Company One's 'Boy Who Kissed the Sky' mythologizes a young Jimi Hendrix's experience
It is within the idiom of myth, not biography, that playwright Idris Goodwin has chosen to explore his subject, with mixed results.
Source: bostonglobe.com
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Company One favorite Idris Goodwin returns with Jimi Hendrix (sort of) in tow
Fine acting and musicianship lift the tale of musical creativity, "The Boy Who Kissed the Sky." Theater critic Terry Byrne takes a look and a listen.
Source: wbur.org
Company One stages an Afrofuturistic meditation on Jimi Hendrix's early days
“From Hendrix’s life, the piece evolves into something more mythical. I wanted to write something that was more of a universal fable,” playwright Idris Goodwin says of "The Boy Who Kissed the Sky." The show premieres at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester July 14-Aug. 12.
Source: wbur.org