The Blacks: A Clown Show
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 11, 2003
Closed Apr 6, 2003
Opened Mar 11, 2003
Closed Apr 6, 2003
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The Classical Theater of Harlem's (CTH) highly acclaimed production of Jean Genet's avant-garde classic The Blacks: A Clown Show transfers downtown.
The play is a poetic, absurd, and entertaining ritual of power, manipulation and identity that tells the story of a troupe of black actors who reenact the ritualistic rape and murder of a white woman before a court of black actors elaborately masked as caricatures of the English upper class. Christopher McElroen directs.
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The theater has never felt more dangerous than it does in Classical Theater of Harlem's revival of Jean Genet's 1959 play The Blacks: A Clown Show. Christopher McElroen, co-founder and executive director of the company, has directed an electrifying production that is bound to cause discomfort amongst audience members -- particularly if they're white.
Currently playing at the East Thirteenth Street Theater (the home of Classic Stage Company), the show immerses spectators in a fully interactive environment. The audience is seated in white swivel chairs in order to observe the goings-on in all parts of the theater. Cast members occasionally walk amongst the seats, holding private conversations[...]