Nina Simone: Four Women (2024)
Described as “riveting, relevant, and oh so real” (Broadway World) Nina Simone: Four Women is a searing night of theatre which imagines how the iconic chanteuse gave voice to countless Black women fighting to overcome stereotypes and racism.
It is September 16, 1963, the day after the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama and Nina Simone is grappling with the shift of her career from artist to artist-activist declaring, “An artist’s responsibility is to reflect the times.”
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