Truth.

Check him on Def Poetry Jam a few years back to get an idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzY2-GRDiPM#t=0m35s

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Frankie Valli, whose story is told in Jersey Boys, had his first hit in 1962

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and etc.

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This happened over the Fourth of July weekend, days before we talked

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From the Times:

Mr. Kreidler’s book falls into a few predictable grooves, while the characters never emerge as more than thinly drawn types

From the Guardian’s review, titled “all eyez on the exit”:

[T]he book never creates much in the way of suspense and the roles as written don’t often rise above stereotype

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Christopher Jackson starred in Holler If Ya Hear Me, a musical that closed after only a month due in no small part to bad reviews. Here, he addresses what the critics got wrong

For our whole conversation with Christopher, go here

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Christopher Jackson, star of the musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, talks about some of the troubling dynamics of Broadway, both racial and economic

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Actor Christopher Jackson, star of Holler If Ya Hear Me, the musical that uses Tupac’s songs to tell a story of today, addresses how his show is different than other so-called “jukebox musicals”

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Actor Christopher Jackson, star of the Tupac musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, talks about the importance of his co-star, Saul Williams

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Here, I was specifically thinking of the current production of Bullets Over Broadway, which has gotten criticism for having only one black person in the whole cast (and that a chorus member, no less) despite being set in Harlem

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