Alabama 1962 – a year before Kennedy’s motorcade led him through the streets of Texas for the last time, three years before Malcolm X’s death in the Audubon Ballroom, and six years bef... Read more
If director Stephawn Stephens’ goal was to make me feel like I was in a church back home in Georgia while watching his version of Black Nativity, he accomplished it and so much more. Written... Read more
Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts is churning out talented students, whose acting chops are on full display during their production of Miss Evers’ Boys. Because we know how trag... Read more
Smokey Joe’s Café: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, directed by Rikki Howie, is a musical theatre revue, showcasing 39 songs written by by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The song... Read more
As a daughter of the South, I knew I had to expose myself to E. Patrick Johnson’s Sweet Tea. Where else would I find an exploration of Black men of the South who just happen to be gay? Based... Read more
“Everybody say, ‘Yeah, Yeah,” encourages the charismatic Sahr Ngaujah as Fela Kuti. The audience repeats the phrase in mumbles. Undiscouraged by the reluctant audience, he says it agai... Read more
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun has been mesmerizing audiences for over 50 years. I will admit that I walked into the theatre with exceedingly high expectations. This play has been... Read more
Confession: I have read Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf approximately ten times. After seeing it on stage, I will read it a... Read more
Give me a great rendition of “It’s the Hard Knock Life” and I’m a happy camper. The musical Annie, presented by the Rockville Musical Theatre did just that and much more. W... Read more
The premise of Rock Bottom is straight forward. It chronicles the last of day of a rock band that’s seen better days. The band, Blood Orphans, is comprised of Shane (Andrew Lloyd Baughman-wh... Read more