Michael Potts (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Michael Potts stars as Slow Drag in the film adaptatin of August Wilson's Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Now Streaming on Netflix, and will be starring in Prodigal Son on FOX. Spanning a 30 year career on stage and screen, his Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, Grey Gardens, The Prom, Jitney, and the Iceman Cometh with Denzel Washington. Chapters: 0:00 Welcoming Michael/1st Preview 2:00 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 4:50 The Weeknd/Abuse of Black Artists In the Music Industry 6:00 LGBTQ+ Stories on Stage and Screen 9:20 Changes Made from The Play 11:00 Reckoning with Racism in the Theatre 14:00 George C. Wolfe 17:00 Rehearsing Ma Rainey 19:30 Colman Domingo, Viola Davis, Glynn Turman 21:30 Bonding with Denzel Washington 24:00 Wilsonian Scholars (Anthony Chisholm, Stephen Henderson, Theresa Merritt) 25:00 The White Gaze Eclipsing the Authentic Black Identity In Entertainment 31:50 Chadwick Boseman “The King of Wakanda Just Walks Down the Street” 35:00 Reflecting on 28 years on Stage 36:45 The Book of Mormon 43:45 How Has The Book of Mormon Aged? 46:30 Taking Religion with a Grain of Salt 48:30 Joining the cast of FOX’s Prodigal Son 51:00 Theatre Coming Back: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand. #MaRaineyFilm #netflix #thebookofmormon #theprom #broadway #broadwaymusicals #truedetective #broadwaytheatre #augustwilson #blackmovies #theatre #theater #theatrekid #theatrelife #hasadigaeebowai #chadwickboseman #bethleavel #theprommusical #thepromnetflix #rubensantiagohudson #netflix #hbo #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastlife #theatrepodcast #musicaltheatre #keepcreating #blkcreatives #stayempowered