The World is My Home at Santa Monica Playhouse

Returning 4th of July Weekend for one night only, it's Stogie Kenyatta's NAACP award-winning solo show about African-American artist/activist Paul Robeson, a powerful heartfelt and humorous evening of theatre as laugh out-loud funny as it is educational, poignant and inspiring. Just returned from a sell-out England tour, this "Turn-of-the-Century Love Story" about the triumphs and tragedy of this great American, Robeson, is told with music, comedy, passion and heartfelt emotion that covers everything from his close friendship with Albert Einstein, his affection for the Jewish people, the Holocaust, Jim Crow Laws, the Harlem Renaissance, his complex 44 year marriage to Eslanda and America's amazing, yet painful history. Kenyatta plays 12 characters and ages from 5 to 65, with props, several wardrobe changes and a finger-snapping soundtrack by Ellington, Coltrane, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Louie Armstrong & Robeson himself. Kenyatta is proud to bring this revamped show to Santa Monica Playhouse.