Articles tagged with: Lorraine Hansberry
Theater 2015-16: ‘Disgraced,’ 4 world premieres accent a many-splendored season at Goodman
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11th in a series of season previews
‘Raisin in the Sun’ at TimeLine: Family dreams confront reality in a journey back to the future
![‘Raisin in the Sun’ at TimeLine: Family dreams confront reality in a journey back to the future Karl (Chris Rickett, left) tries to talk the Youngers out of moving to all-white Clybourne Park. TimeLine's 'A Raisin in the Sun' 2013 (Lara Goetsch)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Karl-Chris-Rickett-left-tries-to-talk-the-Youngers-out-of-moving-to-all-white-Clybourne-Park.-TimeLines-A-Raisin-in-the-Sun-2013-Lara-Goetsch-125x125.jpg)
Review: The disturbing thing about Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play “A Raisin in the Sun,” a sharply drawn portrait of America’s racial divide and one black family’s resolve to cross that chasm, is how current it still feels in the season-opening production at TimeLine Theatre, potently and humanely crafted by director Ron OJ Parson. ★★★★
Theater 2013-14: TimeLine will raise curtain with fresh look at classic ‘Raisin in the Sun’
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First in a series of season previews: TimeLine Theatre rolls into its 17th season by turning back the clock more than half a century to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic story of racial prejudice in Chicago, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Though two of the Milwaukee Rep leads will appear at TimeLine – Greta Oglesby as Mama, who’s bent on seeing her family better situated, and Mildred Marie Langford as her daughter Beneatha, who dreams of a medical career – this production will be a complete rethinking of the work, from sets to concept.
Protecting the old neighborhood, but redefining the threat
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“Clybourne Park” at Steppenwolf. Bias on the block. 5 stars!