Lorraine Hansberry News

Cherry Lane Theatre, the oldest continuously running Off-Broadway theatre in New York City, has a new owner, it has been announced by Angelina Fiordellisi, the theatre’s Executive Director since having acquired the building in 1996.  Cherry Lane is located at 38 Commerce Street in Greenwich Village.

Playwrights Horizons today announced its 2021-22 season. The influential Off-Broadway institution returns to in-person performance after 18 months in which, under new artistic leadership, it has marked its 50th anniversary and reflected deeply on the role the theater should play in the life of its city, its country, and the world.

Palo Alto Players for the first time in its recent history will premiere an original one-man show by Bay Area actor Fred Pitts. AREN’T YOU…? recounts Pitts’ hilarious journey to visit all 21 California Mission churches, where he discovers being black makes him an instant celebrity – the question is which one?

This change in organization leadership follows an announcement last month that Brad Erickson would be leaving the executive director position. Erickson is set to depart at the end of the calendar year after 18 years of service.

Also announced today are the shortlisted writers: Billie Collins with But The Heart Stayed Behind; Rebecca Jade Hammond with Hot Chicks; Emma Hemingford with Foreverland; Joe Ward Munrow with Home; and Rían Smith with Endless.

Magic Theatre announced today that the Company will host its 2021 Gala THE NEW AGE OF MAGIC: CELEBRATING NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SEAN SAN JOSÉ in-person outside The Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

There is no better time than summer to relax by the pool and curl up with a great book, and you're in luck, because this year, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 30 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's summer reading!

Magic Theatre announced today that the Company will host its 2021 Gala THE NEW AGE OF MAGIC: CELEBRATING NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SEAN SAN JOSÉ in-person outside The Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123) on Thursday, August 5, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Magic Theatre announced today that the Company will host its 2021 Gala THE NEW AGE OF MAGIC: CELEBRATING NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SEAN SAN JOSÉ in-person outside The Firehouse at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123) on Thursday, August 5, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Kicking off with a performance of Smith's acclaimed solo show, Frederick Douglass Now, presented in partnership with the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association on Saturday, August 21 at 7:00pm ET, the one-night-only event takes place at Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs, a National Historic Landmark on Martha's Vineyard.

The Guthrie Theater today announced its 2021–2022 Season, including the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me by famed writer Heidi Schreck; a world-premiere adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Lavina Jadhwani, featuring all-new creative design; Lorraine Hansberry’s heralded A Raisin in the Sun, and more.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the national awardees of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which was held virtually in convenings for each discipline that began on March 8, 2021 and continued through May 22, 2021.

Village Theatre today announced its return to the Mainstage with a 2022 Season of live theatre at both its Issaquah and Everett locations. The 2022 Welcome Back Season provides an opportunity to slowly reintroduce aspects of the live theatre-going experience that Village Theatre patrons know and love.

Artistic Director Michael Unger today unveiled Skylight Music Theatre’s 2021-2022 season, which marks the theatre’s return to in-person performances after more than one year. It will be Unger’s first official season since joining Skylight in 2019, due to cancelled shows during the pandemic. 

Harris co-wrote A24's Zola with director Janicza Bravo, is developing a pilot at HBO, and worked on their hit new series 'Euphoria.'

Harold Farrell, the authorized biographer of Lloyd Richards will join playwright Jeffrey Sweet for a behind the scene look at Lorraine Hansberry's “A Raisin in the Sun” on Wednesday June 2 at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) via Zoom.

Natalie King is an accomplished actor, director, and teacher here in the Dallas Ft Worth area.  After beginning her career as an actor, she fell in love with the art of storytelling.  She created a performance company called Universal Connection which toured dozens of elementary schools in Dallas and Mesquite with Young Audiences. 

The former residence of Black lesbian playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, underscoring Hansberry's incredible contributions to American arts and culture. Her play, A Raisin in the Sun (1959), was the first play by a Black woman to appear on Broadway.

On this day, we celebrate the life and legacy of history-making playwright, journalist, and author, Lorraine Hansberry, on her birthday. 

This summer, give yourself a break and journey to the lakes region of Central Maine to celebrate the re-emergence of live theater in Maine. Join  Theater at Monmouth for its (R)evolutionary Redux Season.