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Playwright Tyler Perry | 4/5 iTunes - Apple Genre Comedy, drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyler perry s laugh to keep from crying lisa raises her hand at her mother
Laugh to Keep from Crying is a play written and directed by American playwright Tyler Perry. The show first opened in the fall of 2009. The play is a mixture of comedy, drama, and music, set at an inner-city building in a predominantly African-American neighborhood.
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- Tyler perry s laugh to keep from crying lisa raises her hand at her mother
- Plot
- Cast
- Live Tour Cast
- References
Plot
The story revolves around a small group of people living in an inner-city building in a predominantly African-American neighborhood. Carol (Cheryl Pepsii Riley) is a single mother raising two teenagers: Tony (Donny Sykes), who is studious and participates in gospel choir; and Lisa (Tamar Davis), who is rebellious and refuses to attend church. She works long hours during the day, and is good friends with Belinda (Chandra Currelley-Young), their neighbor across the hall. Carol and Belinda disapprove of Niecey (D'Atra Hicks), their upstairs neighbor who is a prostitute. Peter (Wess Morgan) and Anna (Stephanie Ferrett) are a white couple who have moved into the building to save money while Peter attends law school. Anna's recently widowed mother, Jane (Rachel Richards)visits. Floyd (Palmer Williams, Jr) is the superintendent.Carol meets a police officer named Donnie(Anthony Dalton)Then Niecy's pimp Eddie,(Celestin Cornielle) who is bad to everybody involved.