A theatrical adaptation of the 1991 film, New Jack City, starring Allen Payne (original “Gee Money” in the film), Big Daddy Kane, Treach, and Flex Alexander is coming to Charlotte’s Ovens Auditorium. Set in Harlem, New York, the play follows the rise of Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers set to the soundtrack of original songs from the film.
Written and directed by NAACP Trailblazer Award recipient, Je’Caryous Johnson, the show runs approximately two hours and thirty minutes, including one intermission.