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Theater Review: Topdog/Underdog

by xoJohn

Writer: Suzan-Lori Parks

Director: Kenny Leon

Cast: Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul–Mateen II

Lincoln and Booth are a pair of down-and-out brothers forced by circumstance to share a single room. Abandoned by their parents at a young age the duo have relied on their wits and cunning to survive over the years. Lincoln is a con man who specializes in the popular hustle 3 Card Monte and Booth adept thief known to boost from select stores. As adults, they are forced into a shared domicile after Lincoln’s marriage falls apart.

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Review: Stick Fly on Broadway

by xoJohn

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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