#david alan grier
A Soldier’s Story (1984)
Director - Norman Jewison, Cinematography - Russell Boyd
“You know the damage one ignorant Negro can do? We were in France in the first war; we’d won decorations. But the white boys had told all them French gals that we had tails. Then they found this ignorant colored soldier, paid him to tie a tail to his ass and run around half-naked, making monkey sounds. Put him on the big round table in the Cafe Napoleon, put a reed in his hand, crown on his head, blanket on his shoulders, and made him eat *bananas* in front of all them Frenchies. Oh, how the white boys danced that night… passed out leaflets with that boy’s picture on it. Called him Moonshine, King of the Monkeys. And when we slit his throat, you know that fool asked us what he had done wrong?”
TheRoundabout Theatre Company is presenting two high-profile revivals to its new season. First up is Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama A Soldier’s Play.Directed by Kenny Leon, the production will star David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood. It will begin preview performances on December 27 and officially open at the American Airlines Theatre on January 21, 2020. The company will also produce the first Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change, Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner’s acclaimed 2004 Tony-nominated musical collaboration. This transfer of director Michael Longhurst’s 2019 Olivier-nominated staging will feature star Sharon D. Clarke reprising her Olivier-winning performance in the title role. Previews will begin on March 13 ahead of an April 7 opening night at Studio 54. [X]
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