Hoodoo Love
Young Toulou, an aspiring singer, lives in a shack near Memphis' famed Beale Street. In Katori Hall's "play with blues music," she finds her artistic voice through shards of heartbreak. Hoodoo Love unfolds like a fable with a brutal underside. It also unfolds as if unsure where to go next, and the characters are often sketchy. The script has highs and lows (when the former, under Nataki Garrett's direction, powerfully so). But Mo`olelo Performing Arts has made a find who trumps the troubles. Jasmine Hughes gives a special performance as Toulou. She reacts with the elastic chakras of a little girl. She digs deep, often going from zero to 200 at light speed. Toulou yearns, suffers, and grows, and her final song packs in all the dues she paid to sing it.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, July 1, 2012
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |