The real Rainey would be out of a job just a year later: classic blues was fading in popularity in favor of swing jazz, and the advent of talking pictures had dented the centrality of live ...

*(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 ...

NEW YORK -- The Oscar-nominated film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is the story of a pioneering blues singer during a recording session in the 1920s. The movie, based on an earlier play, received five ...

I love my job. I get to go to the theatre as time permits and watch great actors tell the tales written by some of the best storytellers in the universe, living or dead. Gotta admit that’s pretty cool ...

Chicago actor and associate director Harry Lennix shares his full-circle journey from performing in the 1997 production to helping lead the centennial revival of August Wilson’s classic play.

Blues diva Ma Rainey and her band have come to a Chicago studio to cut a record, but their artistic differences nearly stop the session before it starts. Full of unforgettable characters and the raw ...

*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 ...