Stella Adler Theatre (Hollywood, CA)
In No Place To Be Somebody, an overly ambitious black bartender of questionable character tries to take over a white Mafia-controlled area. Confrontational dealings with ex-convicts, hustlers, prostitutes, and others result in fatal consequences.
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Enjoyed the play. The acting is good and storyline is realistic. It started out rather slow, but ended with a bang. Was disappointed (for cast) with attendance. There were only 8 people in theater. Hopefully, that is not the norm. They deserve a full house.
The Stella Adler Theatre, located on Hollywood Boulevard, features 99 seats in an intimate setting that includes a lobby/reception area and speakeasy.
Charles Gordone's play No Place to Be Somebody (1969) recounts the happenings in a New York City bar and the past 15 years in the life of its African American owner Johnny Williams. As part of the larger theme of the thwarted ambitions of motley bar patrons consisting of ex-convicts, hustlers, prostitutes, politicians, and artists, Johnny, rankled by a history of poor race relations, eagerly awaits the prison release of his mentor Sweets Crane to initiate a racketeering scheme and to claim a share of the organized crime market. However, after 10 years of incarceration, Sweets is a reformed old man whose recidivism and “Charlie fever” are tempered by poor health and religion. Framed in all three acts by the multiple voices of Gab Gabriel, who simultaneously serves as writer, chorus, and aspiring actor in the play, No Place to Be Somebody examines the individual and communal struggle for identity and the potential destruction and regeneration this enterprise entails.
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