It will present film screenings, concerts and cabarets, dance workshops by New York City Ballet and rehearsals. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will relaunch on April 7, World Health Day, with “Restart Stages,” which will consist of 10 new outdoor venues. Lincoln Center to build multivenue outdoor complex “These canopies harken back to our founding but they are also emblems of joyful renewal…This season allows us to build a bridge to 2022 and beyond, when we will be able to return to large -scale productions in our four theaters,” Stratford artistic director Antoni Cimolino said in a statement. Each will present slimmed -down, 90-minute productions in newly – created outdoor venues that only allow for limited audience capacities. Two major summertime performing arts festivals, the Stratford Festival of Ontario and the Glimmerglass Festival of Cooperstown, are moving forward with performances this summer. Stratford and Glimmerglass plan for outdoor summer seasons Similarly, a few blocks away, the producers of the upcoming revival of “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman have installed a marquee at the Winter Garden Theatre, providing a hopeful glimpse of the future. Last week, the show’s marquee was installed at the Golden Theatre on 45 th Street, making it clear that it will open on Broadway once it reopens. It’s a unique theatrical experience that puts you directly in the life of the black man in America today.‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ raises marquee on Broadwayīack in November, it was announced that “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a new drama by poet and playwright Keenan Scott II exploring the lives of seven Black men in Brooklyn, will play Broadway. I highly recommend Thoughts of a Colored Man. As always production values and presentation is top notch at Syracuse Stage. The entire cast is sensational and vivid and it is expertly directed by Steve H. Perhaps that is the point, though that subtext isn’t necessaryĭespite its episodic nature and aversion to plot, the play is brisk and both moving and entertaining. The subject matter and the characters are so interesting that a direct presentation works best. These choices feel like they were made by a young playwright, but a hopeful, honest and unpretentious playwright. A little nuance, subtext and irony might have added depth. When the character names of Wisdom, Passion Depression, Lust, Happiness, Love and Anger are revealed, it’s a bit on the nose, just like the title. It never feels like a scene is about an important “issue.” Of course there are conversations that have nothing to do with serious issues at all, as well.
The dialogue is never preachy and despite the important thoughts, the play always feels conversational and natural. Topics range from neighborhood gentrification, loss of culture, self-defeatist materialism to the constant fear of dying by gun violence.
As the scenes play out with the nameless characters, the black man’s life in 21st Century America is illuminated. Playwright Keenan Scott II has tremendous skill with language and characterization, his world feels authentic, without sacrificing theatricality.
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Thoughts of a Colored Man, is a series of vignettes between black men in an urban, concrete landscape beautifully realized by scenic designer Sven Ortel. (WWNY) - Artistic Director, Robert Hupp has made a point to produce new plays at Syracuse Stage and their latest production is another good choice.
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