While Lorraine Hansberry's poignant tale about a 1950s Chicago family has some dated language and deplorable stances, the play is anchored by strong performances and themes that are still relevant today, reviews theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair.
From left to right: Lorraine Victoria Kanyike, Joshua McKenna, Juanita A . Rodrigues, Valyn Lyric Turner, Damon Singletary and Jon Vellante in New Rep's production of"A Raisin in the Sun." Walter — a Black father, husband, son and brother living in Chicago’s southside — is restless with want. Played by Damon Singletary, Walter spends his day working as a chauffeur and his nights are spent drinking with his friends and dreaming of a better life.
Hansberry was the first African American woman to get her work on Broadway with “A Raisin in the Sun,” making her a star in 1959. Hansberry, who hails from Chicago, also wrote “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” six years later that had a short Broadway run, too. Still, “A Raisin in the Sun” remains her best-known work and was turned into a film in 1961 and again in 2008 with accomplished performers such as Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier and Louis Gossett Jr.
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