For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Broadway) NYC Reviews and Tickets
About the Show
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See it if You want an authentic representation of the black female experience, including music and dance.
Don't see it if You want a more conventional musical or stage show, or you can't handle disturbing material. Read more
See it if you want to see poetry on stage. This show is more of a living piece of art than a play. Truly exquisite acting with a great ensemble cast!
Don't see it if you want a more traditional theater experience.
See it if you want a great staging of a classic and relevant work.
Don't see it if you want a traditional structure. this is a series of poems so if that's not your thing do not see it.
See it if this producition is better than the one staged at the public - the women make this material come to life -trauma is real
Don't see it if this play can be triggering so there needs to be some trigger warning. will make you laugh and cry, -the topics ar heavy and real
See it if A singular theatrical experience … hard to believe 46years old. Some stories remain the same. Such talent,…raw, visceral.
Don't see it if Lacks subtlety (all cylinders shooting firing without reprieve) … sit back and absorb or sit forward and contemplate.
See it if you are looking for a non linear, absorbing 90 minute show with beautiful movement
Don't see it if you are looking for a linear play/musical
See it if you love to see dance, poetry, music combine to tell stories so honest that the audience shutters. This show is enthralling.
Don't see it if you prefer sentimentality over reality. But if you want some honest heart felt talk - run to this show!
See it if American Classic that all should see.
Don't see it if If the struggles of African Americans make you uncomfortable then skip!
Critic Reviews (22)
"“For Colored Girls” is an assertion of the right to own all of the feelings and all of the colors of experience. It pulses and pulses with life, singing a Black girl’s song. And in Brown’s sublime and supple channeling, we hear Shange with exquisite clarity."
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"This version of 'for colored girls' truly does feel like a choreopoem, Shange’s term for her amalgamation of words, motion and music. (The percussive original score is by Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby). The seven women on stage are barefoot, and their movement—which draws on African-American traditions including juba, stepping and social dance—feels organic, natural and triumphant."
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"Not to get too mystical about it, but this impeccably performed, exquisitely choreographed revival manages the same for many of us out there in the dark. Dance, said Shange, allowed her to understand the planet the way “atomic particles experience space.” If that’s so, then atomic particles must love each other wildly. They must always be so grateful to see each other, whenever gravity — or a revival — draws them back into one another’s arms."
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"The magic of Brown’s version of 'for colored girls' is that it fashions the choreopoem as an invitation. Even Lady in Red’s devastating monologue about escaping an abusive relationship blurs the boundary between audience and actor; with the background dark and a single spotlight illuminating the performer, it feels like the story is being told to you and you alone."
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"Throughout the production, themes of visibility filter through every enunciated breath and rhythmic melody. With the ladies’ natural crowns beautified with box braids, locs and shaped afros, the impressive ensemble of seven performers seamlessly works in tandem to create a kaleidoscope of dazzling Black femininity, making it impossible to look away. Every woman here has a story, a complication or an awakening deserving of an ear. Or several."
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"The vibrant new revival, directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, recaptures the show’s pioneering, even radical spirit; it remains a show that stands apart, even as explorations of black experience have proliferated in the theater in the years since."
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"Shange’s fantasia of poetry, dance and stories of confession, defiance, sisterhood and, above all, perseverance, holds a power that’s not been weakened either by decades or the loss of a once startling newness."
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"The play comes across, unfortunately, as an antiquated time machine that’s at odds with the current conversation. Being a glimpse into a specific, different era would be OK — plenty of revivals fit that bill — but “for colored girls” seems awfully intent on speaking forcefully to the present moment. A strong connection to today, however, is nowhere to be found."
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