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...Eric Simonson's deft direction and K. Todd Freeman's luminous acting of the title role, especially a final monologue in which he unsentimentally uncorks the rage that drove a minister's son to terrorism. What makes the show unique is the unearthly beauty of a capella songs by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the group highlighted on Paul Simon's Graceland album. The nine singers become a sort of Greek chorus and attain the dimensions of classical tragedy...
Moreover, entertainers would continue to say, "I ain't gonna play Sun City," and instead use the renewed cultural exchange between our two countries to support voices of resistance like Dennis Brutus, David Goldblatt and Ladysmith Black Mombazo...
...other bright spots of the evening were the James Bond medley--featuring one fiendishly memorable solo by Brian Martin in the theme song from "Goldfinger"--and the choreography for the one encore of the evening, "You Can Call Me Al"--which proved that the Dins can pat themselves like Ladysmith Black Mambazo...
...Ladysmith Black Mambazo March 2 at the Somerville Theater...
...film's score supports its weighty subject matter. Most viewers will recognize the distinctive sound of Hugh Maskela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who provide a stirring aural backdrop to the colorful panoramas of township protest...