Far ‘Too Proud’ of Itself: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ at Berkeley Rep
“You only filled me with despair By showing love that wasn’t there Just like the desert shows a thirsty man …
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Wandering All Over: ‘black odyssey’ at Cal Shakes
“Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not …
Only a Fraction of an Idea: ‘An Octoroon’ at Berkeley Rep
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength …
Same ‘song’: ‘brownsville song (b-side for tray)’ at Shotgun
CR: “Why can’t we get some good Black movies?” SL: “What about Rosewood?” CR: “No, Rosewood wasn’t good – Rosewood …
The ‘How’ and Why: ‘How to Be a White Man’ by Faultline Theater
“My mother and father were always pushing me away from secondhand answers—even the answers they themselves believed. I don’t know …
Delusion of ‘Grandeur’: Han Ong’s Gil Scott-Heron play at The Magic
“You’re in a position to have somebody do something that they really want to do, and it was not something …
Where the Heart is: ‘Home’ at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
“At the very same time that America refused to give the Negro any land, through an act of Congress our …
The Gift of ‘Gab’: ‘Hedda Gabler’ at Cutting Ball
“I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.” – Henrik Ibsen, …
Swinging for the ‘Fences’
“My greatest influence has been the blues. And that’s a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best …
