Special Holiday Performance of County of Kings Held At Museo Del Barrio

Lemon Andersen's County of Kings gives a tough, yet poignant biographical account of a good
kid growing up in an unforgiving environment. Lemon, whose parents met at a methadone clinic
and passed away from AIDS, served two prison sentences before he was 21 and won a Tony
before he turned 30. His on-stage memoir touches on young love, the birth of hip-hop, slinging
crack, ballet, stealing car parts, prison, and poetry as he takes the audience on an astonishing
and surprising one-man journey toward self-discovery. Weaving hard-edged drama with urban
poetry, the Brooklyn born and bred performer tells his coming-of-age story with profound
honesty, compassion and humor. A true story of finding passion in the arts and finding one's
way, Lemon paints a vivid portrait of his own life and the lives of countless other Brooklynites
during the 1980s and 1990s.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lemon Andersen has been featured as a regular on HBO's "Def
Poetry" presented by Russell Simmons and was also an original cast member and writer of
Russell Simmons' Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. On screen Lemon has
appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's Inside Man and The Soloist starring
Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.

WHAT: Special Holiday Performance, One Night Only, of County of Kings
WHO: Lemon Andersen
WHEN: 6pm Sunday, December 11
WHERE: El Museo Del Barrio
1230 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10029-449