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    Choir Boy
    Choir Boy
    Choir Boy
    Ebook146 pages1 hour

    Choir Boy

    By Tarell Alvin McCraney

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    "An exhilarating, multi-layered new play."The Guardian

    "Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work."Daily News

    "Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . . but McCraney's speech holds its own, locating poetry even in casual vernacular and again demonstrating his gift for simile and metaphor."The Village Voice

    The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as leader of the school's legendary gospel choir, but can he find his way inside the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key? Known for his unique brand of urban lyricism, Tarrell Alvin McCraney follows up his acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays with this affecting portrait of a gay youth trying to find the courage to let the truth about himself be known. Set against the sorrowful sounds of hymns and spirituals, Choir Boy premiered at the Royal Court in London before receiving its Off-Broadway premiere in summer 2013 to critical and popular acclaim.

    Tarell Alvin McCraney is author of The Brother/Sister Plays: The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet. Other works include Wig Out!, set in New York's drag clubs, and The Breach, which deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His awards include the 2009 Steinberg Playwrights Award and the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTheatre Communications Group
    Release dateJan 11, 2016
    ISBN9781559367820
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    • 5/5
      A touching, moving, rich story. Written with a tender, sweet voice. I cared about everyone. But, Pharus and AJ made me smile the most. I would love to see this play on stage one day, since I missed it the first time around.
    • 5/5
      Such a rolling with-it narrative, such moving interplay among learned young people, such recognizable tenets of the UnMelting-Pot state of our contemporary behaviors. In my quick reading of the play, way more is left unsaid and unread than is said and: read yet it all congeals and leaves me mightily humbled.
    • 3/5
      My rating for this script is mostly due to how poorly the ebook I read was published. It caused some difficulty in following the story, and sadly of course much of the power that is found in the musical element of the story was lost. I was only able to truly emotionally connect with the dialogue once I was able to look up some clips of some live performances. It is a strong commentary on race and homosexuality and the desires we have. I look forward to hopefully seeing this performed live one day and looking into an audiobook version to reread. It is a shame that Tarell Alvin McCraney's genius is lost in a poorly published edition of his work.

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