We loved each other, and to leave them at the close of the Sabbath was a severe cross indeed. The work of instructing my dear fellow-slaves was the sweetest engagement with which I was ever blessed. I look back to those Sundays with an amount of pleasure not to be expressed. They were of all ages, though mostly men and women. I had at one time over forty scholars, and those of the right sort, ardently desiring to learn. "So to do what I did in a short amount of time - you know, half a costume, being able to hit my mark, hit the lights, hit most of my cues, being able to engage with my actors - I was truly proud of what I did.I held my Sabbath school at the house of a free colored man, whose name I deem it imprudent to mention for should it be known, it might embarrass him greatly, though the crime of holding the school was committed ten years ago. "My wife actually said, 'Are you proud of what you did tonight?' And I said, 'Yes, I am.' Because as a performer, I know how hard it is even when you have four weeks of rehearsal and you're fully prepared," Scott says. Other creators who have gone into their own Broadway shows include Sara Bareilles slipping into "Waitress," Sting in "The Last Ship" and Green Day's frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who made several onstage visits to his show "American Idiot." But they all had days or weeks to prepare. Doubtfire" and "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," have called off performances in recent days because of breakthrough virus cases in their all-vaccinated casts and crews. Multiple Broadway shows, including "Hamilton," "Aladdin," "Mrs. Several characters, ranging in age from late teens to mid-60s, have specific themes to illustrate - Wisdom, Anger and Happiness. "Thoughts of a Colored Man" is made up of related vignettes and set over the course of a single day in Brooklyn, where seven Black men discuss gentrification, violence, racial and sexual identity and what it means to be part of a community. They are also battling and trying to stay diligent with being safe with this new variant but still wanting to come out and support us." "It was just beautiful to be up there with my brothers - we are all family now - and for me to be able to step in to save the show for that night so the audience can get what they deserve. At 7:55 p.m., the second test came back - positive. A stage manager printed out the script and Scott highlighted his lines. He was hooked up to a microphone, crewmembers were piecing together a costume for him and checking his shoe size. While everyone waited for a PCR result to see if it was a false positive, Scott was being readied. Two non-COVID-19 illnesses had already stretched the seven-person cast but now an actor had tested positive for COVID-19. 'Thoughts of a Colored Man,' 'Waitress,' more plays cancel final Broadway shows amid omicron surge: Here's what else is canceled, postponed He had left the theater and was on a subway platform waiting for a train to take him home to Brooklyn when he got the call from producers: Come back to the John Golden Theatre right now. Scott's path to the stage was frantic on Tuesday. Late Thursday, COVID-19 claimed "Thoughts of a Colored Man," joining "Waitress" and "Jagged Little Pill" as shows closed this winter due in part to rising infection rates. His heroic efforts saved the night but it wasn't enough. "I did not know it was going to happen like this and on my show during the same season." "Like any other actor, I've always wanted to make my Broadway acting debut in whatever show wanted to hire me," Scott says. The actor-turned-playwright was pressed into acting duties at the last moment Tuesday night to keep his show open while all around Broadway battles spikes in COVID-19. It's even more remarkable when you consider he also wrote it. NEW YORK (AP) - Keenan Scott II made his Broadway acting debut this week in "Thoughts of a Colored Man," which is a remarkable milestone. Watch Video: In Joel Coen's 'Macbeth,' Denzel Washington returns to Shakespeare
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