Ebony Powers: ‘Manifesto’ at Brava
Rotimi Agbabiaka delivers another winning solo show satirizing race, sexuality, and hunger for fame.
Christmas Movie Round-Up 2019
A Christmas screen-hop features Black Power, White romance, and Sci-Fi. Guess which one I loved?
Salvation at last: ‘Kill Move Paradise’ at Shotgun
Shotgun delivers one of the year’s best shows with James Ijames’ meditation on Black lives ended too soon.
Happy if She were Nappy: Thoughts on the Greatest X-Man
When the MCU reboots the ‘X-Men’ film series, here’s the one change they NEED to make.
So… I finally saw ‘Hamilton’ last week
Through sheer lottery luck, I finally saw that show everyone’s been talking about for 3 1/2 years. Verdict?
With Attitude: ‘Nigga-Roo’ at The EXIT
Dazié Grego-Sykes’ incendiary Fringe solo show gets a full staging (such as it is) at EXIT Stage Left.
Belated Black History Month Double-Feature: ‘The Last Sermon of Sister Imani’ by TheatreF1rst and ‘Her Portmanteau’ at ACT
In which I catch up with two brand new Bay Area shows based exclusively around Black women.
And what a Lovely Tale it is: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Barry Jenkins uses James Baldwin’s classic novel to create one of the best films of 2018.
Here’s Why I ‘Hate’ It: ‘The Hate U Give’ – A Black Man’s (angry, incoherent) Review
Angie Thomas’ best-selling novel becomes a hypocritical melodrama that exploits BlackLivesMatter.
Not quite Detroit’s Finest: ‘Detroit ‘67’ Bay Area Premiere at Aurora Theatre
One of the most volatile events in US history is the backdrop for an ultimately toothless story at the Aurora.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 