VOTES, a musical by Jacqueline S. Salit and Fred Newman, composed by Annie Roboff at the Castillo Theater is set on election eve in 2016 in a hotel room where we find the female candidate for president, Melanie Jefferson (Lisa Ann Wright-Mathews) in the lead as she waits for the polls to close. I have to admit, the premise gave me tingles…..
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HEAD OF PASSES by MacArthur Genius Grant winning playwright Terrell Alvin McCraney opens at The Public Theater starring Phylicia Rashad, directed by Tina Landau. Is the third time a charm for the NY debut of this play previously seen in Chicago and Berkeley? Or should this talented team give up hope of a run to glory with this vehicle and start working on something that will keep both fans and critics cheering?
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