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| A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of three generations of a family living and struggling together under one roof. The Youngers--Mama ( The Cosby Show star Phylicia Rashad), her children Beneatha (Sanaa Lathan) and Walter Lee (hip-hop mogul Sean Combs), and his wife Ruth (three-time Tony winner Audra McDonald) |
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and their son Travis--live on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. It is a place in which dreams, like the raisin in the Langston Hughes' poem from which the play takes its title, wither and die if nothing is done with them.
Two of the stars of the revival of A Raisin in the Sun won acting awards. Phylicia Rashad trimphed as Best Actress in a Play, and Audra McDonald won her fourth Tony Award (she is still in her 30s) in the Featured Actress in a Play category. |
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Category: Play Revival
Running Time: 2 hrs 50 mins with one intermission
Started: March 30, 2004
Opened: April 26, 2004
Limited to: July 11, 2004 |
Written by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Kenny Leon
Set Design by Thomas Lynch
Costume Design by Paul Tazewell
Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt
Sound Design by T. Richard Fitzgerald |
Venue Royale Theatre-NY New York, NY |
Starring |
Royale Theatre
242 West 45th Street
New York, NY
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Sean Combs, Walter Lee Younger
Audra McDonald, Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashad, Lena Younger
Sanaa Lathan, Beneatha Younger
David Aaron Baker, Lindner
Teagle F. Bougere, Asagai
Frank Harts, George
Alexander Mitchell, Travis
Bill Nunn, Bobo |
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