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'''Lemon Andersen''' (born '''Andrew Andersen'''; 1975), is an American [[poet]], [[spoken word]] artist, and actor. Born and raised in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], he still resides there. He is the son of Milagros “Mili” Quiñones from Puerto Rico and Peter Andersen, a Norwegian-American from [[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn]]<ref>{{cite news |title=When Life Names You Lemon ... |first=Deborah |last=Sontag |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/theater/27sont.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 24, 2009 |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}.{{Citation needed}} |
'''Lemon Andersen''' (born '''Andrew Andersen'''; 1975), is an American [[poet]], [[spoken word]] artist, and actor. Born and raised in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], he still resides there. He is the son of Milagros “Mili” Quiñones from Puerto Rico and Peter Andersen, a Norwegian-American from [[Bensonhurst, Brooklyn]]<ref>{{cite news |title=When Life Names You Lemon ... |first=Deborah |last=Sontag |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/theater/27sont.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 24, 2009 |accessdate=December 10, 2012}}.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} |
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Andersen's writing and performances have received widespread critical acclaim. [[TED]], which posted his performance of "Please don't take my [[Air Jordan|Air Jordans]]" </ref> in December 2012, describes Andersen as "a wordsmith who thinks deeply about the sounds of syllables".{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} As a poet he has the most aired episodes on [[HBO]]'s [[Def Poetry]], eight times in six seasons, and was an original cast member of the TONY Award-winning [[Russell Simmons]] Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Andersen was also nominated for a [[Drama Desk Award]] for his writing and work on the show. |
Andersen's writing and performances have received widespread critical acclaim. [[TED]], which posted his performance of "Please don't take my [[Air Jordan|Air Jordans]]" </ref> in December 2012, describes Andersen as "a wordsmith who thinks deeply about the sounds of syllables".{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} As a poet he has the most aired episodes on [[HBO]]'s [[Def Poetry]], eight times in six seasons, and was an original cast member of the TONY Award-winning [[Russell Simmons]] Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Andersen was also nominated for a [[Drama Desk Award]] for his writing and work on the show. |
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Lemon Andersen (born Andrew Andersen; 1975), is an American poet, spoken word artist, and actor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he still resides there. He is the son of Milagros “Mili” Quiñones from Puerto Rico and Peter Andersen, a Norwegian-American from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn[1] in December 2012, describes Andersen as "a wordsmith who thinks deeply about the sounds of syllables".[citation needed] As a poet he has the most aired episodes on HBO's Def Poetry, eight times in six seasons, and was an original cast member of the TONY Award-winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Andersen was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his writing and work on the show.
Andersen has traveled the spoken-word and theater scene for the last decade performing and selling out venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Apollo Theater, Chicago Theater, Hollywood’s Kodak Theater. On July 2, 2005 he performed in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Live 8 concert. Nike also chose him to write a piece to help them sign young basketball star LeBron James.
He has shot three films with Spike Lee, Sucker Free City (2004), She Hate Me (2004) and Inside Man (2006), in which he starred opposite Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.[citation needed] His theatre credits include Slanguage directed by Jo Bonney, The Ride at Ps 122 and U at the Mark Taper Forum, as well as teaching performance art workshops at different colleges, universities and institutions including Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Sing Sing Prison.
Lemon Andersen is currently starring in a one person show titled COUNTY OF KINGS the beautiful struggle which has been developed and produced through The American Place Theatre's Literature to Life program.[2] The performance has been staged at schools around the nation, The Public Theater's Joe's Pub and will soon be staged at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's annual Time-Based Art Festival.
References
- ^ Sontag, Deborah (September 24, 2009). "When Life Names You Lemon ..." The New York Times. Retrieved December 10, 2012..[citation needed] Andersen's writing and performances have received widespread critical acclaim. TED, which posted his performance of "Please don't take my Air Jordans"
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External links
http://www.ted.com/talks/lemon_andersen_performs_please_don_t_take_my_air_jordans.html
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