Arts & Culture

Theater Picks: Justice Theater Project’s ‘Black Nativity’ at NCSU

By Roy C. Dicks

Correspondent
Back for its sixth year, Justice Theater Project’s “Black Nativity” is the retelling of the Christmas story though Langston Hughes’ lyrical poetry, along with a multi-cultural chorus, vocal soloists and dancers.
Back for its sixth year, Justice Theater Project’s “Black Nativity” is the retelling of the Christmas story though Langston Hughes’ lyrical poetry, along with a multi-cultural chorus, vocal soloists and dancers. Tom Wolf

Back for its sixth year, Justice Theater Project’s “Black Nativity” is the retelling of the Christmas story though Langston Hughes’ lyrical poetry, along with a multi-cultural chorus, vocal soloists and dancers. New this year are rapping shepherds and new arrangements of familiar gospel songs. Stewart Theatre, NCSU.

4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 17-18; 7 p.m. Dec. 19. $27. (seniors/students/military $18. 919-264-7089 or thejusticetheaterproject.org.

This story was originally published December 15, 2016 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Theater Picks: Justice Theater Project’s ‘Black Nativity’ at NCSU."

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