EDITH
The ARTS
ALWAYS REACHING FOR THE STARS by Edith C. Berry Traveling On the Road with TCP Magazine has taken me all around the world! My first stop was in Bethlehem via The North Carolina Museum of Art at the Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Amphitheater in Raleigh, N.C. The Justice Theater Project’s annual production of Black Nativity by Langston Hughes directed by Dr. Asabi Stephanie Howard with Music Director Ray Watkins. Dr. Kristi V. Johnson and Latoya Chinfloo did remarkably in choreographing the dance compositions.
The audience brave the cold and were mesmerized. The downsizing of the cast from previous years did not deter the message nor power of the musicians’ voices. Approximately 3,000 patrons were in attendance for
this outstanding revue. Then I headed to New York City, 525 miles away to the historic theatre district of Times Square. I doubled my pleasure by watching two shows in one day. The first show MJ The Musical at The Neil Simon Theatre directed by James L. Nederlander with executive producer Michael David was upbeat, finger-popping, and moonwalk stepping as if Michael Jackson was reincarnated and came back as himself. Myles Frost starred as MJ and danced with a phenomenal cast. Then I had to “Beat It,” and head closer to 42nd Street.
