A world premiere musical adapts a classic Jamaican film to put its bittersweet story on stage. DaveCarlinTV spoke to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks about 'The Harder They Come' at PublicTheaterNY.
Now with"The Harder They Come," she shares a story of joy and pain, and faith and fame.
"We set it in 1972 in Kingston, Jamaica, and it's still the story of Ivan, who comes to the city ... to make a record," Parks said."So this idea of hero, 'Hero Don't Never Die,' is very exciting to him. There is no song in the Jimmy Cliff catalog called 'Hero Don't Never Die,' so I wrote a song. I can write something like 'Topdog/Underdog.' I can write something like a musical of 'The Harder They Come.' I'm serving the story.
The show has star-making performances, including from Natey Jones, who plays"Ivan." Parks says he has a line that sums it all up perfectly. "He says, 'Explain to me why I'm wrong, when all I want is to hear my song.' That's the love that this play is sending to people," Parks said.
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