Welcome! Come in and make yourself at home. This is my first Web blog, my first entry into that pitch black and blinding white space known as the World Wide Web, or the Internet. I am as excited as I am spooked by what lies beneath and ahead.
E. Lynn Harris is coming to a stage near you. Yes, after years of botched negotiations with the movie studios, E. Lynn Harris is taking his soap opera-ish novel to the stage. Live theater, y'all! I bet Tyler Perry (of Madear's many reunions series) can't be too happy about this. Or is the "Chitlin Circuit" big enough for two "queens"?
We'll just have to wait and see.
"Not A Day Goes By" will star that inimitable diva of "227" fame, Jackee' ("Uuuuh...this is Sauun-drah.") and the Black chick who was a finalist on "American Idol," first season.
I ain't gon' lie, I'm curious to see if bad writing can be turned into a good play. And just a wee bit curious to see all those glorious shades of black and brown skin that E. Lynn has penned culinary terms for.
Fortunately, if his play is successful--and I hope that it is, for what reason, I'm unsure--heteros, Black women in particular, will have more (3-dimensional, this time) Black beefcake to feed their fantasies. Homos on the other hand, won't fare so well. A recent radio promo on the "Tom Joyner Coon Show" informed listeners that all those "fine Brothas in the play are 'straight.'" Tsk, tsk, tsk... (Or, "Ha!" if you know much about theater or anything about "the DL.")
In the meantime, if you can't make or afford to see the play, save your coins. Mr. Harris has promised us another beach book (his 10th!) by summer.
For show details go to Mr. Harris's Web site (elynnharris.com).