American Moor
Taking back Shakespeare’s great, black leading man.
FROM NYC
APR 10 - 21, 2019
Audience Raves
"Absolutely a MUST SEE!! Keith Hamilton Cobb makes sense of all that is right and wrong with performing Shakespeare's warrior." - @Elysabethgrace
"Don't Miss American Moor. Powerful and Revealing." - @Jazz247
"I thought it was stunning. I loved every moment of it." - Audience Member
"Fantastic! I'd recommend it to anybody." - Audience Member
"I thought it was absolutely amazing" - Audience Member
"One of the best shows I've ever seen!" - Audience Member
"A phenomenal piece of work. It speaks to the struggle of African American men through out the history of the United States. It's a MUST SEE." - Audience Member
"What a joy to see American Moor at the ArtsEmerson Paramount. Keith Hamilton Cobb is a genius and I will never, ever read, teach or write about Othello in the same way again!" - @EverdayShakes
"Keith Hamilton Cobb, Thank you for sharing American Moor with us. For showing inner turmoil and feelings we don't deserve to see, for wrestling in front of us, and for protecting and loving your story. It's a masterpiece." - @Justjess888
"Cobb was brilliant and an amazing script." - Debra Weisberg, Facebook
"Go see it! Brilliant and chilling." - Nandini Talwar, Facebook
"Great show, and funnier than I thought it would be. Also heartbreaking but the humor made it even more powerful and relatable." Susan Cassidy, Facebook
Critical Praise
"Extremely funny...wrenching...really powerful...incredibly visceral and personal."
- Jared Bowen, WGBH Arts Editor
"An unbelievable production...I was mesmerized."
- Amanda McGowan, Boston Public Radio
"Profoundly gorgeous...a stunningly nuanced and knotty yarn, one both deeply rooted in the Black experience, and yet expressly aimed for a wider audience."
- Michael Hoban, The Theater Mirror
"Cobb’s earnest, reasoned script slashes so precisely that you may not see Shakespeare — and a lot of roles played by black performers — quite the same way for a while."
- Washington Post
"A deep-from-the-heart spellbinder [that] is a blisteringly eloquent and penetrating meditation on the ever-urgent matter of race in America."
- The Boston Globe
“Revelatory...it had me riveted.”
- WBUR
"A courageous performance and a thrilling evening at the theater."
- Joyce Kulhawik
“He is funny, provocative, and touching. If this were only a work about one man’s journey of discovering Shakespeare it would be outstanding. However, there is much more to Mr. Cobb’s story.”
- Boxing Over Broadway
“The play brilliantly interweaves various clashing points of view...[Cobb brings] his A-game to this performance: viscerally, intellectually, and emotionally. The result is a compelling meta-meditation, political and philosophical, that leaves lasting impressions — while also provoking unsettling questions."
- The Arts Fuse
“It is a deeply personal and one-sided play that nevertheless applies more broadly to historical predecessors and/or contemporary events.”
- Theatre Journal
“It forces you to think about Shakespeare and how it is performed in America, about the “real” Othello and how comfortable most theater people are with stereotypes and perceived truths about African Americans.”
- DC Theatre Scene
“In Shakespeare’s world he could say and do things that he would never be able to in real life. The heartbreak he expresses when he finds himself stereotyped within that world is crushing.”
- Bay State Banner
"Urgent and necessary"
- Victorian Visual Culture
Interviews
"In the Spotlight: Kim Weild"
- Candy O'Terry Interviews American Moor Director Kim Weild
"A passionate and often heart-wrenching internal monologue"
- WBUR The Artery: How A Black Actor Grapples With Race Issues In Shakespeare, And In America
Keith Hamilton Cobb: Open Studio with Jared Bowen
- WGBH
American Dream: Keith Hamilton Cobb is back for the second tour of American Moor.
- The Improper Bostonian
Voices with Pebbles: Keith Hamilton Cobb
- Hot 96.9FM
“Higher Thoughts and Inspiration :: Keith Hamilton Cobb Returns with 'American Moor'”
- EDGE Boston
KJ Carson Keith Interview with Hamilton Cobb
- WKAF-FM: The Morning WakeUp
Previews
The Ticket: What’s happening in the local arts world - American Moor
- The Boston Globe
"Keith Hamilton Cobb is a tall African American actor. He gets asked two questions over and over again. Does he play basketball? And has he done Othello yet?"
- Washington Post