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Power, Will


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    • Will Power, 1980-
    • Wylie, William, 1980-
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    • found: Bill Moyers on faith & reason [VR] c2010:container (Will Power, American playwright and rapper)
    • found: Wikipedia, 04-13-2015:(Will Power; 35 years old in 2006; b. William Wylie in Manhattan, grew up in the working-class Fillmore district of San Francisco, where he acquired the neighborhood name, Will Power; attended NYU; has been a featured performer on Last Call with Carson Daly and Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam on HBO; he also starred in the 1998 film Drylongso, a hit at Sundance, as well as being featured in the documentary, All Fathers are Sons; a pioneer in the genre of hip hop theatre, Power has created a unique fusion of original music, rhymed dialogue, and choreography; his adaptation of the Greek tragedy, Seven against Thebes, entitled The Seven, recently completed a successful Off-Broadway run at the New York Theatre Workshop; in January of 2010, “McCarter Theatre Center” premiered "Fetch Clay, Make Man" ; The play focuses on the relationship between “Muhammad Ali”, the famous boxer, and “Stepin Fetchit”, an African-American actor, on the eve of Ali's 1965 defense of his heavyweight championship against “Sonny Liston”; in addition to composing the music used in his shows, Power has also written lyrics and music heard on MTV, UPN's Moesha, and NBC's Kingpin; he has also been the lead vocalist of the Omar Sosa Sextet; he also teaches theatre and performance across the globe)
    • found: Penguin Random House website, viewed December 19, 2023(Will Power is an internationally renowned playwright, performer, lyricist, and educator; pioneers and cocreators of hip-hop theater; straight play, Fetch Clay, Make Man; lives in Los Angeles; author of Nana's New Soul Food)
  • LC Classification

    • PS3616.O8833
    • PZ7.1.P6946
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    • 2011-03-25: new
    • 2023-12-19: revised
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