On the Levee
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 28, 2010
Closed Jul 10, 2010
Opened Jun 28, 2010
Closed Jul 10, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Based on a true story, On the Levee is a play with music that revisits the Greenville, Mississippi flood of 1927, the worst in U.S. history before Hurricane Katrina. At the heart of the story are two fathers (a white cotton farmer and an African-American bootblack) and their sons.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:Vital Theater!
I was pleasantly surprised by On The Levee! Playwright Marcus Gardley proclaims this show to be "vital theater" because its vitally important that people examine the similarities between the Great Flood of 1927 and Hurricane Katrina. This wonderful show did jus that. It included a solid cast of actors who performed so well that I didnt mind the show being a teeny bit too long because I was engaged throughout the majority of the production. The juke joint scenes were my favorite as they were wonderfully vibrant and the stage setting was equally appealing too. I simply loved Amari Cheatham as the juke joint owner and was really happy to see his range and growth as an actor. This piece is higly poetic. As a lover of words, I found the language simply beautiful, but the density of the work required my utmost attention. Im so glad to add Marcus Gardley to my "playwrights-to-watch" list! His work is complex, interesting and original and I really look forward to seeing another one of his productions. ?
Reviewed by pathouser
on Monday, Jun 28th, 2010
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Eighty-three years before Hurricane Katrina washed away much of New Orleans -- where reparations are yet incomplete -- the 1927 flood in Mississippi and Louisiana caused destruction so devastating it hastened the rise of Governor Huey Long and the election of President Herbert Hoover on restoration promises that were never kept.
That act of nature, with its biblical-dimension rains, is the subject of Marcus Gardley's new play,
On the Levee, now being presented by LCT3 at the Duke on 42nd Street. The three-act piece, conceived and directed with sensitive urgency by Lear deBessonet, is officially described as "a play with music." But it is better called a compact historical pageant -- and it[...]