Fly is a soaring piece of work that portrays a sense of the battles faced by the Tuskegee Airmen even before they took to the sky. Co- written by Ricardo Khan and Trey Ellis, and beautifully directed by Khan, Fly brings history to life in depicting four black aviators who beat the odds and flew […]
Archives for October 1, 2012
Fly
The Rape of Lucrece
Whenever a Shakespeare play is “modernized,” “updated,” or otherwise altered to appeal to a contemporary audience, it’s important to be skeptical, for we would hate to witness a poor reinvention of the wheel. The catch with Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s new production at the Capital Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) is that Shakespeare’s “The Rape of […]
The return of P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical to Imagination Stage
As a celebration of youthful exuberance and a medium for entertaining young people, P.Nokio is first-rate. Imagination Stage already has a well-deserved reputation for supporting new playwrights and fostering theatrical experiments that stretch the boundaries of the tried and true. Author/director Psalmayene 24, “Psalm”, is a home grown D.C. area artist. In backing Psalm’s effort […]