Melanye Finister played Beneatha Younger in People’s Light & Theatre Company’s A Raisin in the Sun. More than 30 years later, when People’s Light approached her to return to the play, she wondered why ...

Dear Readers, in the past I’ve talked about plays that are essential for your theatrical education, plays that are just good ...

That is the word that comes to mind after watching People’s Light’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. As a part of the theater’s 50th anniversary season, the ...

Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his ...