{"id":119058,"date":"2022-04-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=119058"},"modified":"2022-04-15T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T20:32:06","slug":"graceland-too-the-building-elvis-never-left-to-play-new-yorks-latea-theater-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/graceland-too-the-building-elvis-never-left-to-play-new-yorks-latea-theater-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Graceland Too: The Building Elvis Never Left&#8221; to Play New York&#8217;s Latea Theater in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legend of <strong>Paul MacLeod<\/strong> lives on in this new play about one of the weirdest, wildest traditions in <strong>Mississippi <\/strong>history. If you find yourself in <strong>New York City<\/strong> this May, catch the play at the <strong>Latea Theater<\/strong> (107 Suffolk Street) these times: May 2, 2022 @ 6:15 pm, May 6, 2022 @ 9 pm, and May 8, 2022 @ 3:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by a true story, <em><strong>Graceland Too: The Building Elvis Never Left<\/strong><\/em> is a bluesy, tragic tale about the galaxy\u2019s number one <strong>Elvis <\/strong>fan, Paul MacLeod, and his antebellum home-turned-Elvis shrine in <strong>Holly Springs, <\/strong>Mississippi. As Paul gears up for <strong>Elvis Week<\/strong> with the help of former prisoner, <strong>Dwight Taylor<\/strong>, two very different worlds collide and <strong>Graceland Too<\/strong> will never be the same again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memphis native <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theladynico\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole Hughes<\/a> <\/strong>is a producer and early-career writer. She has produced \u201cHumanity Needs Dreamers,\u201d <strong>Diana Degarmo<\/strong> \u201cGemini\u201d music videos, created &amp; produced \u201cHomes for the Brave,\u201d and impact-produced the documentary <em>Coded Bias<\/em> on <strong>Netflix<\/strong>. Her passion is to tell the tales of <strong>Deep South<\/strong> folklore, starting with her play <em>Graceland Too: The Building Elvis Never Left.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are in New York City and want to go, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationtickets.com\/product\/graceland-too-the-building-elvis-never-left\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Purchase Tickets Here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow the Instagram account for the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gracelandtooplay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@gracelandtooplay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" 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