April 19, 2017
Page 9
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Can We All Get Along?’
Performance
artist brings
Rodney King
to stage
This weekend, Portland’s Art-
ists Repertory Theatre will pres-
ent “Rodney King,” written and
performed by acclaimed actor and
performance artist Roger Guen-
veur Smith.
The production will be Smith’s
final stage performances for a
piece that has been touring since
2012. The show comes just as the
new film Rodney King, directed
by Spike Lee, and starring Smith,
is poised for its April 28 release.
It also coincides with the anniver-
sary of the Rodney King trial ver-
dict of 1992, which acquitted the
four police officers who brutally
beat King in 1991 and sparked the
devastating L.A. riots. Post show
discussions will follow every per-
formance.
Acclaimed actor and perfor-
mance artist Roger Guenveur
Smith.
In Smith’s riveting one-man
performance. Rodney King tells
the story of a flawed, good-heart-
ed everyman – from his harsh en-
try into the national spotlight to a
lonely death at the bottom of his
swimming pool.