Now considered safely within the canon of groundbreaking African-American theater, The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted and delighted audiences of all backgrounds as it redefines what it means to be “black”. Performed as eleven individual scenes or “exhibits,” its relentless satirical wit confronts stereotypes old and new. Frank Rich of The New York Times declared, “The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe’s fearless humor, and it’s a liberating revolt.”