The Olivier-nominated play follows boxing champion Cassius Clay as he finds his new identity as Muhammad Ali.
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Regina King, who won an Academy Award earlier this year for her performance in If Beale Street Could Talk, will direct the screen adaptation of Kemp Powers’ play One Night in Miami, according to Deadline.
The drama is set on the historic night in 1964 when a 22-year-old Cassius Clay celebrated winning the world heavyweight boxing champion title with three of his closest friends: football star Jim Brown, singer Sam Cooke, and activist Malcolm X. The play, which was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2017, imagines what happens the night the four men celebrated Clay’s victory before he became known as Muhammad Ali.
Snoot Entertainment and ABKCO are producing the film: Producers are Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder for Snoot and Jody Klein for ABCKO. The motion picture will feature Cooke's music, including “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Photo Exclusive: One Night in Miami… Star Nik Walker Shares the 37 Steps it Takes to Tackle a First Preview as Sam Cooke
Photo Exclusive: One Night in Miami… Star Nik Walker Shares the 37 Steps it Takes to Tackle a First Preview as Sam Cooke
Denver Center for the Performing Arts is presenting Kemp Powers' One Night in Miami…, a new play that imagines what occurred the night of Cassius Clay's historic win Sonny Liston and an after-fight celebration that included Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown. Nik Walker, who plays famed singer Cooke, tells Playbill.com just what it takes to prepare for a first preview.
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Step 1- Wake the hell up, no matter how good that dream was.
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Step 2- Thank your humidifier for protecting you from the high altitude dryness all night.
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Step 3- Don’t leave your bed till you’ve emailed your fiancée…
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…and watched your morning movie.
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Step 4- Pair your light breakfast with some educational reading.
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Step 5: Don’t overlook the beauty of your apartment’s lobby
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Step 6- Bring your notepad for notes.
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Step 7- Listen to every word that director Carl Cofield and stage manager Rachel Ducat tell you.
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Step 8- Don’t get distracted by how comfy William Oliver Watkins (Kareem) and Morocco Omari (Jim Brown) look sitting in those chairs…
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…or whatever Colby Lewis (Cassius Clay) is laughing at…
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