The new Off-Broadway revival of Lonne Elder III's Ceremonies in Dark Old Men opened April 28, and the reviews are rolling in. Playing the Theatre at St. Clements, performances continue through May 18, with Clinton Turner Davis at the helm.
The work, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, premiered Off-Broadway in 1969 via Negro Ensemble Company, which is co-presenting this revival with Peccadillo Theater Company and Eric Falkenstein.
Norm Lewis leads the cast, sharing the stage with Felicia Boswell, James Foster Jr., Morgan Siobhan Green, Jeremiah Packer, Calvin M. Thompson, and Bryce Michael Wood. Casting is by Robin Carus.
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The Front Row Center (Tulis McCall)
Hollywood Press Corps (Cinthia Menutole)
New York Theatre Guide (Austin Fimmano)
The New York Times (Juan A. Ramírez)*
Off Off Online (Stanford Friedman)
TheaterScene.net (Victor Gluck)
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Elder's play is set in 1950s New York, centering on a widowed father, a barber who used to be a vaudeville performer whose life is thrown into turmoil when his daughter's long-standing resentments come to a head as his two sons' criminal enterprise unravels.
The production features scenic design by Harry Feiner, costume design by Isabel Rubio, and lighting design by Jimmy Lawlor. The producing team also includes Willette and Manny Klausner, David S. Stone, Linda Powell, Jamie deRoy, Annaleise Loxton, and Jamila Ponton Bragg.
Tickets are at ThePeccadillo.com.
Norm Lewis and Jeremiah Packer in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Scenic design of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Clinton Turner Davis and company of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Company of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood and Calvin M. Thompson in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Felicia Boswell and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis and Felicia Boswell in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Jeremiah Packer, Norm Lewis, and Bryce Wood in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Morgan Siobahn Green and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
James Foster Jr. and Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis and James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis, Bryce Wood, and James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Bryce Wood in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Calvin M. Thompson in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Jeremiah Packer in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Morgan Siobahn Green in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
James Foster Jr. in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Felicia Boswell in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Norm Lewis in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
