Saturated in hormones and harmonies, Shotgun Players' production of "Choir Boy," is a bracing entertainment, as endearing, self-serious, and gloriously florid as the blossoming minds of the teenage ...

Pharus Jonathan Young is gifted beyond measure, and affirms that fact every time he opens his mouth to sing. You see, there’s a sheen on his pipes, informed by his ancestry, the self-assured values of ...

BOY by Shotgun Players. Photo by Ben Krantz. Words seem like such an ordinary way to express such an extraordinary experience like CHOIR BOY by Shotgun Players. With a powerful story, soulful music, ...

It's not a musical per se. But the 11 songs, mostly African American spirituals, spread throughout Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy" are downright thrilling. Sung a cappella by the performers--six ...

“Choir Boy” is a play with music–not a musical. The difference? A musical uses songs to progress the plot. In “Choir Boy,” while the songs may pertain or relate to the tale, the gospel, spiritual and ...