The Tune Up

The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog) and her band, the Joyful Noise, share original songs and short plays in a Little Island summer hangout billed as "a punk-couture medicine show for the people." Frequent Parks collaborator Niegel Smith directs; guests at the party include Rona Figueroa, Leland Fowler, Danyel Fulton, Lance Coadie Williams and tap queen Ayodele Casel.