“Detroit ’67” – Black Theatre Troupe/Tempe Center for the Arts
Theater Review – February 23, 2019
RACIAL TENSIONS BLANDLY TREATED IN WEAKLY STAGED “DETROIT ‘67”
“DETROIT ‘67”
Black Theatre Troupe/Tempe Center for the Arts, Studio Theatre, Tempe Center for the Arts
Tempe, AZ
Racial tension sparked Detroit in 1967 causing the city to become a violent place where riots resulted from intolerance and bigotry against Blacks. It was a revolutionary beginning to injustice that remains unresolved today.
This brutal struggle forms the basis of Dominique Morisseau’s “Detroit ’67, a regional premiere presented jointly by the Black Theatre Troupe and the Tempe Center for the Arts. Unfortunately, the play fails to establish the throbbing tension that existed … Continue Reading