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T'Keyah
Live!
A True Variety
Show, a mostly live theatrical show mostly starring and
mostly written by T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh is a totally exhilarating
and eclectic celebration of the diverse talent of actress
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh. The show includes witty repartee,
musical numbers, endearing characters, audience participation,
impressions, video presentations, jokes and a special guest.
"Uproarious… Marvelous… breezy, good-natured fun."
- The Winston - Salem Journal."In show business circles,
a person who can sing, dance and act, the 'triple threat',
is considered a cut above the rest. So what do you call
a person who can sing, dance, act, write, impersonate, direct,
produce and do comedy? Well, maybe there isn't a mane for
it, but T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh can do all of that and probably
more."
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Live!....Mostly: A True Variety Show
Starring T'Keyah Crystal Keymah |
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Available
February 2006
The
following is information about the cunningly clever, delightfully
darling, multi-talented, comically inclined, award winning
actress/writer/producer, T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
and her multi-media stage show, T'Keyah Live!
Mostly: A True Variety Show. Best known
for her work on In Living Color and Cosby (both
airing nightly in syndication), the actress whose first
love is the stage now stars in the ABC Family Channel's
That's So Raven. David Mills, while a staff writer
for the Washington Post, called T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh's
work "Comedy with a Conscience". It is not surprising
then, that Some of My Best Friends, her first critically
acclaimed one-woman show, enjoyed successful performances
for diverse audiences across the country and won NAACP
Theatre Awards for Best Actress and Best
Play!
After
a workshop preview at Florida A & M University, T'Keyah
Live!
Mostly: A True Variety Show debuted
at the 1999 National Black Theatre Festival. The
hugely popular show got rave reviews from festival participants
like Robert Hooks, Dick Anthony Williams, Andre de Sheilds
and more. The 2001-2002 T'Keyah Live! Tour
brought more outstanding notices in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Atlanta and Memphis. T'Keyah Live!
Mostly: A True
Variety Show, includes a variety of sketches, scenes,
acts and audience participation that are presented live
(mostly) and on tape (several) with impressions, tributes
and eclectic, colorful characters old and new. The show
opens with a song and closes with a bang. In between,
along with a bouquet of surprises, the audience meets:
Bertha, a sassy cleaning woman who talks more than she
cleans, educating the audience on her real calling as
an would be entertainer; Camillia, a lucky audience member's
"Blind Date" who spouts hysterical impressions
whenever she get nervous, Cryssy, a little girl whose
circumstances demand that she create a more nurturing,
culturally corrected world for herself (Black World) and
a group of struggling high school students - Carmen, a
rock groupie who defies labels; Danita, a closet Latina
searching for her place in the world; Greg, a young man
with heart who doesn't take anything too seriously, Marsha,
a pampered princess who deals with her bigoted tendencies
and Evelyn, a special needs sweetheart who seems oblivious
to her challenges as she dances (in her mind). Along with
a pantomime tribute to Bert Williams, the video portions
of the show introduce Madame Cashmere, the self-indulgent
owner of an advice hotline and Uncle Bubba, the scheming
owner of a disreputable fix-it shop. In a hilarious and
sometimes musical manner Ms. Keymáh provides non-stop,
thought provoking, family entertainment and still manages
to champion topics such as acceptance and faith. T'Keyah
brings different guests on with each show. T'Keyah Live!
debuted with speacial guest Margaret Kemp. During the
2002-2003 T'Keyah Live! Tour, T'Keyah's guests were T.C.
Carson, Ralph Harris, Dawnn Lewis, Bobby Mardis and Karen
Malina White. T'Keyah Live! returned to the 2005 National
Black Theatre Festival with Todd Bridges as T'Keyah's
co-star.
"Uproarious
Marvelous
breezy, good-natured fun." -
The Winston - Salem Journal
"Simply
Marvelous!
good old fashioned family entertainment"
- Earl Calloway, Chicago Defender
"Took
the city by storm
" - Jordan Saint James,
N'DIGO
If
you are interested in booking TKeyah Crystal Keymáh,
please send us an email listing all of the following
information. 1) The name of your group or organization;
2) the name and number of your contact person; 3) the
event for which you would like to invite TKeyah
to come or the show or type of performance you would like
for her to give (ex: we would like TKeyah to perform
T'Keyah Live, or, we would like TKeyah to conduct
a three hour workshop with 25 students); 4) a brief history
(no more than two paragraphs, please) of your organization
or event; 5) the location (address, city and state) of
the venue; 6) the date and time you would like her to
come (and an alternative date and or time if your first
choice is unavailable); and 7) your payment, travel, lodging
and per diem offer. Be sure to include all of this
information in the body of your email. Because of the
viruses that are rampant on the Internet, empty emails
with attachments will not be opened. Due to the volume
of mail we receive, emails with incomplete information
will not be considered. To send your request, Call
T'Keyah Keymáh, Inc.,
10061 Riverside Dr. #714,
Toluca Lake, CA 91602 email: booktkeyah
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