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Out of prison and into the fire of race and sex in 'Lights Rise on Grace' by Nelson Pressley

A streetwise drama about star-crossed lovers from the Chinese Capulets and the black Montagues sounds pretty rich, doesn't it? But Chad Beckim's gritty "Lights Rise on Grace" doesn't stop there, though it does cite "Romeo and Juliet." It heads into prison, gives its Romeo a gay love affair with a troubled white convict, and observes its three main characters developing extremely hard shells yet crumbling under the pr…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:04PM on April 7, 2015

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