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Syndee Winters, Lana Gordon, Jelani Remy, and Doug Eskew
Photo Courtesy Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
"(Last week) Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presented a concert that featured four theatre artists of color who have collectively appeared in dozens of starring and co-starring roles on Broadway and on tour. The cabaret style show,
Broadway Perspectives: A Concert Celebrating Diversity, was a celebration of Broadway and of Black artists with the four performers, Doug Eskew, Lana Gordon, Jelani Remy and Syndee Winters, along with Arizona native Alexandra Ncube, who co-starred in the national tour of
The Book of Mormon, performing multiple songs from roles they've played. While every single performance was superb, and all five of these performers are incredibly talented, a better framework and some well thought out and scripted narrative could have elevated this concert to one that had an even richer understanding around diversity and of the issue faced by Black Broadway performers...."
-Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
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