★★★☆☆ Actors manage to shine despite directorial gimmickry in John O'Hara's new revival of the Lorraine Hansberry classic
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Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Joe Morton and Sean Combs have all portrayed Walter Lee Younger on Broadway. Given how admired these performers are,  it may come as a shock that the…
By: Paulanne Simmons
October 23, 2022: A Raisin in the Sun made its Broadway debut in 1959. But the drama confronts so many of the issues African Americans still face today " the role of…
Lena Younger has been thinking...
Check out this scene from A RAISIN IN THE SUN, featuring Tonya Pinkins as Lena Younger and Mandi Masden as Ruth Younger.
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Now through…
By Bob Hoover Lorraine Hansberry’s legendary play about segregation in Chicago reached Broadway in 1959. Sixty-three years later, a Bloomberg News report concludes: “About 400,000 Black …
The Public Theater's revival of A RAISIN IN THE SUN written by Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara, now in previews, will officially open on Wednesday, Octobe…
Previews begin October 12th through the 14th, with tickets discounted 30%. Pittsburgh Public Theater’s first full season since 2019 begins with this Tony Award-winning classic, A Raisin in…
Check out an inside look into the rehearsal room of A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
Now through November 6th!
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Robert O'Hara
Lorraine Hansberry's…
Check out a sneak peek scene of A RAISIN IN THE SUN.
Running September 27 - November 6, 2022
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Robert O'Hara
Lorraine Hansberry's A RAI…
A Raisin in the Sun, featuring Tonya Pinkins as Lena Younger, Francois Battiste as Walter Lee Younger, and more will begin performances in the Newman Theater with a Joseph Papp Free Perfo…
Catch Tonya Pinkins in 'A Raisin in the Sun,' David Strathairn as a Holocaust witness, Alan Cumming dancing and more
Think Broadway's busy in September? Wait until you read about all the pro…
The play famously takes place in a part of the city's African-American South Side where the five-person Younger family occupies a small, decaying kitchenette apartment. There, they dream of …
The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director and Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) announced casting today for the upcoming revival of A RAISIN IN THE SUN written by Lo…
The Public Theater has announced casting for the upcoming revival of A RAISIN IN THE SUN written by Lorraine Hansberry and directed by Tony Award nominee Robert O'Hara. The cast of A RAISIN …
Tonya Pinkins and Francois Battiste are among the cast announced today for the Public Theater's upcoming production of A Raisin In The Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama to be directed …
