Def Poetry

The Return of the Troubadors

source: Forbes

 NY Emerging from Chicago in the mid-1980s and brought mainstream in 2002 with Def Poetry Jam (a Broadway show and hbo series of the same name), slam draws individuals from all walks--published poets, investment bankers, police officers--who recite their ...

Published Wed, Jun 3

Black Light Poetry heads to bigger digs

source: Fresno Bee

 CA Poetri - a Tony Award winner and frequent guest on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" - hosts a poetry/comedy regular event called "Spoken Funk" in LA and is bringing a handful of his artists to Fresno. Scheduled to perform are poets Steve Connell and Sekou, ...

Published Thu, May 28

A Play On Words, with Dykstra and Boyett, Begins Off-Broadway May 13

source: Playbill.com

 NY Dykstra has appeared in Rounding Third at Hartford's TheaterWorks, in Brian Park's Americana Absurdum in London and Off-Broadway in The Jesus Factor, Breaking Legs, Incommunicado and Tatjana in Color. His comedy has been seen on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" ...

Published Tue, May 12

James Spader Set For Bdwy Debut in Mamet's RACE at the Barrymore ...

source: Broadway World

Elaine Stritch at Liberty; On the Town; Fascinating Rhythm; Def Poetry Jam. Off-Broadway: Ruined; In the Heights; McReele; Flesh and Blood; Fame; ... and more »

Published Tue, May 12

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: PopMatters

 IL - Lauren R. Harrison For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway,” as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

Published Sun, May 3

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: Victoria Advocate

 TX For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway," as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Russell Simmons and the International Speakers Bureau Join Forces ... - PR Newswire

source: sev.prnewswire.com

From his fashion empire housing Argyleculture and American Classics, to his partnership with Stan Lathan in Simmons Lathan Media, which created HBO's The Def Comedy Jam, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, the Tony Award-winning Def Poetry Jam on ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Around the bubbler: What's on tap the week of April 23

source: 77 Square

 WI who was part of the Tony Award-winning "Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam" on Broadway; and a performance of "Boomboxed: The Remix" by the First Wave Hip Hop Theatre Ensemble, with a featured performance by Tony Award-winning poet Beau Sia. ...

Published Thu, Apr 23