Dreaming Zenzile

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Dates:	Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - Sunday, February 27, 2022
Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Theater & Shows

Dreaming Zenzile, which is based on the life of legendary singer Miriam Makeba, will include a live jazz band playing original music and reinterpretations of Makeba's remarkable catalog.

The ancestors are calling - transporting her through the music and fractured memories of her past on a spiritual journey of reconciliation.

As both the musical’s writer and star, Somi Kakoma transports audiences to Makeba's final performance, where she raises the conscience and the consciousness of a people. Somi,
whose jazz music and social consciousness has drawn comparison to Nina Simone, was
nominated for a 2021 GRAMMY Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and received an NAACP
Image Award for her album, Holy Room: Live At Alte Oper. Her 2017 album, Petite Afrique, also
won a 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album.

HOURS

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022 7:30pm
Thursday, February 24, 2022 7:30pm
Friday, February 25, 2022 8:00pm
Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:00pm
Sunday, February 27, 2022 2:00pm

COST

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$25 - $95 | Get Tickets

WEBSITE

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artsemerson.org/events/dreaming-zenzile/

LOCATION

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559 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111 map

Emerson Paramount Theatre
Robert Orchard Stage