PLAY REVIEW: ‘Choir Boy’ By Tarell Alvin McCraney | Directed by Jamil Jude | 5th Avenue/ACT at the Allen Theatre through Oct. 23
CHARACTER. ACHIEVEMENT. INTEGRITY. TRUTH. EXCELLENCE. HONOR.
Looming above the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys — an all-Black, all-male school contained within downtown’s A Contemporary Theatre — these words demonstrate what is expected of the boys followed in “Choir Boy,” written by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Jamil Jude. The audience is welcomed warmly to a graduation ceremony, as Headmaster Marrow (Arlando Smith) smiles on. This is a time of tradition, anticipation and relief. ...