Theater/Dance
Feeling Mighty Low
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| Photo by Jean Jacques Tiziou |
In Low: Meditations Trilogy, at the Public Theatre in Manhattan, the performance artist Rha Goddess boldly explores mental illness, drug addiction and homelessness in the African American community.
By Astride Charles
Jan 14, 2008,
23:19
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Theater/Dance
Journeys of the Black Body
Britain-based filmmaker Isaac Julien premiered his latest collaborative, multi-media venture with dancer Russell Maliphant this month at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This visual piece, which included both dance and an audio-visual installation, is titled Cast No Shadow. By Astride Charles
Nov 20, 2007,
08:29
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Theater/Dance
"Brewster Place" on Stage
A musical adaptation of Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place combines song, controversy and loss to tell a story about society's walls.
By Carol Chastang
Nov 8, 2007,
06:18
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Theater/Dance
My Children! My Africa!
Athol Fugard’s “My Children! My Africa!” depicts the horrors of apartheid but also the beauty of South Africa.
By Carol Chastang
Oct 8, 2007,
16:25
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Theater/Dance
Another Louisiana Jail
A theater revival of “A Lesson Before Dying,” Ernest J. Gaines’ acclaimed tale of racial injustice in a small Louisiana town, lends additional significance and timeliness to the original novel, set in the late 1940s. By Carol Chastang
Oct 1, 2007,
20:41
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Theater/Dance
Slavery in Different Chords
"Margaret Garner,” a provocative new opera with libretto by Toni Morrison, turns to the true story of an ex-slave, on which Morrison's novel Beloved is based. By Astride V. Charles
Sep 21, 2007,
06:30
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Theater/Dance
‘Stand Up Black Britain’
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| Gina Yashere |
Picking up where Sade and Soul to Soul left off, “Stand Up Black Britain” provides a broader transcultural interaction and dialogue, obviously in reverse direction from the normal U.S. export mode. By Astride V. Charles
Sep 4, 2007,
09:14
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Theater/Dance
Family Ties that Bind
A revival of the musical "Three Sistahs" explores family ties that break and bind. By Carol Chastang
Aug 8, 2007,
12:11
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Theater/Dance
“Emergence-See!” in D.C.
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| Daniel Beaty |
In the brilliant one-man play “Emergence-SEE!” now being performed by Daniel Beaty at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., a slave ship inexplicably rises in the New York Harbor, right in front of the Statue of Liberty. By Carol Chastang
Jul 19, 2007,
16:13
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Theater/Dance
Serving Two Masters
August Wilson's "Radio Golf," the final piece in his 10-play cycle about African American life in the 20th century, wrestles with the complexities of being Black, upwardly mobile and, at the same time, racially conscious.
By William S. Gooch
Jun 28, 2007,
13:03
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Theater/Dance
Remembering Fest Founder
Larry Leon Hamlin, who started the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, died after a long-term illness. He was 58.
Jun 20, 2007,
00:33
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Theater/Dance
Wilson’s ‘Gem’ of Faith
A DC production of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" displays the richness of the African American community--the beauty of the language and the powerful traditions that ensured our survival. By Carol Chastang
Feb 23, 2007,
12:02
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Theater/Dance
All About Mammy
In “The Mammy Project,” Michelle Matlock used film, mime, rap lyrics and historical references to explore the origins of the Black mammy.
By William S. Gooch, III
Feb 14, 2007,
19:47
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Theater/Dance
Ailey—Old and New
For its 2006 New York season, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater favored its audience with a variety of Ailey classics. The mélange works included perennial favorites Revelations and Cry. By William S. Gooch, III.
Feb 14, 2007,
19:18
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Theater/Dance
A New 'Raisin in the Sun'
The African Continuum Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. presents a fresh production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic, "A Raisin in the Sun."
By Carol Chastang
Dec 22, 2006,
14:08
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Theater/Dance
Philadanco's N.Y. Triumph
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| Philadanco's Odara Jabali-Nash |
For its 37th season at New York City’s Joyce Theater, Philadanco assembled a program that was riveting, sexy cool and thought provoking. By William S. Gooch, III
Nov 29, 2006,
12:31
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Theater/Dance
"Hot Feet" Full of Energy
Even though there are missteps in “Hot Feet," the combination of Earth, Wind and Fire’s classic jams, breathtaking performances and explosive choreography by Maurice Hines make for an enjoyable evening on Broadway.
By William S. Gooch
Jul 21, 2006,
16:40
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Theater/Dance
A Healing ‘Color Purple’
On Broadway, “The Color Purple” musical renews a focus on Black female abuse and empowerment. By Jamie Walker
Apr 7, 2006,
20:51
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Theater/Dance
Lady's Life and Death
Carol Chastang reviews the entertaining but macabre death vigil that is Lanie Robertson's “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.”
May 23, 2006,
23:27
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Theater/Dance
“The Story” of American Ambition
Tracey Scott Wilson’s play, inspired by the real-life story of reporter Janet Cooke at the Washington Post, was staged by the African Continuum Theater in Washington, DC
Apr 7, 2006,
21:08
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Theater/Dance
Archives - Theater and Dance
May 15, 2006,
03:42
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