McCraney's Choir Boy Examines Individual Struggling With A Conformist Society
A gay teenager leading a religious-based choir at a regimented prep school for African-American boys is a perfect theatrical metaphor for an individualist struggling to square his uncompromising self into a society built upon conformity. Immeasurably elevated by thrilling music performed live in five-part harmony, a depiction of this difficult dance is the premise playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy in Gabl…