The Washington Post, February 15th, 2000
Playwright Kwame Alexander's poetic instincts overwhelm his sense of drama in "The Seventh Son," a new play about the slain rapper Tupac Shakur. "The Seventh Son" is a deliberate swirl of ideas around the issues raised by Tupac's short, controversial life; sometimes Alexander's insights land with a punch, but with its watery plotting and argumentative style, the show, like a debating session, ultimately grows fuzzy and just fades out. Alexander is a young local playwright with an interest in Shakur (he recently edited a book of essays on the rapper). His play, logically enough, is about a youn...
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