The Women of Brewster Place October 27, 2007

Based on Gloria Naylor's best selling novel, this soaring musical adaptation of 'The Women of Brewster Place' chronicles the dreams and realities of ten diverse African American women who live in a decaying housing project on a dead-end street. Haunted by pasts full of mistakes and tragedies and threatened by an environment full of poverty and prejudice, will the women overcome their differences and come together as a community before it's too late? This powerful, humorous and uplifting musical from three-time Drama Desk Award-nominee Tim Acito features a dynamic new musical score, ranging from rhythm and blues to funk to gospel.