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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Misty

Arinzé Kene in Misty.

Mar 3 – Apr 2, 2023
545 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

The actor and playwright Arinzé Kene has portrayed a wide range of people, from Bob Marley in the musical Get Up Stand Up! to Biff Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. In Kene’s one-man show Misty, which had its world premiere in London in 2018, he’s playing a character more like himself. Blending live music, poetry, and comedy, the show tells the story of a young Black artist navigating a rapidly gentrifying London. The Shed hosts Misty’s long-anticipated U.S. premiere. —Jensen Davis

Photo: Bronwen Sharp