Audio story on the writing and production of 'the play that "changed American theater forever."'

This is a Morning News radio broadcast from March 11, 2002 in which Cheryl Corley discussses the 1959 Broadway play The Raisin in the Sun based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. It includes quotes by Hansberry and others and a clip from...

Learn about the challenges of adapting a play into a screenplay in this video [5:16] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Hansberry wanted control over the changes made to her play for the movie...

Learn about the story behind the writing of A Raisin in the Sun in this video [5:57] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, and how Hansberry's feelings about the purpose of writing are reflected...

Discover how art and drama can be used to address difficult societal issues in this video [5:39] from the American Masters film Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Learn how critics and the public responded to the...

Explore the role of women in the 1950s in this video [6:39] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Incorporating footage of women in the 1950s, Lorraine Hansberry's life, and scenes from the film...

In this video [2:56] from the American Masters film Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, students learn how the play A Raisin in the Sun explores the impact of dreams deferred. Inspired by the famous Langston Hughes poem...

This audio story offers perspective on the opening of Hansberry's famous play on Broadway.