The core mission of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre is to create theatrical works by, for, and about the Black experience, and provide employment and career-building career opportunities for actors, ...
The famed dramatist, activist and journalist Lorraine Hansberry used her writing as a beacon of truth, sparking deep reflection on the African American experience. Her play “A Raisin in the Sun” was a ...
After playwright Lorraine Hansberry rocketed to stardom in 1959 with A Raisin in the Sun, she followed it up, five years later, with The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. The show had a short Broadway ...
As soon as the curtain came down, the 1959 audience at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre spontaneously rose to give the cast of A Raisin in the Sun –the story of the Black Younger family living in ...
Rather than a champion of the American dream, Hansberry was a critic of middle-class property values who challenged American exceptionalism. (David Attie / Getty) Robert O’Hara didn’t confine the play ...