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<br /> the fire of the five characters so named In Howard
<br /> L CraWs historical play F'AEf lit;THE FIVEs,
<br /> INCARNMONS OF A m aREEN,whose somhie
<br /> tvnrld premiere doses with an added SaturdaY night
<br /> performance this weekend.
<br /> why is a prcnfessional thearrical artist Was Green ridlrig
<br /> as boxcar to his next venire?In Craft's script,tie,"oswera
<br /> are crtlarvaal,ecorannic and.pen°sonal,as a gifted African
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<br /> Amerlcan conushan and singer pursues burnt•coik
<br /> rninsrrelsy in tire early rpuos,
<br /> I lie money's not,acr good any snore because the genre is
<br /> in decline,decided as a betrayal by cultural leaders and the
<br /> Nceudy formed NAACP.Even inure oftaina,ruxly,C n arr'a
<br /> bnlgtinae partner has quit,hearing that lac'll never feel deist
<br /> aagain rite r doing bl actdace.
<br /> After afl:ennerla of alynchurlg Greenruant Actor t Alphonse Nlaholson(pictured)otters Weld
<br /> cs ufront the reality of perfornaingto"a sell of faces that portrayals ins froward L.Craft's Freight.sr+oro ay MICK rMAM,
<br /> looked just like those watching that man treat and bang!'
<br /> yet Green soldiers oar down a path that can onlydend-end. vtw acrora in the reiaon possess Ure range,this challenging
<br /> Through these five,well-crafted rnoraologuesofAhicarr• solo work requirce,1.Alphonse Nicholson"s artisticfrowtir
<br /> American n lives in rile zoth century,kenaayals and dead ands conrinues with his hatenaely vivid portrayals of the five who
<br /> are featured as centrally as travel by nail,ire it work whoa arc,cane.Director hiSeph Megcl has athieved exceptional
<br /> scope,suhstance,and tyricisna recall that ofAugivit vdilsoM n eatits in pry noes outings with ahrs actor and pl rywriglrt.
<br /> °I"weirty years latter,the second Alga^l Green,a credulous Here,he rnrsruprishagly pulls the best out of both,in a show
<br /> but otherwise flood-hearted nurn,unwittingly dtrprzs drat nukes rear wonderwhat the mast atop ra on caur crrltrre'3
<br /> nbousturds as a faith healer in'"the instrument ofGod."In mystery train.
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<br /> I7�l its all i,rrfcrrmrrrrt,on the l ladle panthers err the r960s.
<br /> After the fourth G,»netts,a Hollywood actor,tires Of being
<br /> crest as pimps,thugs and drag k igpirw--in what Craft seems
<br /> to plash as Dire laflos am wer its blact knee, lie tunes has hack
<br /> unit friend in""plae l art Great Black Acton"A chf'fi nrent but
<br /> no less devastating betrayal figures tarn the final tales,"°flat
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<br /> Much ofthe suspc?ase in these five briefacts involvea
<br /> ltow-,or if--the characters surpags the roadblocks they've
<br /> either encountered or°construered for them ivat,Inthis
<br /> w<sn,+ne,the tarts,I''°rvort alludes not only to the trains on which
<br /> we rind each character,but eh:o to tine considerable baggage
<br /> ofthelegrrcyof a century or more of racial rncrluality.
<br /> l'ra choosing sit single name For five disparate characters, pledros art podoraa sec Factory/strorriftile orator
<br /> Craft invokes an Afriaa n-Ametrcan everyman who faeces for Utevature and p totmarjoa 0 al e's•Swaahr halt
<br /> mytiad changes and crhallenlles over the last century.fle also ttff-S.to run Am,MOW tbltl
<br /> nc,ady flips a conventional but by now jaded wisdorn,which pf�a f aEtJ
<br /> bends that the Haines array chant e but the stoncilneWIr do.
<br /> In thnaa world,when the names ail>an't change,either,what is wn� gh lamretiamadorar arrcaataetruryowA
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