Nina Simone: Four Women Reviews
Washington Post- Highly Recommended
"...Director Timothy Douglas sustains a righteous, inquisitive tone that brings out the best in Ham’s script. This isn’t comfort food. It’s a show with bloody knuckles.'
Talkin Broadway- Somewhat Recommended
"...Director Timothy Douglas and choreographer Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi are working with four notable singers and dancers, given constant support by music director and offstage pianist Darius Smith. The songs and dances convey all the soul and emotion an audience could hope for, but the dialogue scenes get bogged down in words.'
MD Theatre Guide- Highly Recommended
"...Nina Simone’s voice is one that sticks in your head from the moment you first hear it because it’s like no other voice in the world. It’s so raw and so strong that it seems to go right through you. And she wrote music that was not easy or comfortable to listen to because that was truly what was inside of her. This play is what theatre is meant to be, engaging and truthful and just like Ms. Simone’s voice goes right through you, so does this play, changing you for good."
DCTheatreScene- Highly Recommended
"...Director Timothy Douglas has truly called on the ancestors big time to bring the inner cry of these characters to the stage. Choreographer Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi unleashes a fury of movement, including a step cadence, some jelly roll strut, then brings it all home to a sanctified church praise. The women cover it all."
BroadwayWorld- Recommended
"...While not a musical exactly, music does erupt in "Four Women," starting with the adaptation of Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" that first put Simone on the map. Amid traditional hymns and songs of early 20th century like Bert Williams' "Nobody," there are Simone's own compelling compositions, from "Old Jim Crowe" to "Sinnerman" to her adaptation of "To Be Young, Gifted and Black.""