Hells KitchenOff-Broadway

If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka

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Description

Playwright Tori Sampson’s play is a contemporary take on an old West African fable. The setting is the village of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, and beautiful girl Akim has it all—but her jealous classmates will do anything to stop her from rising to the top. The 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist play is filled with roaring live music and dance, with direction from Leah C. Gardiner.

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Location

Playwrights Horizons

416 W 42nd St Manhattan, NY, 10036

Features

Genre
Drama
Type
Performance

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