Alliance Theatre hosts world premiere of André Benjamin’s Middle School Musical, Class of 3000 LIVE
February 4, 2009 at 6:05 pm by Debbie Michaud in A&E, Events
Our boys from Outkast are no stranger to side projects. Nearly a year after Big Boi tore up the Fox with his collaboration on the hip-hop ballet big, his partner in crime André 3000 drops in a few blocks up Peachtree at the Alliance with the world premiere of Class of 3000 LIVE.
The production, as the title states, is a live version of the Emmy award-winning animated series “Class of 3000,” which Benjamin created for Cartoon Network with Tommy Lynch. The live show will also include original music by Benjamin.
In “Class,” international music superstar Sunny Bridges pulls a Dave Chappelle and up and ditches his hot-shot celebrity lifestyle. Instead of Africa, Sunny ends up in Atlanta teaching at the Westley School for the Performing Arts to try rediscovering life before all the hype. The story follows Sunny and his gang of students as they help the A-lister get his feet back on the ground, while he helps the kids tap into their talents.
If big is any measure of the energy and creativity we can expect from Class of 3000 LIVE, it should be another theater-crashing blow-out. No pressure, though.
The show runs March 7-29.
(Photo courtesy www.tomlynchco.com)
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