"This show is an opening for me for Broadway, Broadway is an opening for TV TV is an opening for movies and movies can be an opening for music. Taylor said that show, directed by Ava DuVernay, definitely opened doors for him, but that "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" has given him increased visibility. Taylor, who has been singing since he was three, but didn't start with a vocal coach until 13, had a small role in the Netflix series “Central Park Five,” about the five Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of charges related to the rape and assault of a white jogger in 1990. Along with delivering some dialogue, Taylor gets to sing he also said he loves that he and his fellow cast members are allowed to improvise. As Robert "I play basketball, ride bikes on the stage, get shot at," he said. The first act of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones," is like a workout for Taylor, he said. It's also been dreamlike, considering the stage at the Met is a place he had first visited, and where he hoped to perform, when he was just five. "Seeing everyone performing and seeing the audience, especially after Covid, was amazing. Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Camille Brown, James Robinson, Terence Blanchard, Charles M. ![]() ![]() "There were so many historic Black people making more history.
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