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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...