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Article: Hughes' Black Nativity tells story of virgin birth from black angle
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- Bay State Banner
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- December 18, 2003
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Pittman, Asa
Bay State Banner
12-18-2003
Penned by a literary legend, produced by a living legend, and performed by
musical legends-in-the-making, it's no wonder Black Nativity has thrived on
the Boston theater circuit for 34 years.
Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes conceived the colloquial
African-American retelling of the birth of Jesus Christ in 1961. Eight
years later, Elma Lewis, founder and director of the National Center of
Afro-American Artists, Inc., staged Black Nativity in Boston, casting the
play with artists from the community and students from her own fine arts
school.
Since then, the production has had several homes throughout the city --
this year it graces the historic Tremont ...