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May 7, 2022 · Kalukango plays dynamo bar owner Nelly O’Brien. The time is 1863. O’Brien, whose father escaped slavery, lives in and runs the Paradise Square bar in a Manhattan neighborhood known as The Five ...
Jan 20, 2022 · Joaquina Kalukango and Matt Bogart in Paradise Square, ... Creating a role in a new musical, which can mean making changes until just days before opening, has been uncharted but thrilling ...
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Feb 25, 2022 · In a turn of irony, Kaneisha, a famous writer who lives in the present day, is “still mentally enslaved and is bonded by her history,” Kalukango said. And Nelly, who was disenfranchised and ...
Jun 10, 2022 · In Paradise Square, Kalukango plays Nelly O’Brien, a dynamic Black woman who runs the Paradise Square saloon. To prepare for the role, the Atlanta native read seven books on the history of ...
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Dec 16, 2022 · Kalukango’s breakthrough happened when she landed a part in “Paradise Square” about Irish immigrants and Black Americans jostling to survive in New York City in 1863. Her role was widened and deepened until she was the star. Amazingly, she didn’t need to audition. “It had to pinch myself,” she says. “I was like, ‘OK, kid, here ...
Apr 3, 2022 · The other source of coherence in “Paradise Square” is Kalukango, who somehow alchemizes the remarkable difficulties of the role into her characterization, making it incredible in the good way ...
Jun 12, 2022 · Check out our full list of winners as it is updated live here. Joaquina Kalukango and the cast of Paradise Square took the stage for a show-stopping performance of 'Let It Burn'! Watch the ...
