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‘Colored Girls’ Play Gets New, Curvy Look

Inside the intimate setting of the Anacostia Art Centerโ€™s black box theater, patrons eagerly awaited the SoulFly Theatre Societyโ€™s latest production, โ€œFor Colored Girls โ€“ The Curvy Edition.โ€ Directed by Cynthia Dorsey and performed by a dynamic cast of women, SoulFlyโ€™s three-day production, performed on Nov. 19, 20 and 22, is a revival of poet and playwright Ntozake Shangeโ€™s 1976 theatrical classic with just one modern-day twist: Nearly all of her players are full-figured women.

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