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A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith review: a delight and a revelation

A revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s pioneering 1959 play has been a long time coming: this is magisterial

Evening Standard

A Raisin in the Sun review – stirring drama of a family confronting segregation

Leeds Playhouse Revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s play follows a family struggling against the odds and delivers a message of hope

The Guardian - UK

Lack of arts schemes for working class will make UK theatre whiter and posher, director says

Tinuke Craig says current black British theatre talent was developed when schemes to improve access were common

The Guardian - UK

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Beneatha’s Place review – the future of Black America and the shadows of colonialism

Kwame Kwei-Armah’s play takes a character from Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun on a journey to Africa

The Guardian - UK

Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic review – this bracingly stimulating play has found its moment

This work about race and the ownership of history could not feel more timely

Evening Standard

‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place

Continuing the story of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, the writer and director aims to create change with a reflection on today’s culture wars about race

The Guardian - UK

How British theatre censorship laws have inadvertently created a rich archive of Black history

In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to remember that for much of British history it was the state, not the masses, who censored the work of artists.

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Why Tonya Pinkins said yes to starring in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ revival

NEW YORK — Tonya Pinkins is not a fan of revivals.

Tribune News Service

Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan to headline Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’

NEW YORK — Two stars will align for the first major New York revival of a Lorraine Hansberry play next year.

Tribune News Service

Is A Raisin in the Sun just as relevant in 2022 Australia as it was in America in 1959? Some say very much so

The Australian main stage debut of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun offers audiences a reality check, without beating you over the head, according to some of its cast members.

ABC News

Sydney Theatre Company’s A Raisin in the Sun is an enormous achievement with superb cast, direction and staging

Review: A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Wesley Enoch for the Sydney Theatre Company.

The Conversation

Editorial: We’re smart enough as a city to leave Christopher Columbus alone

If Mayor Lori Lightfoot were to follow the recent recommendations of the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee and excise Christopher Columbus permanently from Grant Park, logic dictates that she should then immediately rename Columbus Drive. After all, a prominent city street is etched in the public consciousness far more than…

Chicago Tribune

Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins to star in revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun’

NEW YORK — Lorraine Hansberry’s play, “A Raisin in the Sun,” will be revived this fall.

Tribune News Service

Clybourne Park review – property prices and home truths in provocative satire

The acting, by Imogen Stubbs and Eric Underwood among others, is formidable but Bruce Norris’s 2010 play lacks depth

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A look at the Chicago homes where Black history-makers lived

From Gwendolyn Brooks to Nat "King" Cole, iconic Black figures have called Chicago home. Here’s where to find some of the places these legendary musicians, writers and activists lived.

Chicago Tribune

What we’re reading: This is the authoritative biography of Chicago’s Lorraine Hansberry we were missing

CHICAGO — I’ve been reading about Lorraine Hansberry.

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