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Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Black No More” at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Closed Sunday, February 27, 2022)

February 15, 2022 | black no, Off-Broadway, pass over, pershing square, water for > | "Black No More", Akron Watson, Angela M. Sauers, Anthony Tidd, Antonio Brown, Brandon Victor Dixon, Daryl Waters, Derek McLane, Edward Watts, Elijah A. Carter, Emily Fischer, Ephraim Sykes, Gaelen Gilliland, Howard McGillin, James Poyser, Jeff Croiter, Jennifer Damiano, John Ridley, Leanne Antonio, Lillias White, Malaiyka Reid, Mars Rucker, Mary Page Nance, Monique Carboni, Nevin Steinberg, Nicholas Ranauro, Nicole Iovino, Nikiya Mathis, Nyla Watson, Oneika Phillips, Oween Jean, Pershing Square Signature Center, Polanco Jones Jr., Rhaamell Burke-Missouri, Ryan Fitzgerald, Sarah Meahl, Scott Elliott, Tamika Lawrence, Tariq Trotter, Telsey + Company, The New Group, Theo Stockman, Tracy Shayne, Valerie A. Peterson, Zachary Daniel Jones, Zane Mark

A clue in in the “New York Times” crossword puzzle on Tuesday, February 15th was “Prefix with futurism.” The correct answer: ‘Afrofuturism,’ defined as “a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry.” In 1931, George S. Schuyler explores the Afrofuturism literary…

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Off-Broadway Review: The New Group’s “Black No More” at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Closed Sunday, February 27, 2022)