Black Nativity

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A person would have to be chockful of "bah-humbug" not to fall head over snowboots for the tomfoolery that The Classical Theatre of Harlem makes of
Black Nativity, now at the Duke on 42nd Street. Poet Langston Hughes -- who died in 1967 -- would undoubtedly be surprised to discover that director Alfred Preisser and company have decided this time to update his 1961 work to 1973 and lodge the Biblical characters in New York City's 42nd Street Port Authority. But he'd undoubtedly also be delighted at the refurbishing, since Preisser's thought is that were Mary and Joseph seeking shelter in Manhattan 24 years ago, the Port Authority waiting-rooms might be the manger equivalent they'd find for[...]