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WHAT BECOMES A LEGEND:
SONG, STYLE, SOPHISTICATION
Honoring Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross,
Patti LaBelle, Melba Moore & Gladys
Knight for June’s Black Music Month
What becomes a legend created for a lifetime of
deserved distinction? In a society where labels are
more characteristic for their pop culture appeal
than their mainstream credibility, June delineates
the authenticity of Black Music Month with an assemblage
of iconic legends whose indelible imprints
are ageless, matchless, and above all, timeless.
For all their grandeur, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross,
Patti LaBelle, Melba Moore and Gladys Knight
personify a collective example of what becomes
a legend through their mastery of song, style and
sophistication. Undeniably, these legends’ cosmopolitan
styles inextricably define their artistry and
showmanship, from the high-glamourous couture
gowns to the exotic, flamboyant costumes they don
both on and off the performance stage. This intersection
of fashion and musicality resonates favorably
with worldwide audiences that are captivated
by their stylish versatility from the innovation and
creative designs of Oscar de la Renta, Bob Mackie,
Badgley Mischka, Yves St. Laurent, Zang Toi, and
Valentino, among others.
Their combined fierceness and flavor in music and
fashion made them forerunners of today’s contemporary
pop, R&B, hip hop, and soul singers. Without
Dionne, Diana, Patti, Melba and Gladys, there
wouldn’t exist the contributions of such performers
as Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, and Janelle Monae to
herald the landscapes of fashion and music from
concert halls to designer houses.
These living legends are the original symbols of
Black excellence and they continue to rule in classic
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BRYAN-KEYTH WILSON
Texas-based theater
artist and producer
Bryan-Keyth Wilson,
dubbed the Literary
Prince, makes a
much-anticipated
return to New
York City’s theater
scene with his
New York premiere
of sTrapped, on
the heels of his
award-winning For
Colored Boyz at last
year’s Downtown
Urban Arts Festival/
DUAF. We caught
up with him for a minute in
cyberspace.
What inspired you to write
this play?
sTrapped was inspired by
the academic research of Dr.
Arelia Johnson. I was brought
to the table by my former
theater/dance student, Ian
L. Haddock, who leads the
Normal Anomaly to create a
play for World AIDS Day. Once
Dr. Johnson told me about
the research, my theatrical
wheels spun. We wanted to
write a play that tackled sex
and sexual identity differently
than the typical well-made play
format.
What is your favorite line?
“But one day, I might find
that person who will love
me fiercely, accept me for
who I am and help me find a
sense of normalcy in a world
that often feels anything but
normal.”
What do you hope the
audience will take away?
I hope the audience will
walk away normalizing
conversations around sex and
desire. Coming from Southern
Missionary Baptist roots, sex
was often deemed as “doing
the nasty” when it is one of the
most beautiful gifts God has
given us.
What is the best thing about
being a playwright?
Every time I begin a project,
it is an opportunity to share
unique perspectives and
experiences through
storytelling and to use
art to advocate for social
justice and amplify
underrepresented
voices.
Who are your biggest
artistic influences?
I am influenced by
August Wilson’s
poignant storytelling
and curated focus on
Blackness in America,
from language to his
visceral narratives, and
Ntozake Shange’s disruption of
the Eurocentric theatrical norm
in creating the choreopoem.
What are you working on
next?
Whew! We have so much
coming down the pipeline.
After the successful world
premiere of my choreopoem
FOR COLORED BOYZ on the
verge of a nervous breakdown/
when freedom ain’t enuff, we
are looking to get it remounted
in a theater near you. I am
developing the second and
third installments to the FOR
COLORED BOYZ series LUV
NO LIMIT/ a lovers ballad, and
CUTTIN’ UP/ elegies and the
shit niggas talk about in the
barber shop.
See sTrapped at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival/DUAF on Saturday, June 17 at 7:30pm
at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street #Playwrights Horizons in the Theatre
District/Manhattan. Tickets at $20 plus fees. For tickets and info visit duafnyc.com.

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WILLIE THE GENIUS
Bed-Stuy-based entertainer,
producer, and activist Willie
the Genius has done work
that’s been called both
radical and revolutionary.
In June, Willie debuts off-
Broadway with WILLIE GETS
NAKED! We sat down with
them for a minute to talk
about their work.
What inspired you to write
this play?
While in the throes of a
seven-year addiction to crystal
methamphetamine, after having
alienated myself from most of
my family and friends, I would
ride public transit around
New York City all hours of the
night while telling my deepest,
darkest secrets to random
strangers who would then
share theirs. I remember being
completely fascinated, both
by these people’s willingness
to share their stories and by
the fact that many of them
had never told a living soul.
I then realized that all of
us, regardless of sex, race,
identity, sexual orientation, and
socio-economic status, were
not only harmed, traumatized
and bleeding on those we love,
but that we were ALL hiding
our truths to get through life,
inadvertently protecting the
status quo of “Imperialist-White
Supremacist-Heteropatriarchal-
Capitalism”. Thus, WILLIE
GETS NAKED! was born.
What is your favorite line
from the show?
“I guess that makes me the
motherf*cking storm.”
What do you hope the
audience will take away from
this?
I hope that the audience leaves
understanding that if each of us
is not actively holding systems
of harm (Imperialist-White
Supremacist-Heteropatriarchal-
Capitalism) accountable and
working to dismantle them
to make way for an ethos
centering community care, then
each of us is complicit in each
other’s oppression.
What is the best thing about
being a playwright?
The best thing about being a
playwright is being able to say
“the quiet part” aloud and it not
only being appreciated, but
rewarded.
Who are your biggest artistic
influences?
My biggest influences right now
are Black womxn and femmes
from the American South. My
late-grandmother Mary Dean
Neal, Zora Neale Hurston,
Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion,
Jai’len Josey, and Big Freedia
are making my spirit sing at
the moment. These womxn tap
into some deep ancestral fire
that’s delivered in a way that’s
soulful, spiritual, and irreverent
in the best way possible and
completely undeniable.
What are you working on
next?
I am currently developing two
projects for television and one
for the stage to further expand
upon the “Willieverse”. First, we
have WILLIE GETS NAKED!:
The Series, a 13-episode
late-night talk show/ docuseries
hybrid which follows as we take
the theater show from Brooklyn
to Broadway. Secondly, we are
developing a scripted series,
Will of Fortune, loosely based
on Willie’s seven-year addiction
to crystal meth. Lastly, we
are developing a follow-up to
WILLIE GETS NAKED!: The
Theatre Show, where Willie
holds the U.S. Government
accountable for the atrocities
of American chattel slavery
and have some long overdue,
ancestral, familial conversations
across space and time.
See WILLIE GETS NAKED! at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival/DUAF on Friday, June 23 at
7:30pm at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street @Playwrights Horizons in the
Theatre District/Manhattan. Tickets at $20 plus fees. For tickets and info visit duafnyc.com.

JUNE 17.23
STRAPPED
BY BRYAN-KEYTH WILSON
AND ARELIA JOHNSON
JUNE 23.23
WILLIE GETS
NAKED!
BY WILLIE THE GENIUS
PRODUCED BY
PETER JAY SHARP THEATER
416 WEST 42ND STREET
@ PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS
NEW YORK, NY 10036
TICKETS:
@ DUAFNYC.COM

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
CALVIN LEON SMITH
A QUEER BROADWAY STAR IS BORN
PHOTO CREDIT: THOMAS BRUNOT
Currently starring in the Pulitzer
Prize winning play Fat Ham, Calvin
Leon Smith makes his Broadway
debut playing a character carrying
a secret about who he really is. His
character, Larry–very similar to his
own real life story–gives Smith a
chance to speak to the audience in
a completely different way, as one
of the only LGBTQ actors in the
play. The play is a modern twist on
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set at a family
BBQ. When Larry’s secret unfolds, it
makes for a very emotional moment.
Get Out shared some time with
Calvin regarding his role as Larry
and his own personal experiences…..
INTERVIEW
Hello, Calvin. How is your
character similar to your
real self?
Larry and I both are black,
queer, Southern, came
out and were outed at 21
years old and were raised
in a religious home. Many
of those intersections are
characteristics of so many
Black and queer men who
have found themselves in
NYC and other metropolitan
cities.
Do you believe that growing
up gay in the South helped
you in this role or was it a
detriment?
I feel like it was a leg up.
Larry carries his queerness
in secret for about two-thirds
of the play in a way that feels
so familiar. His interactions
with the character Rev,
played by the INCREDIBLE
Billy Eugene Jones, actually
presents a dynamic that
I’ve never really seen on
stage or film. It’s the over
familiarity and projection of
hypermasculinity onto those
of us who were trying to
pass in our youth for safety.
Even in the lightness of their
interactions on stage, the
dynamic is eerie and very
close to my lived experiences
with older men back home in
Tennessee.
What if any were some of
the challenges you faced
doing this play?
I had never played a
character so close to my own
lived experience before, and
I wasn’t prepared for what
that would mean emotionally
and physically. When we
were rehearsing at the Public
Theater last year, I had a
panic attack during the outing
scene. The repetition of
being outed day after day,
oftentimes multiple times a
day, was jarring, to say the
least.

I think as an actor, when
you’re in flow and find
yourself living so fully in a
character’s circumstances,
your body and maybe even
your subconscious mind don’t
know the difference. The line
dividing real life and fiction
can get thinned and blurred.
I’m not sure if I was trying
to play the hero or thought,
“Well, that’s just the work,”
but the stress of it compiled
in such a way that I broke out
into hives the morning of our
last show downtown. Adding
fuel to the fire were a few
audience members from time
to time who would audibly
express, through clapping and
laughter, while I was being
outed. There would be some
shows where I was almost
inconsolable as I exited. It’s
terrifying that even in this
progressive bubble of New
York City, there are people
who can find joy in the outing
of another person. That’s
never okay, needless to say.
What are some of your
triumphs?
Making my Broadway debut
and getting to experience it
with my castmates, our writer
James Ijames and director
Saheem Ali and so many of
our other collaborators from
downtown, most of whom
are also making their debut!
And the cherry on top is our
five Tony nominations! Not to
mention, I found a mentor in
Cynthia Erivo. She has been
such a champion of my work
to an extent that I never would
have imagined. She’s paying
for my publicist and asked
Christian Siriano if he would
dress me for my opening, and
he did! It’s been a real lesson
in receiving help, and I can’t
wait until I’m able to do the
same for an up and coming
artist.
I also no longer internalize
those harmful audience
reactions like I did downtown.
My own growth during the
seven months away from the
play allows me to put a kind of
cathartic space between Larry
and myself. I understand that
people come into the theater
with their own set of given
circumstances and those
who would dare celebrate the
outing of another human is
probably the perfect audience
member for a play like Fat
Ham. I hope our production
helps them to expand their
capacity to empathize.
What would be your ideal
role?
Something opposite of
Maggie Gyllenhaal. What
that would be specifically, I
have no idea. What I do know
is that it would be a dream
come true. She’s
been my favorite
actress for a very
long time. I have
so much respect
for the way she
talks about acting
and directing. I
actually joined The
Deuce on HBO
in its last season,
but unfortunately
I didn’t have any
scenes with her. I
think I manifested it
slightly wrong.
Can you recall
a moment that
changed the trajectory of
your life?
I was a competitive gymnast
in my youth and quit soon
after entering high school. I
was walking down the hall
and saw a poster for an
audition for a play, And Then
There Were None by Agatha
Christie. I auditioned and got
a part! I stuck with theater in
high school, but majored in
PR/Advertising when I got
to University, until my Junior
year. It always felt weird that
I wasn’t acting, so I made the
switch and haven’t looked
back. I tried to ignore the
actor calling because I was
terrified, but the pull was too
strong. If it wasn’t for that
piece of paper taped on the
wall, I would probably be a
publicist or a creative director
of some kind.
Knowing what you know
now, what advice would you
give baby Calvin?
It’s not advice, but I would
reassure him that he’s going
to be just fine…and I am!

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YULIAN
PHOTOS BY WILSONMODELS
Meet Yulian, the newest
gogo boy in NYC. Hailing
from Colombia, Yulian
has stepped right into
the NYC nightlife, adding
to an already hot scene
in Jackson Heights and
other NYC bars and
private parties . What
makes Yulian so awesome
is his vibrant personality
and the fact that he
enjoys meeting new
people and puts so much
energy into entertaining
the crowd. Get Out sat
down with Yulian for a
candid interview.

INTERVIEW
What made you want to
be a dancer?
I wanted to get out of my
comfort zone and dedicate
myself to doing something
different from the ordinary
Your job seems like it’s a
lot of fun. What do you
like most about it?
What I like the most is
meeting different people
and socializing, since
each person brings
a new experience,
either to grow
or to learn.
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What’s your favorite music
and what are your influences?
Deep House and reggaeton
Where do you hope to be
in five years?
I hope to be far ahead, both
financially and personally. I want
to make myself known to many
people,
I see myself as a very successful
person.
What nights and where can you
be found dancing?
I usually spend weekends in
different clubs and bars or private
parties and can be seen on more
occasions at Friend’s Tavern, Hush
Bar, The Monster in NYC and
Feathers Nightclub and Mandala
in New Jersey
Are there any particular challenges
that you encounter in your line of
work?
No one challenges me as much
as the work, It’s very consistent with
my personality. I don’t feel it’s easy
work, but I always see the good side
of everything and enjoy what I do.
Where are you from and how long
have you lived in NYC?
I’m from Colombia. I have been in the
United States for five months.
What do you like the best about New
York nightlife?
What I like about New York is that it is
a city with a lot of atmosphere, where
I find fun at all times. There is always
something to do and a new experience
to live.
When you’re not dancing at the bar,
what do you spend your time doing?
Exercise, study English, and take
care of myself

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