The Acclaimed Choir Boy comes to Boston
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy, as its title implies is a musical theatre piece. It deals with a boys’ boarding school, the Charles R. Drew Prep School, whose students are African-Americans, many of whom will be the first in their family to attend college. Life at the school is difficult for some of the boys particularly the talented Pharus Jonathan Young (Isaiah Reynolds) who is often mocked for his effeminacy. Despite the mockery, his classmates voted him the leader of the school choir, a position of honor. The prep school focusses heavily on music, religion, and good behavior. The latter, as noted above, is sometimes missing. …