Revolutionary writer Amiri Baraka, who wrote the acclaimed play Dutchman under the name LeRoi Jones, died on January 9 at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, The New York Times reports. He was 79 years old. Born Everett Leroy Jones, the writer premiered his controversial and groundbreaking play Dutchman in 1964 at off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre. His additional plays include The Slave, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PM on January 9, 2014