Tristan Mack Wilds, Dyllón Burnside, Forrest McClendon and Da’Vinchi in a scene from Keenan Scott II’s “Thoughts of a Colored Man” now at the Golden Theatre (Photo credit: Julieta Cervantes) Another powerful scene is on the line for the release of the new Jordan sneaker at 11 PM at night in which four men of different ages reveal their lives over their connection to sneakers when an act of gratuitous violence occurs.

When one of the men (Da’Vinci, Lust) insults a new customer who has just moved into the renovated Franklin Building and who has accidentally revealed that he is gay, the manager played by Esau Pritchett (Wisdom) immediately cuts him down, with the demand that there be no such talk in his establishment and throws him out. Their talk is of the changes in the neighborhood, their memories and their discontent with the improvements that have made them feel they no longer belong in their community. Simmons in combinations of black, white, red and grey make it easy to follow the characters long before we know their names and their stories.Īmong the most memorable scenes is the one in Joe’s Barber Shop which brings together all of the characters as they await their turns and argue about a basketball game they are watching. The costume designs by Toni-Leslie James and Devario D. The language of the play includes urban buzz words as well as some Black slang that is usually explained in the dialogue. Robert Brill’s fluid design concept is an empty stage with a billboard on which Sven Ortel’s projections tell us where each scene takes place (a street corner, a Whole Foods store, a barbershop, a bus stop, a hospital waiting room, a park, etc.) allowing for quick transitions between the 20 segments. Da’Vinchi and Dyllón Burnside in a scene from Keenan Scott II’s “Thoughts of a Colored Man” now at the Golden Theatre (Photo credit: Julieta Cervantes)

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