Point of Revue by Carlyle Brown, Yonas Assefa, David Barr III, Warren C. Bowles, Don Cheadle, Kia Corthron, Eisa Davis, Kirsten Greenidge, Dwight Hobbes, Syl Jones, Thomas W. Jones II, Lynn Nottage, Robert O'Hara, Jevetta Steele, Gavin Lawrence

"Point of Revue accentuates American injustice and inequality and focuses on providing live evidence that reveals the harsher side of humankind... the audience is left with a raw and realistic look at life, which includes the lewd and vulgar as well as the beautiful and noble."

Point of Revue opens with a Charlie McCarthy-style dummy show, except in this case little Charlie has assumed the persona of a redneck and his puppet master is a black man played by playwright/actor Warren C. Bowles. In its own silly way, the piece comments on the tug-of-war characterizing race relations in America. But the most immediate thing is its hilarity. ...There's much more where that came from in this showcase of mini-plays, a contemporary vaudeville-style revue featuring the talents of nine prominent African-American playwrights and one composer, J.D. Steele. The most over-the-top of all is "Secretary of Shake," by Eisa Davis, a bit in which two women with international relations degrees try out to be Condoleezza Rice's backup dancers.