Reviews
On Yellowman
“The extraordinary Clark Jackson interprets Eugene, as well as his father and grandfather, whose two different skins nonetheless contain the same kind of deep prejudice against the other’s degrees of blackness. Jackson also portrays Eugene’s mother and some boyhood friends with equal unaffected brilliance. But most important Jackson beautifully, touchingly conveys Eugene’s essential goodness, kindness, strength and vulnerability. Love him if you will; mourn him, you must.”
-Gordon Spencer, WQED-FM Bayer Arts Magazine
“Clark Jackson explodes in his powerful turn as Eugene.”
-Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh City Paper
“Primarily, we are swept up in the commanding talents of… Clark Jackson, actors able to make vivid the whole rainbow of human emotion.”
-Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On Cobb
“Oscar Charleston, who played in the Negro Leagues and was known as the Black Cobb… is personified here by the actor Clark Jackson, who visits the stage intermittently with a preternatural calm and confidence.”
-Bruce Weber, New York Times
“Clark Jackson is marvelous as Oscar, shifting deftly from wry slavishness to moments of heartbreaking pride and frustration.”
-Elysa Gardner, USA Today
“Jackson’s Charleston establishes an easy, laconic rhythm that provides counterpoint to the three Cobbs’ more staccato beat. And yet, as he must by play’s end, Jackson explodes in a fury of injustice that genuinely overpowers Mr. Cobb’s mere misgivings and self-doubts.”
-Robert Hofler, Variety
“The extraordinary Clark Jackson interprets Eugene, as well as his father and grandfather, whose two different skins nonetheless contain the same kind of deep prejudice against the other’s degrees of blackness. Jackson also portrays Eugene’s mother and some boyhood friends with equal unaffected brilliance. But most important Jackson beautifully, touchingly conveys Eugene’s essential goodness, kindness, strength and vulnerability. Love him if you will; mourn him, you must.”
-Gordon Spencer, WQED-FM Bayer Arts Magazine
“Clark Jackson explodes in his powerful turn as Eugene.”
-Ted Hoover, Pittsburgh City Paper
“Primarily, we are swept up in the commanding talents of… Clark Jackson, actors able to make vivid the whole rainbow of human emotion.”
-Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On Cobb
“Oscar Charleston, who played in the Negro Leagues and was known as the Black Cobb… is personified here by the actor Clark Jackson, who visits the stage intermittently with a preternatural calm and confidence.”
-Bruce Weber, New York Times
“Clark Jackson is marvelous as Oscar, shifting deftly from wry slavishness to moments of heartbreaking pride and frustration.”
-Elysa Gardner, USA Today
“Jackson’s Charleston establishes an easy, laconic rhythm that provides counterpoint to the three Cobbs’ more staccato beat. And yet, as he must by play’s end, Jackson explodes in a fury of injustice that genuinely overpowers Mr. Cobb’s mere misgivings and self-doubts.”
-Robert Hofler, Variety