The Good Negro

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$60.00-$70.00; $25.00 student; $20.00 Rush

About This Show

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.

Show Details

Running Time: 2hr 40min (1 intermission)
Dates: Opening Night: March 16, 2009 Final Performance: April 19, 2009

Theatermania Review

| | March 16, 2009
Tracey Scott Wilson’s play about the human flaws of 1960s Civil Rights leaders is at times maddeningly simplistic.

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