www.broadwayworld.com: The Old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation - in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It's an antebellum fever-dream, where fear and desire entwine in the looming shadow of the Master's House. Jim trembles as Kaneisha handles melons in the cottage, Alana perspires in time with the plucking of Phillip's fiddle in the boudoir, while Dustin cowers at the heel of Gary's big, black boot in the barn. Nothing is as it seems, and yet everything is as it seems.
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I have been dying to get myself to the city to see the Slave Play on Broadway. In an article that I commented on previously, it addressed that there was some controversy regarding this show. I really admired, however, that the playwright focused less on the critics and how people were tearing the show down (before it even opened), and more on the audience of young black Americans in which he was attempting to reach. I really appreciated the way in which Adam Feldman described the show as “starting arguments”. Other critics go on to categorize the show as “uncomfortable theatre” and words such as sharp, smart, and clever. However, others have felt that the show as a shocker, and provocative. (Which makes me want to see it more!) This show for sure received both positive and negative feedback, however, it reached its goal of staring a conversation, making people uncomfortable and forcing an incredibly important issue in the spotlight whether people like it or not.
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