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Even during the best of not-so-recent times for black theater, plays tended to focus on black characters in a white world and didn't as a rule deal with prejudices among blacks themselves. But "Eden", a play by Steve Carter which will have its West Coast premiere at the Los Angeles Actors Theater.
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- ↑ "Fifteenth Census of the United States (1930) [database on-line], New York (Manhattan Burrough) (Ward 7), New York County, New York, Enumeration District: 31-383, Page: 19A, Line: 48-50, household of Horace Carter". United States: The Generations Network. 1930-04-30. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- 1 2 Arkatov, Janice (1989-06-02). "Steve Carter's `Eden': Intimate Portrait of Family Racism". Los Angeles Times . p. Calendar 6. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ "Eden". New York City: Lortel Archives: The Internet Off-Broadway Database. Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ↑ Sullivan, Dan (2002-12-10). "'eden' focuses on west indian family". Los Angeles Times . p. 16, Part VI. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
Given the choice between the play that never warms up and the play that keeps boiling over, I'll take the latter. Particularly when it's as well-acted as Steve Carter's "Eden" at the Los Angeles Actors Theater.
- ↑ Carter, Steve (1986). Plays by Steve Carter (First ed.). New York City: Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. p. v. ISBN 0-88145-043-X.
- ↑ "The NEC Classic Playreading Series". New York City: Negro Ensemble Company. Archived from the original on March 30, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-25.