Family Drama River Niger at The Los Angeles Theatre Center
The Los Angeles Theatre Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Rated 4.0 by 3 members who went.
Husband, father, house painter, and warrior poet Johnny Williams looks forward to his son Jeff's return as a navigator for the United States Air Force. But Johnny's pride in his son's achievement takes an uncharted turn when Jeff comes home and the family discovers the results of his education. The stakes are very high, but the family is armed with love, devotion, loyalty, and the martial spirit to fight the good fight.
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Quotes & Highlights
- A drama of considerable power. --The New York Post
- Leaves you with the impression that you've been inside a living situation in which real people struggle, hope, win, lose, die and live. --Daily World
- The best play of the Season! Brooding, compassionate and luminous. --Bergen Record
- Read the River Niger blog for updates on the production.
More Information
Website: http://www.robeytheatrecompany.com/
Written by Joseph A. Walker
Directed by Dwain A. Perry
Husband, father, house painter, and warrior poet Johnny Williams looks forward to his son Jeff's return as a navigator for the United States Air Force. But Johnny's pride in his son's achievement takes an uncharted turn when Jeff comes home and the family discovers the results of his education. And when Mattie, the matriarch of the Williams family, learns another lethal fact, things begin to unravel. The re-entrance of Mo, Jeff's life-long friend, and Mo's militant followers - with their current take on how to wage "The Revolution" - compounds the already heightened tension in the Williams home. The stakes are very high, but the family is armed with love, devotion, loyalty, and the martial spirit to fight the good fight. Winner of the Obie award the Negro Ensembles Company's production of The River Niger exploded on Broadway at the Brooks Atkins Theatre in 1973.
