Def Poetry

Down in Jamaica: A Journey to the Calabash International Literary ...

source: Brooklyn Rail

 NY Staceyann Chin, known for her appearances on Def Poetry Jam, kicks off the morning's readings. This Jamaica-born New Yorker reads from The Other Side of Paradise, a memoir that chronicles her coming of age as a half-black half-Asian gay person on the ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Carrie Fisher Brings WISHFUL DRINKING Back To Berkeley Rep's Roda ...

source: Broadway World

 NY Dame Edna (2000 Tony Award), Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam (2003 Tony Award), Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (2003 Tony nomination), and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (1999 Tony nomination). His off-Broadway credits include Room Service, ...

Published Thu, May 21

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

‘Paradise' lost

source: Southern Voice

 GA Unlike her performance pieces, including one-woman Off Broadway shows and a key role in Broadway's Tony-winning “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, “when writing a narrative one has to stay within the context of what is happening to you,” Chin continues. ...

Published Sat, Apr 18

HAVE YOU READ THE NEW STACEYANN CHIN BOOK? BARNES AND NOBLE NEW ...

source: AfterEllen.com

An opinionated figure, she is beloved the world over and recognized perhaps most famously for her appearance on both Broadway and HBO for Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. Her work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, ...

Published Mon, Apr 13