir Andalib, Elijah Brooks Davis, Devante Williams, Ashley Noel, Angel Estrada, Mixy Mixon, Marcus Price and Tanessa McRae.
Presented with special permission by Ishmael Reed and Lowenstein Associates with support from Artsbuild and the Unfoundation.
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