ColorStruck NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%

(22 Reviews)

Positive

86%

Mixed

14%

Negative

Members say

Thought-provoking, Relevant, Absorbing, Funny, Entertaining

About the Show

Comedian/actor/broadcaster Donald E. Lacy Jr.'s one-man-show offers an autobiography of a sensitive, light-skinned African American man growing up in Oakland during the height of the Black Pride movement.

"ColorStruck" recounts how, as a child, Lacy was shunned by some people in the Black community for not being dark enough and ostracized by some members in the white community for being too dark. It develops into an examination of how cultural assumptions underlie institutionalized racism and how they make us judge people by the color of their skin and not the content of their character.

Member Reviews (22)

Banal, Cliched, Excruciating, Indulgent

See it if If you do not care about a well written play. This show misses the mark.

Don't see it if If you want to see a good play or one that factually deals with race relations.

Political, Personable, Timely, Funny, Sharply observed

See it if you'd like to see stand-up comedy used to express what being a black man in the US has been like for the past half century.

Don't see it if you're looking for a fully formed play. Read more

Critic Reviews (2)

"'COLOR STRUCK' at Theater for The New City"
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For a previous production

“Directed by Sean San Jose...Donald Lacy holds the audience in rapt attention. He makes the audience chuckle when he recants memories of his grandmother...Lacy tells his tale in a mirthful way but yet is deeply serious. He does not offend but he does not hold back either...’ColorStruck’ is a play that strikes at the heart of a 'racist America' and its oppression of people of color. Its truth should not be ignored, so please go see it.”
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