In the end, “And Just Like That” couldn’t hide its shame that its characters were aging.

Lights Out is about the show’s final taping on December 17, 1957. But it’s also about Nat Cole himself, and what he endured despite—or perhaps because of—being the first black superstar.

"Lights Out: Nat King Cole" sometimes allows Daniel J. Watts, as Cole's internal strife, to get way too much of the spotlight.© Wherever I Look ...

Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole Through June 29 at New York Theater Workshop, Manhattan; nytw.org. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

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