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Article: Caldron of emotions in 'Kitchen'; West Indian characters surviving in London.(SHOW)(THEATER)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2005
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Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The winter theater season gets off to a tough but compelling start with the American premiere of Kwame Kwei-Armah's "Elmina's Kitchen," a sobering play about West Indian immigrants living in Hackney, a London neighborhood known for its polyglot gangs and its "Murder Mile."
Fans of British television may know Mr. Kwei-Armah for his long-running stint on the BBC medical drama "Casualty" and as a participant in the reality show "Fame Academy." Inspired by the jazzy musicality and languid riffs of American playwright August Wilson, Mr. Kwei-Armah began writing for the theater.
"Elmina's Kitchen" was ...