The Good Negro
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 16, 2009
Closed Apr 19, 2009
Opened Mar 16, 2009
Closed Apr 19, 2009
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Running Time:
2hr. 40min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 40min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Public Theater presents The Good Negro, written by Tracey Scott Wilson, and directed by Liesl Tommy.
Straight from a sold out run during our inaugural season of Public LAB, this gripping new play rips through the pages of history to uncover the human story at the heart of the 1960's American Civil Rights Movement. In the increasingly hostile South, tensions build as a trio of emerging black leaders attempt to conquer their individual demons amidst death threats from the Klan and wire taps by the FBI. Through personal and intimate stories inspired by the political upheavals of the era, The Good Negro examines the human frailties behind the historic headlines.
A co-production with Dallas Theater Center.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Never really started
I have to say this left me a bit disappointed. There seemed to be only one moment of sparkling engagement. Trying not to be a conformer to expectations, but it felt like it never really took off. Don't get me wrong, one or two of the characters were colorful but the story and script did not allow for the depth that draws us into a play.
Embarrassingly, you could hear the audience mumble as they did not know or believe that the play had ended.
I would like to see this play has been re-scripted or perhaps, adapted by another.
Reviewed by nardtruth
on Saturday, Apr 18th, 2009
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was no saint. But that didn't stop him from becoming one of the most influential and beloved leaders of the twentieth century. Tracey Scott Wilson's The Good Negro, now at the Public Theater, looks at a thinly disguised King, exposing some of his flaws and demonstrating the imperfections that afflict even our greatest heroes. But while the subject matter and some of the writing is engaging, the two hour-and-forty-minute work is sometimes maddeningly simplistic even as it tries to unearth the complexities of the volatile situation it depicts.
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