Center Rep production of interactive musical “Crowns” encourages crowd to holler and clap to the rhythms at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center.
The show follows young Yolanda, a teen from Brooklyn who, after the murder of her idolized older brother, has been sent to live with her grandmother in Louisiana. Resentful at first, the young, hip woman finds herself embraced by her grandmother’s group of friends and introduced to a powerful set of rituals, not to mention roof-raising musical numbers.
Antonia Reed, a brilliant actress who manages to look tough and vulnerable at the same time, plays Yolanda with Juanita Harris and her striking vocals as her grandmother, Mother Shaw. Nina Ball created the beautiful arches for the church set with Ben Rawson adding his evocative lighting. Using a silk-like slip as the basic costume for the church ladies, costumer Ulises Alcala added brilliantly colored jackets and over garments. Then there are the beautifully fabricated hats, several of which were supplied on-loan from Taylor’s mother, Myrtice Marie Turner.
“Crowns” runs through Oct. 6 at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts with an ASL-interpreted performance at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1. For tickets, call 925-943-7469 or go toGet ready to mix it up with the ghost of John Barrymore as Plotline Theatre presents “I Hate Hamlet.” Directed by Suzan Lorraine, the fun comedy runs Sept. 29-Oct. 15 at Martinez Campbell Theatre, 636 Ward St..
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