Jordan E Cooper became the youngest Black American writer to have a show on Broadway but Ain’t No Mo is set to close after only 17 days
earned critical plaudits on Broadway, was informed that his beloved show will close on Sunday – just 17 days after opening.
“thrilling, bewildering, campy, shrewd, mortifying, scary, devastating and deep”. Cooper, who is also a member of the cast, recalls that Steven Spielberg described it as the most cinematic play he had ever seen.“It started off being an exploration of what it would be like if all Black people in America got an email saying that they have to go back to Africa. You watch all these different people around the country decide whether or not they’re getting on that final flight out.
So it came as a kick to the solar plexus last week when producer Lee Daniels announced that the show would have to go dark abruptly on Sunday after a meagre 22 previews and 21 regular performances. The entertainment website Deadlinethe show took in only $120,901 at the box office – not sufficient to cover its running costs.
“A lot of people that watch me had no idea that it existed. We didn’t have any billboards on 125th and Malcolm X, we didn’t have any billboards in Harlem and Brooklyn and these places where I felt people who would enjoy the show but didn’t get a chance to know about the show. We didn’t have time to do any of that so it just came as a shock.”published an open letter
The appeal struck a nerve. Co-producer RuPaul will host a special performance on Thursday. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith bought out a performance this week to show their support as did Tyler Perry.by civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton on the MSNBC network’s influential Morning Joe programme.
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