Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

August Wilson

Theater Performance (Boston University Theater, 03/09/2012 - 04/08/2012)

03/09/2012

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Blues (Music)

African American Studies

Dramatic or Theatre Arts

Racism or Race Relation

Fight director, Robert Walsh. Legendary 1920s blues singer Ma Rainey and her musicians gather in a run-down Chicago studio to record new sides of old favorites when generational and racial tensions suddenly explode. The Huntington completes Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's Century Cycle with this searing drama, Wilson's first Broadway hit.

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Title: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Creators: August Wilson (Author)
Contributors: Robert E. Walsh (Director) - Brandeis University, Department of Theater Arts
Liesl Tommy (Director)
Huntington Theatre Company (Performer)
Event: Theater Performance (Boston University Theater, 03/09/2012 - 04/08/2012)
Identifiers: 9924194187201921
Academic Unit: Department of Theater Arts
Resource Type: Theater

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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