Book description
Those melodies, the pitch harmonies and Rhythms, those are the maps
and guides to the Promised Land. Not on this earth but elsewhere . . .
Determined to make his mark like those before him, Pharus is hell-bent
on being the best choir leader in the school's fifty-year history.
First he must gain the respect of his peers, but he's an outsider in a
world steeped in rites and rituals, a community that demands he
conform. Tarell Alvin McCraney's piercing new play set in an all boys,
all black American prep school scores a gospel refrain of the politics
of minority and masculinity. Choir Boy premiered at the Theatre
Upstairs at the Royal Court, London, in September 2012. It was
commissioned by, and is a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club
and was supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
