Q-Tip to play Miles Davis in new play My Funny Valentine
The one-off event takes place in New York on March 23.
Q-Tip will play the lead role in a new play about jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. The production, My Funny Valentine, depicts "a day in the life of the jazz giant in 1981," according to writer Nelson George,
My Funny Valentine is currently scheduled for a one-off performance at Joe’s Pub in New York this Monday, March 26. Tickets are available here for $20.
The A Tribe Called Quest has been attached to the project for many years now and is quoted as talking about it as far back as 2010. Q-Tip's rap group recently teased a new short film called "The Space Program," which they suggested will be their "LAST VIDEO" ever,
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