Vineyard Theatre has announced the casting and design team for the upcoming premiere of "Lessons in Survival: 1971." Carl Clemons-Hopkins will play novelist James Baldwin alongside Theatre Award Winner Crystal Dickinson as renowned poet Nikki Giovanni. "Lessons in Survival: 1971″ follows a 1971 interview of Baldwin conducted by Giovanni. Their conversation on America's first "Black Tonight Show" …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:39PM on May 12, 2022