It isn't every dramatist these days who can sustain a nuanced narrative through a full three hours and two intermissions " a feat that makes all the more impressive Danai Gurira's absorbing "The Convert," her tale of a young African woman's escape from the tyranny of her background and into the supposedly emancipating embrace of the faith of the continent's Christian colonizers. Read full article >>
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:33PM on February 18, 2013