Arts & Events

Around the Bay: 'East 14th Street'

Thursday May 21, 2009 - 10:19:00 AM

East Oakland native Don Reed’s one man show, East 14th Street: True Tales of a Reluctant Player, was hailed off-Broadway (and by the NAACP). Reed plays all the parts, including his pimp father who pushed his son onto the straight-A, church-going, college grad path. Reed guest-starred on The Cosby Show and A Different World at Bill’s behest. 8 p.m. Fridays; 8:30 Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays at The Marsh, Valencia (near 22nd) in San Francisco $20-3- (sliding scale). (415) 826-5750; www.themarsh.org.