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   Mar 26, 2023 · DIRECTED BY STEVIE WALKER-WEBB. Obie-winning playwright Marcus Gardley (upcoming film adaptation of The Color Purple, The House That Will Not Stand) blends classic mythology, African-American history, and modern theatricality to create the poetic black odyssey.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2023/02/26 › theaterReview: ‘Black Odyssey’ Sails Through Black Past and Present

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   Feb 26, 2023 · But that isn’t to say that what the poet-playwright Marcus Gardley has accomplished in his often stunning but also muddled “black odyssey,” which opened Sunday, is any less impressive for...

5. www.playbill.com › article › opening-february-26Marcus Gardley's Black Odyssey, Reimagining the ... - Playbill

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   Classic Stage Company 's production of Marcus Gardley 's black odyssey officially opens its world premiere Off-Broadway in the Lynn F. Angelson Theater February 26. Previews began February...

6. thetheatretimes.com › black-odyssey-an-intimate-epic"black odyssey:" An Intimate Epic - The Theatre Times

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   May 14, 2019 · USA, 2019. Photo Credit: Maggie Hall. The poetic epic by Marcus Gardley, black odyssey, presented at the Central Square Theater in a co-production by The Front Porch Arts Collective and Underground Railway Theater, is a can’t miss theatre event. While the play will certainly provide deep connections for aficionados of Greek mythology and ...

7. stageandcinema.com › 2023/02/26 › black-odyssey-cscOff-Broadway Review: BLACK ODYSSEY (Classic Stage Company)

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   Feb 26, 2023 · In black odyssey written by Marcus Gardley and currently running at Classic Stage Company, Mr. Gardley steps again into his creative sandbox of African American history, Americana, mythology, heightened language and magical realism.

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8. www.theatermania.com › black-odyssey_94910Review: An Epic Journey Through History and Culture in Black ...

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   Feb 27, 2023 · Marcus Gardley’s playful riff on Homer makes its New York premiere at Classic Stage Company. Kenji Fujishima. Off-Broadway. February 27, 2023. Adrienne C. Moore, Lance Coadie Williams,...

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   Who is Marcus Gardley?

   • Marcus Gardley (playwright) is an acclaimed poet-playwright-screenwriter whom The New Yorker describes as “the heir to Garcia Lorca, Pirandello and Tennessee Williams.” In 2019, he was named the Library Laureate of San Francisco by the city’s mayor and the recipient of the 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award.

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   Who directed Black Odyssey?

   • "black odyssey" by Marcus Gardley and directed by Benny Sato Ambush. Presented at the Central Square Theater in a co-production by Underground Railway Theater and The Front Porch. USA, 2019. Photo Credit: Maggie Hall

   "black odyssey:" An Intimate Epic - The Theatre Times

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   Is Black Odyssey an invention or a recognition of herculean effort?

   • In black odyssey by Marcus Gardley, the playwright exposes some epic fails in that mythology by inventing some epic mythology of his own. But is it an invention or long overdue recognition of Herculean effort? In the guise of Ulysses Lincoln, Gardley seems to be illustrating that, for Black people, survival in America is often a struggle.

   Off-Broadway Review: BLACK ODYSSEY (Classic Stage Company)

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   What do you think of Black Odyssey?

   • While black odyssey is about many things, my own takeaway is its emphasis on community. The play succeeds in bringing the audience into a community in a way only live theatre can. See this play.

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10. www.kqed.org › arts › 13805506'Black Odyssey' Evokes Emmett Till, Hurricane Katrina... and ...

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    Aug 16, 2017 · The California Shakespeare Theater ’s West Coast premiere of Marcus Gardley’s Black Odyssey is a cause for double celebration: one, for the company’s commitment to a Shakespearian tradition that I wish were a vital part of contemporary American theater and isn’t; and, two, for bringing to full life Gardley’s rather astonishing play, which has th...