NASHVILLE, TN — The versatile actress, poet and comic Phyllis Yvonne Stickney will be appearing at the National Museum of African American Music November 1 in a show that combines cultural advocacy, creative vision and community celebration. The night will feature Stickney’s pungent and timely humor and observations. She’s been seen on a host of programs. These include “Showtime at the Apollo,” “The Ms. Pat Show,” “New Jack City,” and BET’s “Comic View.” Stickney was born and raised in Arkansas. She moved to Los Angeles at 16, and obtained a job with a management company. After two years there she relocated to New York, where she attended video and film schools. She initially worked at the University of Delaware as an associate in the theater department, and later studied at the Institute of New Cinema Artists.
Early in her career she became involved with the New Heritage Theatre in Harlem, where she met Roger Furman, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Dave Chappelle later was her opener at the comedy venue Caroline’s. Stickney’s performance in Tartuffe won an AUDELCO award in 1983. Her breakthrough TV role came on the sitcom “New Attitude.” Besides some of the previously mentioned films, Stickney has also appeared in “Jungle Fever,” “Malcolm X,” “What’s Love Got To Do With it” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” She was also recently in the theatrical productions “A Raisin In The Sun,” “School Girls” and “Laughter and Lyrics.”
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased either online or at the Museum, 510 Broadway. Stickney will be performing two shows, the first from 7-8:30 p.m., and the second from 9-10:30 p.m.
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