{"id":53168,"date":"2023-01-20T23:58:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/new-jack-city-cast-says-play-highlights-street-violence-but-responsibly\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T23:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:58:52","slug":"new-jack-city-cast-says-play-highlights-street-violence-however-responsibly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/20\/new-jack-city-cast-says-play-highlights-street-violence-however-responsibly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;New Jack City&#8217; Cast Says Play Highlights Street Violence, however Responsibly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-dd0d6126793b6d52db3cca0a4bed278b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-341a70b5-cafc-4a77-8996-792f431ce241-982802109-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-341a70b5-cafc-4a77-8996-792f431ce241-982802109-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/50\/16by9\/2023\/01\/20\/500ea236fbf143c1867ee5c1de5b05f3_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dd0d6126793b6d52db3cca0a4bed278b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4d26ff190988756c7f60b1648393e264\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Naughty By Nature&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/treach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Treach<\/strong><\/a> and his &#8220;New Jack City&#8221; stage play costars are nicely conscious of the real-life violence in hip hop in the present day, and hope their manufacturing of the basic &#8217;90s movie can scare the style straight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4d26ff190988756c7f60b1648393e264--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e28defb8d2edeff1d64e46964b0f04f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We acquired Treach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gary-dourdan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gary Dourdan<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Flex Alexander<\/strong> and the one and solely <strong>Big Daddy Kane<\/strong> Friday in Burbank, CA &#8212; they&#8217;re placing on the play all weekend at L.A. Orpheum Theater, they usually say the manufacturing does not draw back from violence &#8230; even with the current string of tragic headlines about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/11\/02\/rapper-dead-dies-gun-violence-takeoff-pnb-rock-nipsey-hussle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>slain rappers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e28defb8d2edeff1d64e46964b0f04f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d2f483a36f94b37fc7ebe837d555bba3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d2f483a36f94b37fc7ebe837d555bba3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d256fcd62af36f2513555ec6795bcabd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Treach says &#8216;New Jack&#8217; highlighted the brutality of the &#8217;80s crack epidemic, and delivered the message &#8220;that wasn&#8217;t the path to take.&#8221; He&#8217;s hoping in the present day&#8217;s era will take that lesson and apply it to the rap recreation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d256fcd62af36f2513555ec6795bcabd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd24da50abd04bdbb480850870e582f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Flex says many of the solid has recognized one another for a number of a long time, so it has been simple to mesh forward of their reside performances &#8212; there is no &#8220;take 2&#8221; in theater &#8212; they usually all credit score director <strong>Je&#8217;Caryous Johnson<\/strong> for getting them game-ready months upfront.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd24da50abd04bdbb480850870e582f8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-023b6212a917fcd0f1f1424ed1ce773e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a4991dff-9f7d-4129-ae69-b9577f0a4682-415119147-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a4991dff-9f7d-4129-ae69-b9577f0a4682-415119147-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f1\/16by9\/2022\/12\/03\/f1c599f32ca7446dbcd8e747f31cf0db_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-023b6212a917fcd0f1f1424ed1ce773e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aa2292444837f4d99637657a93605244\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We just lately acquired BDK 1-on-1 again in NYC, the place he advised us having <strong>Allen Payne<\/strong> &#8212; 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Play Will Host Mario Van Peebles<br \/>\n          <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0786db2a8f11792ff8cfb42a0a33ea3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3e9f71793ba15af086e8e78757ba57d0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Speaking of these NYC exhibits, Gary tells us one other OG star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ice-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ice-T<\/strong><\/a>, confirmed as much as put his stamp of approval.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3e9f71793ba15af086e8e78757ba57d0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e167a6c8451a08953e0f7a84bf03aa8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>For followers of the film &#8230; Treach performs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/wesley-snipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wesley Snipes<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; lead character Nino Brown, Gary steps into Ice&#8217;s position of Scotty and Flex is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/chris-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chris Rock<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s Pookie.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e167a6c8451a08953e0f7a84bf03aa8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3a23ec13cb2d01f95133a3cdda3ee8c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>There are a couple of tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/jecaryous.com\/theater\/new-jack-city-live\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>nonetheless accessible<\/strong><\/a> in L.A. this weekend, earlier than the solid heads to Dallas, Washington D.C., Norfolk and Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3a23ec13cb2d01f95133a3cdda3ee8c8--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material TMZ.com Naughty By Nature&#8217;s Treach and his &#8220;New Jack City&#8221; 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