Director Ricardo Khan

SIZWE BANSI IS DEAD

Written by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona

Directed by Ricardo Khan

In Collaboration with Tony Award® Winner John Kani (Black Panther, Mufasa:The Lion King) 

One man’s death becomes another’s salvation in this indictment of South Africa’s Apartheid system which lasted through the 1990s.  Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, was written by South African playwright Athol Fugard in collaboration with John Kani  and Winston Ntshona. Both actors/playwrights, Kani and Ntshona received Tony’s in 1975, for their starring roles in the play’s Broadway production.  The Crossroads production of Sizwe is in collaboration with John Kani, the last remaining member of the writing team.

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