Tuesday February 9, 2021
HAL KING
WORLD PREMIERE
ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS
Hal King is a Hip-Hop/R&B style musical set in the jazz era of the late 1950’s.
Essentially it is a coming-of-age story amidst politics, war, drugs, jealousy and forbidden love. It blends both classic and modern styles on all levels of art, with music, poetry, costumes, acting, dance and film; being the true “great artwork,” achieving a high level in all concentrations.
Hal King is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Henry IV and V modernized in a mid-western African-American town.
Hal King in essence it is composed and structured as an opera, both in its intent and function. The difference is keeping with the function and intent and adapting to the culture of the time.
So what would be the current artistic expression and culture? Hip Hop. Supposedly the most distant culture in comparison to the seemingly high-brow Classical Opera. Hal King is an opportunity to make a modern “opera” that is truly current and equally classic, with respected validity from both vantage points, using the cultural expression of modern urban culture, along with the structures from classical European art, to bridge the gap and bring together people from all walks of life.
Hal King is an immensely important work, for arts & culture today, as well as unifying people from different walks of life within the common human thread of emotions. It is needed to be experienced by lovers of music and theater worldwide!
CAST
YOUNG HAL/HAL KING (TYRIK BALLARD)
Young poet. Son of a local politician. He runs with a group of itinerant, fast living artists, musicians and writers.
KAT FRENCH (SHARAE’ MOULTRIE)
A young and energetic poet and activist. Introduces Hal to the burgeoning black nationalist movement.
HENRY KING (ERIC ROBERSON)
Hal’s father. Upstanding, kind, and concerned citizen. A civic leader.
LEROY FRENCH (TONY MCLENDON)
Kat’s father. A rival politician.
HOTSPUR (DARIEN DEAN)
Also known as Percy. Ambitious and proper young man. Hal’s cousin. Looks to be Henry King’s true successor.
HALF STAFF (RYAN SHAW)
Beloved “saint and mascot” of Hal and his friends. Trumpet player, drug addict, and drunk.
SCROOP (DION DAVIS)
Lead henchman for Leroy French. In love with Kat.
DOLL TEARSHEET (SOPHIA NICOLE STEPHENS)
Mysterious and sexy jazz chanteuse.
MADAME QUICKLY (TARREY TORAE)
Proprietress of the jazz/poetry club Hal and his friends frequent.
DUBS (ANTONIO C. MCLENDON)
Soldier in The Korean War. In the same troop with Hal and Hotspur.
STOKES (LAROB K. PAYTON)
Soldier in The Korean War. In the same troop with Hal and Hotspur.
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Official Trailer For The Film Musical Hal King Available On Itunes, Amazon Prime And Other VOD Platforms On February 9th 2021.