Black Nativity

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Dates:	Friday, December 17, 2010 - Sunday, December 19, 2010
Hours:	Hours Vary see below
Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	$$ see below
Category:	Holiday

The textured, delicate voices of children and sonorous voices of adults have enthralled Boston audiences at performances of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity since 1970. This year is no exception as the thunderous African drums herald the 2010 edition of the long running production of Black Nativity.

Black Nativity is produced by the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) as a gift from Boston’s black community to all men and women of “good will.” The show runs December 17 through 19 at Northeastern University’s Blackman Auditorium in Ell Hall, 342 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Tickets are $45.00 and $36.00. To purchase, call E-Tix at 800-514-3849, purchase online at www.BlackNativity.org or www.etix.com. ASL performances will be available. For group rates or other information, call 617-585-6366.

Our four decades of mounting Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity honors the conviction of NCAAA founder Elma Lewis and original Musical Director John Andrew Ross that spiritual and humane values have to be celebrated to build wholesome communities. NCAAA director Edmund Barry Gaither asserts “our cast of more than fifty embraces this perspective and has itself become an expansive family expressing these values.” Although a few cast members have performed every season, about one-quarter of the cast is new each year. The children, some performing publicly for the first time, are especially exciting as they prove again that they are the hope for our future.

The famed Harlem Renaissance figure Langston Hughes was a close family friend to John Andrew Ross whose arrangements continue to anchor our production of Black Nativity under Executive Producer Voncille Ross and Co-Musical Directors Milton Wright and Marilyn Andry. The dramatic choreography of George Howard is interpreted anew by dance master Desiree Springer O’Neal.

HOURS

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December 17 & 18 at 8:00 pm
December 18 & 19 at 3:30 pm

COST

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$36 - $45

WEBSITE

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www.blacknativity.org

LOCATION

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360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02208 map

Blackman Auditorium
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02108