If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka | Playwrights Horizons | Theater in New York
Beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder here. It's an accepted, incontrovertible truth that Akim is without blemish or fault, which is why vengeful Massassi (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy), sweet Adama (Mirirai Sithole) and brilliant Kaya (Phumzile Sitole) are goaded into violence: They can't bear life in the shade. Gorgeousness hasn't been a picnic for Akim either, though, since her parents (Maechi Aharanwa and Jason Bowe…