Theodora Skipatares: The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker

THEATER
THURSDAY – SUNDAY, JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 2, 2020
7:00 PM THURSDAY - SATURDAY
3:00 PM SUNDAY

La MaMa
66 East 4th Street, East Village, Manhattan

$25; $20 students/seniors
http://lamama.org/benjamin-banneker/

A puppet play about a self-educated free black man in late-18th/early 19th Century America who made important astronomic discoveries and became a noted participant in the country's intellectual life.  Students from a Clinton Hill high school named after Banneker participate, both as musicians as contributing authors.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  It may not be saying much, but Malai Marke is probably the best spot on the 6th Street Indian Strip.