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EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Best availability Jan 13–16 @ 6pm
“Roger Guenveur Smith gets it all and gets it brilliantly.”
–The New York Times
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
ABOUT
Created and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith
Presented by New York Theatre Workshop and Under the Radar
January 7, 2026—January 18, 2026
The performance runs approximately 60 minutes with no intermission.
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ACCESSING THE THEATRE
The Fourth Street Theatre is accessed by climbing eight steps from street level. Unfortunately, the building is not equipped with an elevator.
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CREATOR & PERFORMER
Roger Guenveur Smith adapted his Obie Award-winning solo performance of A Huey P. Newton Story into a Peabody Award-winning telefilm, which continues to stream on Hulu. His Bessie Award-winning Rodney King is on Netflix. Both Newton and King were scored by Marc Anthony Thompson, and directed for the screen by Smith’s longtime colleague Spike Lee. Smith and Thompson have also collaborated on Otto Frank, distinguished as the Bay Area Solo Performance of the Year, as well as studies of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley, iconoclast artists Simon Rodia and Charles White, and baseball greats Juan Marichal and John Roseboro. Their work has been inspired by travel to Iceland, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Jamaica, and San Francisco, where Smith directed his Casa de Spirits, for the Campo Santo Ensemble. Roger studied at Yale University and Occidental College, and has taught at both institutions, as well as Cal Arts, directing his Performing History Workshop.
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UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL
For over two decades, the Under the Radar Theater Festival has brought bold, risk-taking work to New York City, celebrating groundbreaking theater and performance from around the world and just down the street. Produced in collaboration with venues across the city, the festival showcases innovative multidisciplinary artists whose work speaks powerfully to the present moment. Under the Radar returns in January 2026 with a signature slate of more than 25 new productions staged throughout the city.
Support Under the Radar and see the full lineup of performances at utrfest.org!
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