The Theater: He Done Her Wrong

FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/ WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF by NTOZAKE SHANGE

In poetry, the self wrestles with the self. In drama, the self wrestles with others. It is difficult to reconcile these disparate angles of vision. Ntozake Shange almost succeeds, and she has created a poignant, gripping, angry and beautiful theater work.

Seven black actress-dancers, costumed in solid colors with the stark simplicity of a Greek chorus, deliver dramatic monologues about being black, blue, and bruised by love. The tension of the evening stems from two separate strands of emotion....

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