A Raisin in the Sun News

Stage and screen stars Jonathan Groff and Sanaa Lathan have both landed roles on the second season of "Boss," the Starz series that features Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, a Chicago mayor.

When: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; plus 8 p.m. Feb. 13 . Through March 4. Watching a play that was considered controversial or game-changing decades or centuries earlier can be a revelation or a deep letdown.

The Tony winner for her role in 'Raisin in the Sun' is now seeing the play from a director's viewpoint.

Karl Linder is the representative of the neighbors association "welcoming committee" over in Clybourne Park - an all-white suburb in late-1950s Chicago - who appears in two plays presented concurrently by Center Theatre Group: The first is Ebony Repertory Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 modern classic about race relations in ... (more)

"A Raisin in the Sun," which takes its title from Langston Hughes' stirring poem about the consequences of "a dream deferred," was the first Broadway play written by a black woman.

Since 1942, the United States has observed February as Black History Month. Here at CBSNewYork, we're celebrating it by recognizing accomplished black New Yorkers.

Clybourne Park is a fictional place where dreams were not deferred and the American dream was realized through nightmarish conditions.

The nominees and special award recipients for the 43rd annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards , honoring distinguished achievements in L.A. theater during 2011, were announced on Monday.

Ebony Theatre's production of Lorraine Hansberry's American classic "A Raisin in the Sun," is playing at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, and continues performances through February 19, 2012.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announced nominations and special awards for excellence for work produced or presented in 2011 in Los Angeles, Orange County and Ventura County.

Besides being the title of a play and the name of a cathouse from which a character escapes, what else does "The Sty of the Blind Pig" mean? After all, the play, now at TheaterWorks at City Arts on Pearl , is not about a pig, blind or otherwise, and doesn't take place in a sty.

If there is a truth now universally acknowledged on Broadway, it is that producers in need of a fortune should cast Darren Criss.

Sidney Poitier earned a Tony Award nomination for playing Walter Lee Younger on Broadway in 1959 and then about two years later reprised the role in the classic film of the same name, earning a Golden Globe nomination.

Sunday Night found me pulling easily into the Culver City Hall parking lot for opening night of A Raisin in the Sun at the Kirk Douglas Theater.

Deidrie Henry is a two-time Ovation Award winner. The awards recognize the best work in theatre in Los Angeles.

Areprise of the 2011 Ebony Repertory Theatre production of "A Raisin in the Sun," directed by Phylicia Rashad, opened Sunday at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, and for anyone wishing to encounter or re-encounter this classic by Lorraine Hansberry, this is a clear-eyed, emotionally stirring rendition.

Geva Theatre Center's 2011-2012 Season continues with Lorraine Hansberry's classic play, A Raisin in the Sun, which begins performances on February 21 and runs in the Elaine P. Wilson Mainstage through March 25.

Provincetown Counter Productions is working with Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater to produce a detailed, realistic rendition of Lorraine Hansberry's classic American drama "A Raisin in the Sun" that is respectful of this important play's content and style.

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The Center Theatre Group hosts two Tony award-winning stage plays this weekend as the afro-beat musical 'Fela!' dances it's way through the final weekend, 'Raisin in the Sun' will be taking center stage opening night January 22.