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What's Done in the Dark | |||
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Written by | Tyler Perry | ||
Characters | Mr. Brown, Cora, Brenda, Calvin Jr., Nurse Nancy, Nurse Trudy, Nurse Kerry, Mrs. Bowman, Dr. Bowman, Calvin Sr., Dr. Harris and Mr. & Mrs. Lovett | ||
Date premiered | September 2006 | ||
Place premiered | Atlanta | ||
Original language | English | ||
Genre | Comedy-Drama | ||
Setting | Hospital emergency room | ||
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What's Done in the Dark (Will Come to the Light) is an 2007 American stage play written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry. The show first opened in September 2006. The play focuses on two nurses, one of whom is a single mother and the other of whom is having an affair with a doctor, and an eccentric hypochondriac patient, Mr. Brown. It stars Tamela Mann as Cora and David Mann as Mr. Brown. [1] The live performance released on DVD on February 12, 2008 was taped in Charlotte at the Ovens Auditorium in May 2007.
Mr. Brown faints right before he and Cora are to fly to Memphis for a televised revival and she rushes him to the emergency room, where a bunch of patients' and doctors' secrets come to light. Brenda, a new admissions clerk at the hospital, is struggling to take care of her son Calvin as a single parent; then Calvin gets shot while trying to hustle money on the streets. Kerry, the head nurse, discovers that the doctor she thought she was going to marry already has a wife and baby-on-the-way...and expects to keep seeing Kerry on the side. Mr. and Mrs. Lovett discover that one gave the other an STD. Trudy, a psychotic nurse, has a crush on Dr. Harris—who figures out that Mr. Brown was faking his illness the whole time.
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September 12, 2006 | Detroit | Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts |
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September 21, 2006 | Atlanta | Fabulous Fox Theatre |
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September 26, 2006 | New York | Beacon Theatre |
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October 5, 2006 | Newark | Newark Symphony Hall |
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October 12, 2006 | Oakland | Paramount Theatre |
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October 17, 2006 | Phoenix | Dodge Theatre |
October 25, 2006 | Philadelphia | Merriam Theater |
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November 1, 2006 | Memphis | Orpheum Theatre |
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November 10, 2006 | Chicago | Arie Crown Theater |
November 14, 2006 | Columbus | Palace Theatre |
November 21, 2006 | Philadelphia | Merriam Theater |
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November 26, 2006 | ||
January 11, 2007 | Greensboro | War Memorial Auditorium |
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January 16, 2007 | Washington, D.C. | Warner Theatre |
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January 30, 2007 | Grand Rapids | TBD |
February 1, 2007 | Indianapolis | Murat Centre |
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February 13, 2007 | Charleston | North Charleston Performing Arts Center |
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February 15, 2007 | Columbia | Township Auditorium |
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February 20, 2007 | Syracuse | Landmark Theatre |
February 21, 2007 | ||
February 23, 2007 | Hartford | Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts |
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February 27, 2007 | Albany | Albany Civic Center |
March 1, 2007 | Nashville | Tennessee Performing Arts Center |
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March 7, 2007 | South Bend | Morris Performing Arts Center |
March 8, 2007 | Peoria | Peoria Civic Center |
March 9, 2007 | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Theatre |
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March 16, 2007 | Minneapolis | Orpheum Theatre |
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March 21, 2007 | Austin | Frank Erwin Center |
March 22, 2007 | Dallas | Music Hall at Fair Park |
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April 10, 2007 | Tampa | USF Sun Dome |
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April 13, 2007 | Orlando | Orange County Convention Center |
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April 17, 2007 | Miami | James L. Knight Center |
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April 24, 2007 | Richmond | Landmark Theater |
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April 28, 2007 | Hampton | Hampton Coliseum |
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May 1, 2007 | Florence | Florence Civic Center |
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May 3, 2007 | Charlotte | Ovens Auditorium |
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May 8, 2007 | Mobile | Mobile Civic Center Arena |
May 9, 2007 | ||
May 11, 2007 | Jacksonville | Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts |
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September 4, 2007 | Aiken | USC Aiken Convocation Center |
September 6, 2007 | Atlanta | Fabulous Fox Theatre |
September 7, 2007 | ||
September 8, 2007 | ||
September 9, 2007 | ||
September 11, 2007 | Albany | Palace Theatre |
September 12, 2007 | ||
September 13, 2007 | Rochester | Auditorium Theatre |
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September 15, 2007 | Buffalo | Shea's Performing Arts Center |
September 16, 2007 | ||
September 18, 2007 | Louisville | Kentucky Center |
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September 20, 2007 | Evansville | The Centre |
September 21, 2007 | St. Louis | Fox Theatre |
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September 28, 2007 | Des Moines | Des Moines Civic Center |
September 29, 2007 | Kansas City | Kansas City Music Hall |
September 30, 2007 | ||
October 2, 2007 | Montgomery | Joe L. Reed Acadome |
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October 5, 2007 | Jackson | Thalia Mara Hall |
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October 7, 2007 | Biloxi | Mississippi Coast Coliseum |
October 12, 2007 | Detroit | Fox Theatre |
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October 16, 2007 | Dayton | Schuster Center |
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October 19, 2007 | Cincinnati | Aronoff Center |
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October 23, 2007 | Raleigh | RBC Center |
October 25, 2007 | New Orleans | New Orleans Convention Center |
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October 30, 2007 | Akron | E.J. Thomas Hall |
October 31, 2007 | Flint | Perani Arena and Event Center |
November 1, 2007 | Chicago | Arie Crown Theater |
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November 6, 2007 | Macon | Macon City Auditorium |
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November 10, 2007 | Greenville | Bi-Lo Center |
November 16, 2007 | Memphis | Orpheum Theatre |
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November 18, 2007 | ||
November 20, 2007 | Huntsville | Von Braun Center Concert Hall |
November 21, 2007 | ||
November 22, 2007 | Birmingham | BJCC Concert Hall |
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All songs written and/or produced by Tyler Perry and Elvin D. Ross.
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