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Crowns

A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity is seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn.

 

Hats are everywhere, in exquisite variety, and the characters use the hats to tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery to the New Testament and current fashion.

 

By Regina Taylor
Adapted from the book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry

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Virtual Play at the Rep

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The Goodman Theatre, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival Crowns, & McCarter/ Second Stage

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Crowns

at the McCarter Theater, Longwharf Theatre, and the Goodman Theatre

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at the Goodman Theatre

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at the Signature Theatre Center

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at the Goodman Theatre

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