Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway

Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
Directed by	Stan Lathan [1]
Date premiered	November 14, 2002;22 years ago (2002-11-14)
Place premiered	Broadway, New York City
Original language	English
Subject	Slam poetry, performance poetry

Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway is 2002 slam poetry Broadway show inspired by the Def Poetry Jam television series and produced by Russell Simmons. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

The show was Russell Simmons' first Broadway venture. ^[8]

The show's original cast of spoken word poets featured Staceyann Chin, Mayda Del Valle, Steve Colman, Suheir Hammad, Black Ice, Georgia Me, Beau Sia. ^[1]

The show closed in 2003. ^[9]

References

1. "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam Broadway Original Cast". BroadwayWorld. 2002.
2. The New York Times
3. NPR
4. The New York Times
5. The New York Times
6. The New York Times
7. Variety
8. Ehren, Christine (November 18, 2002). "PHOTO CALL: Russell Simmons Brings Def Poetry to Broadway". Playbill .
9. The New York Times

External links

• Getty Images: Def Poetry Jam on Broadway
• ​Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway​ at the Internet Broadway Database