STAGE REVIEW

And a footnote: While some African-American writers have attacked black Christians for worshiping what James Baldwin called “a white man’s God,” Langston Hughes reaffirms the universality of the faith in “Black Nativity” by depicting Jesus, Mary and Joseph as black and telling their tale through gospel music.

This rousing Southeast Community Theatre production, directed by Floyd Gaffney, plays at the Educational Cultural Complex in San Diego through Sunday. (619) 262-2817.