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Ruben Santiago-Hudsonbelieves in the restorative power of live theatre — and is sharing his story with Broadway audiences now that the Great White Way’s doors have officially reopened.
The 64-year-old actor is bringing his autobiographical, one-man playLackawanna Bluesback to the tristate area 20 years since its Off-Broadway premiere and subsequent production at New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre, which followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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“I wanted them to myself,” Santiago-Hudson insists, adding that he envisioned his work as a solo show out of selfishness. “I felt that I had to be the one to do it.”
Nanny and his friends at the boarding house, he says, were the ones who propelled him forward — the ones who didn’t allow him to give up on himself. And through his play, Santiago-Hudson hopes to inspire others the way Nanny inspired him, especially amid another tumultuous time in our nation’s history.
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Lackawanna Bluesis currently playing through Oct. 31 at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
source: people.com
