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A Raisin in the Sun

  • Young Centre for the Performing Arts
  • 55 Mill St. Building 49, Distillery District • View on map »
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Taking its title and its driving theme from the charged Langston Hughes line “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 opus altered the face of contemporary theatre when it became the first play written and directed by African-Americans to hit Broadway. Soulpepper is staging this story of a black family living in 1950s Chicago, with the help of ’Da Kink in My Hair’s Weyni Mengesha and actors Michael Blake, Abena Malika, Charles Officer and Alison Sealy-Smith. Preview Oct. 15.—Stéphanie Verge
When:
Oct. 16/08 - Nov. 15/08
How Much:
$34–$65; preview $34–$43
Event Web Site:
http://www.soulpepper.ca
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