Stick Fly the award-winning play by Lydia R. Diamond is having its first Broadway run after successful engagements in Boston and Washington D.C. at The Cort Theater on West 48th Street. Directed by Kenny Leon, the play puts a spotlight on the upper-class Black-American experience. Martha’s Vineyard is the setting for a play that confronts issues of race, class and paternal responsibility. The play is that rare thing a successful dramedy that mixes tragedy and comedy sometimes within the same scene.
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The minute I received the invite to attend a performance by Rosie’s Kids, I pictured 5-year-olds in tutus, and sunflower hats singing “You Are My Sunshine” followed by a medley of preschool classics. The way I saw it I’d smile and enjoy a cute little performance by cute little kids and while still riding high on all that sweetness I’d attend the after-party at the penthouse and “treat” myself to a little grown-up liquid candy supplied by sponsor 
