Turn Me Loose

Turn Me Loose

The Westside Theatre
407 West 43rd Street New York

Turn Me Loose is a new play about 60's comic genius Dick Gregory, the first Black stand-up to make white audiences laugh at the absurdity of bigotry. The play reveals how the overwhelming power of activism enticed Gregory from one of the most successful show business careers of the postwar era into a life of sacrifice and danger alongside Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers and other Civil Rights leaders. Wielding razor-sharp wit Gregory hacked away at myths about race, poverty, war, and politics.

Thru - Jul 3, 2016