The Goodman Theatre’s current staging of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” starring E. Faye Butler, led to the reissue of a century-old blues album. When “Ma Rainey” burst onto the stage at opening night of ...
It's 1926 Chicago, and Ma Rainey, “The Mother of the Blues,” takes her time getting ready to record. Tensions and temperatures rise as the musicians recount tales of rage, joy, betrayal and faith in ...
Every once in a while, a show stops you in your tracks. Goodman Theatre’s tectonic revival of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is one of them. Take note, New York producers: director Chuck ...
Al’Jaleel McGhee had been waiting for Levee Green. That’s the only explanation for this young actor’s truly astonishing performance as August Wilson’s impetuous young blues trumpeter, a ...
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This article contains mentions of sexual assault. Though the title of the play may suggest otherwise, the Goodman Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s seminal “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” deals ...
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August Wilson was a night owl. He would hang out in bars and diners until the wee hours of the morning, his friend, author and University of Washington professor Charles Johnson told me a few years ...
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is a well-acted, slow-burn character study. August Wilson’s 1982 play centers on a fictitious 1927 Chicago album recording, as the musicians gather and wait for the notorious ...
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