{"id":14517,"date":"2016-03-08T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=14517"},"modified":"2016-03-08T06:05:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T06:05:03","slug":"lupita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/lupita","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong\u2019o Marks Her Broadway Debut\u00a0With Rave Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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They forge a close-knit community&#8230; one that inspires them to feats of increasingly greater strength.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is set during the Liberian civil war. Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) was a rebel group\u00a0fighting for President Charles Taylor to resign. The group was accused of committing atrocities such as hiring child soldiers and promoting sex slavery during the war. The story takes place in a hut at a LURD rebel base. The characters involved are the \u201cwives\u201d of the commanding officer; in truth, his slaves. Throughout the play, the women are frequently referred to by their number rather than their names. There is Wife #1, played by Saycon Sengbloh, Wife #2 is interpreted by Zainab Jah, who leaves to join the soldiers, and Pascale Armand plays pregnant Wife #3.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14518\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/22b19bf9bcfb7b39bd3839693c61b02b.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/22b19bf9bcfb7b39bd3839693c61b02b.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/22b19bf9bcfb7b39bd3839693c61b02b-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/22b19bf9bcfb7b39bd3839693c61b02b-85x48.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cachedimages.s3.amazonaws.com\/22b19bf9bcfb7b39bd3839693c61b02b?Signature=fVG0IzfqNEK7lq82bys1jiYXYsw%3D&amp;Expires=1459299919&amp;AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJEM4YXMAUZ4XSX7A&amp;response-cache-control=max-age%3D5184000\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>A dream come true<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lupita played several stage parts while studying at Yale. In fact, she revealed that her first role at Yale was an understudy for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eclipsed<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cOne of the things I had been coming to terms with in choosing which school I would go to was the fact that I would be doing a lot of Eurocentric work. Then I arrive from Kenya and I get this incredible, groundbreaking Liberian play. It was manna from heaven! I made a promise to myself: I have to do this play one day,\u201d she once said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kenyan actress finally achieved her goal. She plays a character known as The Girl, a 15 who attempted to hide from the soldiers. She is eventually discovered and made Wife #4.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14519\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ar-151029673.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ar-151029673.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ar-151029673-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/ar-151029673-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/storyimage\/CP\/20151025\/PC1201\/151029673\/AR\/0\/AR-151029673.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Making\u00a0history<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are no men in the play. Their presence is always noted or implied, but none ever come on stage. It is a female-only cast. The play was written by Danai Gurira and directed by Liesl Tommy. This is the first time that a Broadway production has had a female playwright, a director, and cast.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14520\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/107083.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"712\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/107083.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/107083-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/107083-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/tm-photos-production\/107083.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Rave reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The show has met mostly positive reviews. According to the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/07\/theater\/review-in-eclipsed-a-captive-lupita-nyongo-is-captivating.html?_r=0\">\u00a0New York Times<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cUnder the bright lights of Broadway, where escapist fare or genteel revivals most often thrive, Ms. Gurira\u2019s play, directed with clarity and force by Liesl Tommy, reminds us of something profoundly important, and perhaps too easily forgotten amid our own country\u2019s continuing racial troubles: African lives matter.\u201d \u00a0Lupita hoped that this would be the response. \u00a0\u201c&#8230;you may not have known anything [about Liberia or its civil war] when it begins, but the play welcomes you into this compound. You learn something very deep. You\u2019re shocked, your mind is open, and your heart is broken. Where you may have known facts, now you have feelings.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14521\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/eclipsed-pascale-armand-saycon-sengbloh-and-lupita-nyongo.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/eclipsed-pascale-armand-saycon-sengbloh-and-lupita-nyongo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/eclipsed-pascale-armand-saycon-sengbloh-and-lupita-nyongo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/eclipsed-pascale-armand-saycon-sengbloh-and-lupita-nyongo-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption 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