Crash Course
Broadway, Seriously: Crash Course Theater #46
We're going to Broadway, everybody, and it's not going to be that fun. In fact, it's going to be a very serious experience with lots of powerful social commentary and indictments of life in America in the 1950s. So be prepared to look at...
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Lorraine Hansberry
The first African-American woman to have a play staged on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was a writer who broke down racial and gender barriers.
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'Raisin in the Sun' cast on grueling Broadway schedule
'A Raisin in the Sun' doesn't open on Broadway until April 3, but the cast and crew are already hard at work getting ready for opening night.
The biggest names in the cast - including star Denzel Washington - met the media on Tuesday (18...
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Npr: A Raisin in the Sun
Audio story on the writing and production of 'the play that "changed American theater forever."'
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Representation in Hollywood
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...
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Pbs: L. Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/feeling Heart Writing, Politics, and Compassion
Explore how Lorraine Hansberry's work rests at the intersection of writing, politics, and compassion in this video [1:58] from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. In 1959, just weeks before A Raisin...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Hansberry's Writing Process
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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Theater as Protest
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...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Role of Women in the 1950s
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...
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Pbs: Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: American Dream Deferred
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...
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Ims, Harper Audio: Lorraine Hansberry
This website provides audio files of four separate scenes from Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun." Short descriptions accompany each scene. Audio clips are available in ".au," ".gsm", and ".ra" formats.
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Npr: "A Raisin in the Sun"
This audio story offers perspective on the opening of Hansberry's famous play on Broadway.