George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta, now at Northlight in a production directed by E. Faye Butler, is a tribute to the contributions of Black women in gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock, as embodied by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight—neither of whom are as nearly well known as they deserve to be (even though […]
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Grounded, Dogs of Rwanda, and a dozen more new theater reviews
Two solo performances are among this week’s best bets.
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Parachute Men, You on the Moors Now, and eight more new theater reviews
This week’s stage highlights include three losers who (hopefully) make good and four 19th-century fictional heroines battling their would-be betrotheds.
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A pilot brings the war home in American Blues Theater’s Grounded
George Brant scores a direct hit with Grounded, his one-woman play.
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Elephant’s Graveyard has everything, including a silly script
Red Tape Theatre’s valiant, failed Elephant’s Graveyard