[NEohioPAL]Cool Cleveland Review: for colored girls who have considered

Mon Sep 27 10:52:31 PDT 2004

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Cool Cleveland Review: for colored girls who have considered
suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," Sure to be one of the highlights of =
the
season (OH)
 http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/Current
> for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf =
@
Karamu House 9/17
> What: Full of dance, music, and blisteringly truthful poetry,
> Ntozake Shange's Obie-award winning 1972 work about a woman's soul is =
as
fresh and cutting-edge as ever in this amazing revival. Sure to be one =
of
the highlights of the season.
> Reasons to go: Shange's writing is, simply, awesome. And director =
Terrence
Spivey does her proud with a cast who can blow the roof off the house. A
powerful ensemble of eight women conjure a juju of remembrance, humor, =
rage,
and healing - sparkling like jewels in Kathryn Tobasko's =
African-inspired
costumes. Everybody has moments where she shines, but feisty Corene =
Woodford
as The Lady in Green nails the love payback time in "somebody almost =
walked
off wid alla my stuff" and "no assistance". Monte Escalante is sinuous =
and
lithe as a tiger as The Lady in Purple. And the incomparable Nina =
Domingue
turns a story about a domestic violence episode into a soul-shaking =
Greek
tragedy. The poetry rocks, the choreography sizzles, and the women are =
so
passionate and beautiful and alive that you could dig this show even if =
you
didn't understand a word. So why aren't you calling that reservation =
number
now? Backstory: Karamu's new Artistic Director Terrence Spivey made a =
name
for himself in NYC with this 2001 production by his off-off-Broadway =
company
Powerful Long Ladder, and remounted at Karamu with an all-Cleveland =
cast.
> Target audience: Dance-lovers, music-lovers, theatre-lovers,
poetry-lovers, love-lovers. Teens & up; Shange doesn't mince words about =
sex
in all of its colors.
> Details: Karamu, 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland. 216-795-7070. Through =
10/17.
http://www.karamu.com. from Cool Cleveland contributor Linda Eisenstein
Linda at coolcleveland.com

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cutting-edge as ever in this amazing revival. Sure to be one of the=20
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awesome. And director Terrence Spivey does her proud with a cast who =
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