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‘One Night in Miami’ and the NYC Native Who Found Playwriting Success in L.A.

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Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe new film “One Night in Miami” began life as a successful play — but New Yorkers might not know that, because despite accolades in Los Angeles and London, the play never got a production in New York.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:For Kemp Powers, the “One Night in Miami” playwright and writer of the screenplay adaptation (as well as the co-writer and co-director of Pixar’s recent film “Soul”), the experience highlighted what he sees as one of the key differences between New York and L.A. “The wonderful thing about Los Angeles, and I say this as a New Yorker, is the egalitarian nature of the arts here,” Powers said on the latest episode of Stagecraft, Variety‘s theater podcast.

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