Energy of the Stage
Banner Image Credit: PJ Loughran (American, born 1973), Headed for Montgomery, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, 2015, written by Lynda Blackmon …
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“There really was not a whole lot of thought put into my life,” says Tara Ochs, who wrote and performs “White Woman in Progress” at 7 Stages. “If it sounded fun, I did it. Luckily it seems to work out.”
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“New,” “local” and “race” are among the words that best describe the Alliance‘s 2016-17 season, one worthy of a major regional American theater.
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There’s only so much history one can get from a two-hour musical. But “Motown the Musical” — with its 66 hit songs — reminds us how Berry Gordy’s vision helped create an America in which both blacks and whites were “Dancing in the Streets.”
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“Whenever we think about something in 1967 it feels so foreign,” says Kamilah Forbes, who directs “Detroit ’67” at True Colors Theatre Company. “But now we have too many touch points to know how that feels.”
Read MoreThe Best of Enemies at Theatrical Outfit is based on the true story that inspired Osha Gray Davidson’s 1996 book of the same name. Despite prejudice and fear, a civil …
Read MoreA fascinating discussion happened at the Alliance Theatre last month between the Alliance’s resident playwright Pearl Cleage, Broadway legend Tovah Feldshuh (currently appearing in Golda’s Balcony), civil rights activist Elisabeth …
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