When an old man in a play calls his daughter a pussyhole, you’re right to cringe. But there’s something about Alfred, principle character in Kwei-Armah’s Let There Be Love at Centerstage, that makes one want to give him a pass even as that phrase hangs ...
“You once said that Nat and Lillie had answers to every question in the world. What should I play to give me answer to stop this?” In this line, Maria (Gretchen Hall), a Polish immigrant in her twenties, appeals to the music of Nat ...