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A live production of 'Set It Off' plays Foxwoods

November 23, 2021 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 24, 2021 8:10 am

By Kristina Dorsey
Features Editor

k.dorsey@theday.com

Da Brat (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

“Set It Off” is getting a new life onstage.

Writer/director/producer Je'Caryous Johnson is spearheading a live production of the hit 1996 heist movie, and it will play Foxwoods on Friday.

Stepping into the roles that were played on film by Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise are rapper Da Brat, Vanessa Simmons (who was on MTV with her family’s reality show “Run’s House”), Latoya London (who went from “American Idol” to starring in stage productions) and Keshia Knight Pulliam (whose credits include “The Cosby Show” and “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”).

“Set It Off” live onstage, 8 p.m. Friday, Premier Theater, Foxwoods; $58-$98; 1-800-200-2882.

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