About the Project
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology…
Receives 8 Nominations from the NAACP Theatre Awards!!! Best Producer, Best Playwright, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Sound, Best Costume, Best Lighting and Best Ensemble.
Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology is an internationally award-winning, Off-Broadway theatrical triumph and an 8-time NAACP Theatre Awards nominee—an electrifying celebration of the life, music and revolutionary voice of Gil Scott-Heron. Melody Maker called Scott-Heron “The Most Dangerous Musician Alive” and Gil is widely regarded as the forefather of rap music.
This fierce band of spoken word artists are spittin’ fire and blazin’ stages in rhythm and the prophetic truth of Scott-Heron’s iconic works—words that resonate today with even greater urgency.
Interwoven with Gil Scott-Heron’s timeless poetry and music, these electrifying performers including the legends daughter, Gia Scott-Heron share their own deeply personal poetic journeys, transforming the production into a living, breathing testament to struggle, resilience and liberation igniting a rip-roaring fire of truth, passion and collective awakening.
Racism, injustice and hatred know no borders, no generation and no single community. Fearless and unapologetic, Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology shines a powerful light on social injustice, bringing hidden truths out of the shadows and onto the stage—where art becomes activism, poetry becomes protest and performance becomes a call to action.
You’ll hear his words again, you’ll cry and you’ll laugh and your heart light will glow, you’ll fight back some tears, you’ll sing, you’ll know lyrics you haven’t heard in a long while and you’ll learn about the man…the icon, the legend, Gil Scott-Heron.
P.S. No two shows are the same, Gil released 17 albums and it’s our goal to perform every song on every album. This was a one-night tribute that took on a lifeforce of its own; sold out in six days, the people have spoken, demanded more and we keep selling out, we’re in our third year. Gil Scott-Heron Lives!
A Poets Jazz House & Inner City Cultural Center II Production.
Learn More at GilScottHeronBluesology.com
Production Team
