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 questions of legacy ...

Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine ... a major achievement for Hansberry and a pivotal moment for African American storytelling in the theater. "A Raisin in the Sun" not only ran for 19 ...

Written when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark A Raisin in the Sun is listed by The National Theatre as one of the hundred most significant works of the twentieth century.

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 ...