BLACK BEAT BAY AREA: THE FLO WILEY SHOW Produced and hosted by Oakland native Florene Wiley, with news and reviews of music, dance, theater, film and visual arts events, a music playlist of classic jazz, r&b, blues, and classical masterpieces, and interviews with the celebrity personalities that are…
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Black Beat Bay Area’s very own Flo Wiley interviews Nilaja Sun who has just begun her run at the Berkley Rep Theater of the one woman play Pike St.. More Info: Virtuoso performer Nilaja Sun’s award-winning hit No Child…captivated Berkeley Rep audiences in 2008. Now she brings us a new critically acclaimed solo show about Evelyn, a single mother who fights for the survival of her family in the face of a threatening hurricane. In an astonishing 90 minutes, Sun portrays three generations of a Puerto Rican family and the vibrant characters of New York’s Lower East Side in a story of tribulation, perseverance, and redemption that also “glows with humor” (New York Times). Don’t miss this incredible, transformative trip to Pike St.