Showing posts with label Karamu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karamu. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Farcical message play PURLIE VICTORIOUS at Karamu

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   “Neither Ruby Dee or Ossie Davis ever appeared in a Karamu stage production but both had significant presence and impact in the organizat...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Karamu stages the world premiere of THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE

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    Lisa Langford, the author of THE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOKSTORE, which is getting its world premiere at Karamu, the nation’s oldest African ...
Sunday, September 24, 2023

CLYDE'S @ KARAMU

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  Lynn Nottage, the author of CLYDE’S, now in production at Karamu, is the first woman to win two Pulitzer Prizes for works of drama.   She ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

BUBBLY BLACK GIRL lights up stage at Karamu

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  It’s been called “…[a] sharp and tasty new musical…charming…as the show ingeniously turns professional perkiness, the lifeblood of the Ame...
Sunday, May 08, 2022

Brilliant acting and superb script make AMERICAN MOOR a must see at Karamu

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  AMERICAN MOOR , which is now on stage at Karamu, America’s oldest Black Theatre, is a compelling exploration of Shakespeare, race, and Ame...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Relevant MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM gets strong production at Karamu

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August Wilson, the author of MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, which is now in production at Karamu, America’s oldest African American producing the...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Intense, well-written and performed, thought provoking "Paradise Blue" at Karamu

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Suzan-Lori Parks, Lynn Nottage and Tonya Barfield are noted as emerging African American playwrights.  Another member of that sororit...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Elton John and Tim Rice’s epic AIDA entertains at Karamu

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Originally planned to be a Disney animated movie, as a follow-up to Elton John and Tim Rice’s mega-hit, “The Lion King,” the stage musical...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Local playwright Eric Coble’s “The Velocity of Autumn” entertains and informs at Karamu

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Cleveland Height resident Eric Coble is the area’s most prolific and successful contemporary playwright.  His scripts have been produced l...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

History changing “Shuffle Along” to be examined by The Musical Theater Project and Karamu

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Musical theater and Broadway have been changed by some specific shows.  Included are “Oklahoma!,” the first book musical, “Hair,” and it...
Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Karamu’s “Day of Absence” loses its message due to misdirection

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  Karamu’s “Day of Absence” loses its message due to misdirection 
 
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics ...
Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Finely built “Fences” @ Karamu

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 August Wilson is considered one of the most prolific sources for documenting the twentieth century African-American experience.  His te...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Homecoming, renovations and “Letters from Zora” @ Karamu

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In September of 2015, when Tony F. Sias was appointed as President and CEO of Karamu, the country’s oldest African-American theatre, the o...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

"Passing Strange," a Black youth's search for self-identity, rocks Karamu

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“Passing Strange,” a Black youth’s search for self-identity, rocks Karamu 
 
Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association, ...
Sunday, April 08, 2018

“The Adventures of a Black Girl in Her Search for God,” misses its mark @ Karamu

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 George Bernard Shaw’s views on religion may be summarized by his statement, “People believe anything that amuses them, gratifies the...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

“Sassy Mamas” -- laughs, laughs and more laughs @ Karamu

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Sometimes theater is high drama.  At other times it’s for learning about history or philosophy.  “Sassy Mamas,” now on stage at Karamu, is...