Fans love it. Critics don’t. After Tyler Perry, can urban theater cross over? -2

Written by Fairchick Date
: the on-
the-nose title, the uncomplicated
characters, the moralizing plot. For
years critics have dismissed the genre as lowbrow, but the crowds
that keep showing up are not
complaining. Urban theater's been going strong
for decades, employing an army of
talented people of color. Its big-
name producers are millionaires
many times over. Its shows pack
the same 3,000-seat theaters that play Tony Award winners such as
"The Lion King." Cable network
Bravo is airing a reality show that
pulls back the curtain on urban
theater super-producer JD
Lawrence's play "Your Husband Is Cheating on Us." The long canon of
successful urban
stage plays that reflect the
contemporary African American
experience runs the gamut from
Broadway's 1976 drama-and-gospel
mash-up "Your Arms Too Short to Box With God" to 2017's "Thugs and
the Women Who Love 'Em."-Washington Post

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