‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ review: Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in uneven revival
5 / 10
That is the unshakable feeling at the revival of his “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” that opened Saturday night at the Barrymore Theatre. You’re never less than pleased you’ve come, and yet you’re constantly aware that something’s gone. What thrives in director Debbie Allen’s production of one of the writer’s best works is the drama’s musical conversationality and boisterous spirit. How could it not when the 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house it’s set in is run by Cedric the Entertainer?





