2 The Left: A Tribute to the Life of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes by Kerisse Hutchinson
Did you know, in Atlanta, GA, on both January 16th & 19th, 2018 at 7:30pm, there was a 1 Woman Show called "2 The Left: A Tribute to the Life of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes". The show was supposed to be from 01/16 - 01/17, but due to poor weather conditions, the second show got pushed to Friday instead of Wednesday. Performer, Kerisse Hutchinson, showcased her version of Left Eye's timeline, presenting Left Eye's messages in the name of Theatre that people did not want to miss! Left Eye's assistant, Stephanie Dayton, confirmed that she, and Lisa's brother, Ronald Lopes, had in on this, and had this to say: "I gotta tell everyone, I have worked with Kerisse on this as well as Lisa's brother Ronald. This is very different than anything else put out since her death. It's much more organic, authentic, and sincere. Went to see it and got caught up a few times thinking I was back in the office working with Lisa. That's how real it got. I recommend going to check this out if at all possible."If you wanted to go, you had to reserve free tickets online before the day of the show, and in no time, it was sold out!
4 days before the show though, Kerisse was at rehearsal, met with the owner of the location, and left with this to say, after he showed her this poster of TLC inside the the rehearsal:
"Ok so talking about synchronicity again, I'm having my first rehearsal with our choreographer Victor @mrglamrocksoul and he books us a room at a dance studio. While we're dancing, a man walks in and introduces himself, "ooooook 😐", but then says he's the owner of the studio, "oh, ok 👍🏽", but THEN says Lisa use to rehearse with TLC in this studio, "😮😮😮OOOOK!!!!!" He tells me to go out into the hallway and on the wall is this poster: the last poster ever signed by all of the members of TLC. Left Eye called him Uncle Marvelous, as you can see by her autograph, and she also wrote the inscription on the bottom. Lisa is truly just guiding me through all of this... man oh man🙌🏽👁🌈💜#2theleftplay @synchrotheatre @#2theleftplay #synchronicitytheatre #lisalefteyelopes #lisalopes #tlc #lefteye #atlanta #atlantamusic#atlantatheatre #atlantatheater #onewomanshow #atlantaevents #femaleartists#womenempowerment #femaletalent #atlantaapollo #bet #vh1 #forbes #onelove#rainbow #butterfly #legacy"
It definitely looked like the stars were aligning in Kerisse's favor. Both shows sold out and even some of Lisa's friends and family members (Ronald Lopes, Trena, Tangi Forman, Shamari DevOe (Blaque), Monique, and Latasha) made reservations to see how well Lisa was being represented and showing love and support towards such a caring fan! Trena gave the permission to share these pics with this caption under her post:
"Shout out to Kerisse Hutchinson for representing our sister Lisa (Left eye) Lopes in the most beautiful way. I must say she really did an amazing job and it was as if Lisa never left.
Meanwhile in the photos we are LEFTEYE PRODUCTIONS family bounded by LISA FOREVER.
All this love!! Glad to know Kerisse made some of Left Eye's people proud. Thank you Kerisse for being such a loving Eyenetic! <3