Choir Boy
by Tarell Alvin Mccraney

Name: Choir Boy
Brand: Tarell Alvin Mccraney
SKU: 9780571299416
Rating: 4.15 (492 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Male

American Black History

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the powerful storytelling and emotional depth of the play, noting its exploration of race, sexuality, and personal struggle within the context of an all-male choir school. Many feel that while the text is compelling, the true impact of the play is best experienced live, with its musical elements enhancing the narrative. Overall, the dialogue and character development receive high praise, but some minor critiques highlight the challenges of reading the script without the accompanying performance elements.

Emotionally powerful storytellingStrong character developmentDeep exploration of race and sexualityMusical elements enhance the experienceBest experienced live rather than read

Synopsis

Those melodies, the pitch harmonies and Rhythms, those are the maps and guides to the Promised Land.

Not on this earth but elsewhere...

Determined to make his mark like those before him, Pharus is hell-bent on being the best choir leader in the school's fifty-year history.

First he must gain the respect of his peers, but he's an outsider in a world steeped in rites and rituals, a community that demands he conform.

Tarell Alvin McCraney's piercing new play set in an all boys, all black American prep school scores a gospel refrain of the politics of minority and masculinity.

Choir Boy premiered at the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, London, in September 2012.

It was commissioned by, and is a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club and was supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

ThemesAfrican American boys African American boys--Drama Choirboys--Drama