God's Trombones
4343 Ocean View Boulevard, San Diego, 92113
This must be the Ira Aldridge Repertory Players most ambitious production: full choir, male quintet, two dance troupes, and a six-piece band perform James Weldon Johnson's "Seven Negro Sermons in Verse." Some opening-night performances were uneven, and miking was a persistent problem. These troubles stuck out because when it's on, and it often is (as when we visit Babylon, a brightly hued den of iniquity), this show shivers the timbers at the Educational Cultural Complex. Hassan El-Amin (as a preacher and his exact opposite, Babylon's evil-drenched mayor) does outstanding work. And Johnson's vibrant, commanding voice makes familiar stories from the bible sound brand new.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, March 11, 2012
Hours
| Sundays, 3pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |