One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops. Sometimes they have haircuts, sometimes they listen, more often than not they talk. Barbershops are ...

NEW YORK — The Earth is a planet built for speed in “Barber Shop Chronicles,” which burst open at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater on Tuesday in an intoxicating cloud of adrenaline and ...

LONDON — A few years ago, Broadway etiquette mavens were scandalized when an audience member plugged in his phone onstage at “Hand to God.” But when a teenage girl felt a similar impulse at “Barber ...

One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops ...

Lagos. Johannesburg. Accra. Kampala. Harare. London. Six radically different cities, all united by a familiar place where you can get more than just a good trim. Barber Shop Chronicles conjures the ...