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| NEW - THE HOMECOMING QUEEN - Talkin' Broadway's Review | |
| Posted by: T.B._Admin. 09:58 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| David Hurst takes a look at The Homecoming Queen: Presented last summer in a workshop by New York Stage and Film & Vassar at the Powerhouse Theater, Ngozi Anyanwu's The Homecoming Queen is now receiving its world premiere production at the Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2. An emotionally charged play about a Nigerian woman, Kelechi, played with raw strength by Mfoniso Udofia, forced to deal with a turbulent past when she returns home for the first time in fifteen years to care for her aging father, The Homecoming Queen is a powerful exploration of a familiar story. Contrary to Thomas Wolfe, Kelechi can and does go home again, but the emotional baggage she finds waiting for her in Nigeria throws her life into chaos and is the basis for the structural conflict in Anyanwu's deeply felt play. . . . |
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| re: NEW - THE HOMECOMING QUEEN ****SPOILER REQUEST**** | |
| Last Edit: gad90210 11:08 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| Posted by: gad90210 11:05 am EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: NEW - THE HOMECOMING QUEEN - Talkin' Broadway's Review - T.B._Admin. 09:58 pm EST 01/22/18 | |
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| Mr. Hurst, I saw the Homecoming Queen Saturday night and really enjoyed the show and your review as well. I agree with you that it was marvelously directed and acted. But, like you, I also had trouble with the flashbacks, although the audience was clued in, mainly by Kaleshi's accented English when she was younger, and mannerisms, etc. I would have like something more definitive. Maybe a change in lighting? I also wanted to point out that Mfoniso Udofia, who did a great job portraying Kaleshi, the main character, is also an accomplished playwright. Two of her works, Her Portmanteau and Sojourners, were produced by NYTW not long ago, and I had the good fortune to see and love both of them. I wanted to ask you ****SPOILER REQUEST **** what was the thing that Kaleshi did that was important and easily missed? If you are referred to the flashback in which she is calling out to the various men involved in the attack, I did not understand that fully during the show but my theater partner did pick up on it, as we discussed after the show. Was she calling out for them to be killed or something? Or was it something else she did? ******END OF SPOILER REQUEST**** Thank you for not revealing spoilers in your review! |
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