The Amen Corner " review
Olivier, LondonI don't think The Amen Corner is a great play, but I get the feeling it is one that its author, James Baldwin, was compelled to write back in 1955. It also gets from Rufus Norris a breathtakingly fine production that achieves pure theatrical poetry in its fluid blend of song and speech.Music is crucial to a play set in a Harlem storefront tabernacle in the 1950s. Its ebullient congregation is…