Lorenz Arnell, Ifa Bayeza, Michael Hill, Suzanne Malveaux and Karen Malina White Photo

From: Photo Flash: Opening Night Of THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL

The Ballad of Emmett Till - Part history, part mystery and part ghost story, IfaBayeza's lyrical integration of past, present, fact and legend turns the story of the 1955 murder of 14-year old Emmett Till, whose shocking death helped spark the nascent civil rights movement, into a soaring work of music, poetic language and riveting theatricality.