That is the word that comes to mind after watching People’s Light’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin ... the Sun at 27 years old. The title is pulled from a line of Langston Hughes’ poem ...

Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine ... for best play in 1959, marking a major achievement for Hansberry and a pivotal moment for African American storytelling in the theater. "A Raisin ...

In 1964, “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” shocked critics and fans who expected another Black story following “A Raisin in the Sun ... production of Lorraine Hansberry’s ...

Written when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark A Raisin in the Sun is listed by The National ... Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway ...

George Monbiot. As Radio 3 broadcasts Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun as the Sunday Drama hear theatre directors Kwame Kwei-Armah, Yael Farber and Dawn Walton and historians Kit Davis ...

racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better life. Adapted for the screen from Lorraine Hansberry's play, this is a moving portrait of dreams deferred.

Lorraine Hansberry's multifaceted meditation on race ... Guest director Seret Scott had the audacity to start the play slowly, lingering longer than most on the banal reality of the family's domestic ...