M Ensemble's Harlem Duet Is Thought-Provoking But Wildly Uneven Look at Race and Sex by Bill Hirschman

Playwright Djanet Sears has crafted an intriguing contemplation of the intersection of the macro issue of race on the micro-dynamics of an individual marriage in Harlem Duet. But Sears' insightful script gets a hodgepodge treatment in M Ensemble's production. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lowell Williams, this edition is by turns subtle and overly-melodramatic, illuminating and opaque, clear and confusing…

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