New Jack City Live marks the third adaptation of a legendary urban hit movie and the second with Warner Brothers Pictures, which licensed the movie title and video content to the stage.ĭirector J. “And when I thought about who looks like ICE T, I called Gary Dourdan, who was in Paris, and I asked: when are you coming back to America? to which he replied: when do you need me? I sent him the script and he completed the team.” Then BIG DADDY KANE agreed to join the cast and TREACH completed the big three as NINO BROWN,” said Je’Caryous Johnson at the post-performance encore. “It took three years to bring this cast together and the first person I reached out to was the original ‘GEE MONEY’ cast member Allen Payne. The brilliance of Je’Caryous Johnson’s stage adaptation of the New Jack City 1991 indie movie mega-hit is his ability to reach back and include Original Gangsters - OGs such as Big Daddy Kane and Naughty By Nature crew leader Treach - who defined the sound and style of the Golden Era of Hip Hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s as central characters in the Broadway at the National collaboration.įor those theater lovers unfamiliar with Je’Caryous Johnson Presents, he with his production company is the second-highest-grossing playwright in the world with over $100 million in annual revenue, and he specializes in the short four-day weekend runs at prices that start at $50 for single tickets and scale up to $225 for premium orchestra seats where you could feel and experience the raw and authentic energy of the music and cultural phenomenon that redefined Black New York as New Jack City!
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