*(Via ReelUrbanNews) – The Hollywood Reporter has hailed the “lyrical writing and indelible performances” of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, playwright August Wilson’s classic that debuted this month at the ...

CAPTURING AUDIENCES. THESE SNAPSHOTS TAKE YOU BACK TO A SNAPSHOT IN HISTORY 1927, IN CHICAGO, WHERE SINGER MA RAINEY IS MERGING JAZZ AND BLUES WHILE EMERGING AS A STAR. MA RAINEY, HER CHARACTER. SHE ...

Wilson's landmark play is a celebration of early 20th- century Black culture and a critique of systemic oppression in the music industry. Opening January 23 at 7:30 PM, it is more than just a ...

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Chicago actor and associate director Harry Lennix shares his full-circle journey from performing in the 1997 production to ...

Ma Rainey and her band the Rabbit Foot Minstrels circa 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Ma Rainey and her band the Rabbit Foot ...

X’ydee Alexander, Evan Lewis Smith, Jeff Nahan, James Herriotte, Matt Hollerbach, Melanie Jones, Will Bryson, T. Pharoah Muhammad, and Antoine McKay in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Credit: Courtesy photo ...

The inaugural production held in Madison Arts Center’s new cabaret space is the third in Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s August Wilson’s American Century Cycle Experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black ...

Detroit Repertory Theatre's production of August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" delivers a mostly solid performance with a talented cast. Audience etiquette was an issue, particularly during a ...

*Rehearsals have begun for August Wilson’s blazing masterpiece “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” which begins previews September 1, opens September 11 and continues through October 16, 2016, at the Center ...

This summer, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company will be pulling out all the stops to celebrate the late legendary Pittsburgh-born playwright August Wilson. With their August Wilson’s American ...

Detroit Repertory Theatre continues its exploration of legendary playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle with “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a work especially well known to many since 2020’s Netflix ...