Excellent Early ‘Crumbs’ From Lynn Nottage
In structure and spirit, ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy,’ now being revived for the first time in New York, has many of the elements that would distinguish her later work: a probing intelligence, a generous heart, and an unapologetic directness.
The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage has drawn inspiration from subjects ranging from civil war in the Congo to tensions among Pennsylvania factory workers to the poaching of elephants in Kenya. For “Crumbs from the Table of Joy,” which marked her professional debut as a playwright back in 1995, Ms. Nottage looked no further than her native Brooklyn — in geographic terms, that is.
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