“What a joyous, sad, beautiful piece it is — muscular, vibrant, deeply tender”
In 1976 Ntozake Shange wrote a seminal work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf. Ryan Calais Cameron now responds with For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy: a meditation on black masculinity. And what a joyous, sad, beautiful piece it is — muscular, vibrant, deeply tender. Taking the rough shape of a therapy group, the show presents us with six young black men on a near empty stage, who take turns to step forward and talk about their experiences.
Financial Times
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