"Doing my own show really makes me much happier than doing something someone else has given me. Not that I don't want challenges, but I have to admit this is my most favorite thing to do."
"I was most excited about the casting, not because it is diverse, but because it felt so right."
"There hasn't been a song that embodies a whole decade like Shaft did. I think if you listen to Kendrick Lamar's All the Stars (from Black Panther) you can really get a sense of what's going on specifically right now."
"I push the grey area of sexuality, race and gender (and spiritual identification) far more than the original."
"I do love to experiment, but I have a very strict idea of whether the ideas are really prepared. Most of the time we're talking about a beautiful idea or no idea whatsoever."
"We are asking people to connect and having them do this in these imaginary circumstances."
"We are stewards of this art form and we, too, as audience members, should be handing it off to the next generation better than we received it."
Hollywood Bowl
September 10th
September 10th