spoken word
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As a proto-Broadway musical operatic genre of spoken word and musical numbers, it appeals on all levels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
For more than 38 years the World Stage Performance Gallery, in South Los Angeles’ Leimert Park, has presented live music, poetry, spoken word and other forms of cultural expression in its performance gallery.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Her first spoken word, which comes to her while gazing in awe upon a “disappearing machine,” as she thinks of it, is the French term for “vacuum cleaner.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Beyond the music, the festival will showcase spoken word performances from acclaimed poets Lemn Sissay and Vanessa Kisuule, alongside political satire and activism from Led By Donkeys.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025
I watched Baba’s car pull away from the curb, taking with it the person whose first spoken word had been my name.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
