Photo Coverage: First look at Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
As part of The August Wilson Festival, Short North Stage presents a full production of this searing drama. The play is set in a run-down recording studio in Chicago in 1927. The legendary "Mother of Blues," Ma Rainey, is due to arrive to record a new take on a favorite song. Ma uses every trick she can muster to fight her white record producer for control of her music. Hardened by years of ill-treatment and bad deals, she's determined that 'Black Bottom', the song that bears her name, will be recorded her way. But one of her band members, a swaggering young trumpet player, tries to manipulate the producer to record instead his new hip version of the song. A battle ensues. This masterpiece is a riveting portrayal of racism, of the self-hate that racism breeds, and of racial exploitation.
Running June 2 - June 19, 2016 at Short North Stage, 1187 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43201. For tickets/more info visit: http://shortnorthstage.org/calendar/v/536
Check out a first look below!
Photo Credit: Jerri Shafer
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
Short North Stage's MA RAINEY's BLACK BOTTOM
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