Marco Ramirez's treatise on boxing and so much more pushes back the curtain on Jay ?The Sport? Jackson ? clearly inspired by the real-life Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion of the world and the subject of ?The Great White …
Marco Ramirez's 90-minute play pictures Jay Jackson, an extraordinarily single-minded boxer. Set in the opening decade of last century, it draws inspiration from the life of Jack Johnson, the first African-American to be world heavyweight champion…
?The Royale: A Play in Six Rounds? at ACT, is about boxer Jay Jackson (played by Jarrod M.Smith), a character based on Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world. Ameenah Kaplan directs…