Blue

In Harlem, a couple celebrates the birth of their firstborn—a boy, Black and beautiful. As the mother worries for her son’s future in today’s America, the father wrestles with his role as a police officer, a “Black man in blue.” When the unimaginable happens years later and a white officer kills the son, their deepest fears will come true. Following its postponement in our 2020–2021 season, WNO presents the long-awaited D.C. premiere of Blue, th...