Tarell Alvin McCraney's appointment as the Geffen Playhouse's new artistic director places one of the most accomplished dramatists of his generation at the helm of the city’s most prominent Westside theater.
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By 1984, hip-hop was in full force, but still in its infancy as far as narratives in cinema. Evolutionary movements in music have always moved more rapidly on the streets, where cultural gatekeeping erodes much faster than in either the film or music industries. Hip-hop’s origin story — DJ Kool Herc’s 1973 Bronx dance party […]