{"id":12986,"date":"2026-07-02T15:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/02\/theres-not-a-lot-of-black-stories-made-by-black-creatives-in-theater-inside-kwame-kwei-armahs-new-tlc-musical-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:39:15","slug":"theres-not-a-lot-of-black-stories-made-by-black-creatives-in-theater-inside-kwame-kwei-armahs-new-tlc-musical-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/02\/theres-not-a-lot-of-black-stories-made-by-black-creatives-in-theater-inside-kwame-kwei-armahs-new-tlc-musical-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018There\u2019s not a lot of Black stories made by Black creatives in theater\u2019: inside Kwame Kwei-Armah\u2019s new TLC musical Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CrazySexyCool, the celebrated playwright\u2019s new show in DC, is a vibrant love letter to the hits and sisterhood of the R&amp;B trio<\/p>\n<p>CrazySexyCool, an ambitious new musical about the visionary 90s trio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2017\/jun\/24\/tlc-will-never-forget-day-we-were-millionaires-for-five-minutes\">TLC<\/a> at Arena Stage in Washington DC, aspires to make good on its title and then some. Crammed with platinum sing-alongs and tabloid-chronicled plot twists, it follows the legendary girl group \u2013 Lisa \u201cLeft Eye\u201d Lopes, Rozonda \u201cChilli\u201d Thomas and Tionne \u201cT-Boz\u201d Watkins \u2013 through more than a decade of success and struggle, resulting in a teeming production that includes piles of era-defining R&amp;B hits, deep racks of vintage Cross Colours T-shirts and a claw-foot bathtub filled with Nikes set aflame. At its most outrageous, CrazySexyCool seems to be testing the tensile strength of the jukebox musical itself.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, this is TLC. The truth was outrageous. And that makes for a busy, dizzying, detail-minded show. Throughout the various dramas unfolding onstage, the musical\u2019s three leads \u2013 Holli\u2019 Gabrielle Conway at T-Boz, Jade Milan as Left Eye, Stoney B Woods as Chilli \u2013 exude a poise that feels as cool and congenial as the real TLC did when they ruled the radio three decades ago. At a weeknight performance of CrazySexyCool in late June, audience members seemed as if they\u2019d been reunited with old friends, singing, laughing, shouting affirmations and dancing in their seats.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/jul\/02\/crazysexycool-tlc-musical-kwame-kwei-armah-interview\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/jul\/02\/crazysexycool-tlc-musical-kwame-kwei-armah-interview\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3b02e545ed2bb7bcad96c42924c6e51bc6e31e6b\/1243_418_6184_4947\/master\/6184.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=db7e3401c2cbbd35ec1d0ad5c0aaf088\" title=\"\u2018There\u2019s not a lot of Black stories made by Black creatives in theater\u2019: inside Kwame Kwei-Armah\u2019s new TLC musical\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrazySexyCool, the celebrated playwright\u2019s new show in DC, is a vibrant love letter to the hits and sisterhood of the R&amp;B trio CrazySexyCool, an ambitious new musical about the visionary 90s trio TLC at Arena Stage in Washington DC, aspires to make good on its title and then some. 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