NewsPHOTO CALL: Freestyle Love Supreme, Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson, Rocks Joe's PubFreestyle Love Supreme, the freestyle hip-hop crew featuring Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, plays four performances at Joe's Pub beginning Aug. 7. Playbill was at their first concert Wednesday night.
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August 08, 2013
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Freestyle Love Supreme, Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson, Rocks Joe's Pub
Additional Show times at the intimate venue are scheduled for Sept. 5 at 9:30 PM and Sept. 6 at 9:30 PM.
Directed by Thomas Kail, the evenings also feature the talents of Anthony Veneziale, Chris Jackson, Arthur Lewis, Chris Sullivan and Bill Sherman.
Miranda, creator of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, and the other artists "take the crowd on a non-stop, hip hop improv ride, spinning cues from the audience into instantaneous riffs and fully realized musical numbers," according to press notes.
The Broadway revival starring Steve Carell and William Jackson Harper opened April 24. Laurence Fishburne and Edie Falco were among those in attendance.