Local & Regional · North America

Review: Hip-hop play ‘How We Got On’ deftly tackles coming-of-age themes but needs a little remixing

The year is 1988. Hip-hop is in its golden era. E.U. has the whole country doing “Da Butt,” as suggested in the group's chart-topping hit from the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s film “School Daze.” On the West Coast, N.W.A. released “Straight Outta Compton,” and Public Enemy’s “Don’t Believe the Hype” is blaring out of boom