In its heyday, the Lyric housed such legendary artists as tenor Enrico Caruso, funny man Will Rogers, attorney Clarence Barrow and aviation pioneers Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. “Different artists prefer to play different-sized halls,” Papke said, “so these three venues aren’t in competition.
The Lyric will be ASM’s third and by far the smallest venture in Baltimore, in addition to the MECU Pavilion (formerly Pier Six) which has a capacity of 5,500 and Royal Farms Arena, which can hold up to 14,000 people. He is a founding ensemble member/resident playwright of Congo Square Theatre Company in Chicago and has acted in off-Broadway productions such as Stick Fly, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Ali, Before It Hits Home, Cryin’ Shame, Deep Azure, Amistad Voices, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, Pericles, Macbeth, and Pill Hill.The Foundation was intrigued though ASM Global itself was formed just last month as the result of a merger between two other companies, its corporate predecessors have been running entertainment venues in Baltimore for two decades, Schwartz said.ĪSM understands the Baltimore market, Schwartz said, and it understands the Lyric. In addition to film, Javon delivers critically acclaimed performances on stage. He is a member of The Dramatist Guild, Screen Actors Guild, Actors’ Equity Association, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He has performed on film in The Poker House, Barbershop 2, Tyler Perry‘s Daddy’s Little Girls, The Temptations, and Dogma. Javon’s television credits include Prison Break, Tyler Perry: House of Payne, One Life to Live, Porgy: A Gullah Version. Javon Johnson is a native of Anderson, S.C., and is gaining worldwide recognition as a multi-talented actor and playwright. Winner of six 2009 Black Theatre Alliance Awards including the August Wilson Award for Best Writing of a Play (Musical/Adaptation), Best Production (Musical or Revue), Best Direction (Musical or Revue), and Best Musical Director, Sanctified promises great music, exciting characters and an inspirational and hilarious time at the theatre. That is if Mister and Sir, an unlikely and hilariously bickering odd couple on a secret mission of their own, can assist in the success of this revival.
Things quickly seem to go downhill but all may not be lost.
His ideas prove to be a little too fast-paced for the elders, even more so when the Pastor seeks help from his cousin, the diva-of-all-divas and gospel singer extraordinaire Sister Paulette Denise Jones.
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Jones attempts to upgrade the choir’s lackluster repertoire. This task seems overwhelming when their young, newly acquired interim Pastor, Harold P. Written and Directed by Javon Johnson, Sanctified is the story of small black church, standing on its traditions (and its last legs!) and is faced with the challenge of working together in their last-ditch effort for a successful revival in hopes of rebuilding their reputation and their congregation.
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