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...