A Raisin in the Sun<\/strong><\/p>\nBack in the day on March 11th, 1959, \u201cA Raisin in the Sun\u201d became the first play written by an African-American woman and directed by an African-American man to stage on Broadway. The storyline centered on the decision of a black family to move from the south side of Chicago to an all-white neighborhood. Named after a line in the famed Langston Hughes poem \u201cA Dream Deferred,\u201d the play echoed the life experience of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry whose own family had to file litigation under similar circumstances in Chicago. The cast and crew of \u201cA Raisin in the Sun,\u201d featured the talents of the likes of Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier who help the production open to acclaim.The Ethel Barrymore Theater erupted in applause on opening night and critical praise followed soon thereafter. Hansberry\u2019s work brought new black audiences to the theater, but also introduced existing white audiences to an artistic representation of African-American life they had previously been unexposed to. <\/p>\n
Perhaps this is part of the reason why the New York Times would go on to call \u201cA Raisin in the Sun,\u201d a play that \u201cchanged American theater forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a> A Raisin in the Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n