Pass Over
Written by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu
Directed by Dana Taymor
August Wilson Theatre
October 10, 2021
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💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5

This play was perfection.  There was not a single word or gesture that was extraneous.  Visually the play made sense on the bare stage to a stage full of smoke and affects.  Very seldom have been so moved by a play.

In many ways Pass Over uses the play, Waiting for Godot and applies this story and its absurdist rules to an urban black culture.  Gogo and Didi have been replaced with Moses and Kitch.  The bare stage with a single tree has been replaced with a concrete median with a single imposing streetlight.  Even the classic bowler hats of the hobos Gogo and Didi are replaced by baseball caps that become treasured props to them.  I could go on and on with the comparisons and revaluations made in seeing Godot through this new lense – it was brilliant.