for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Revival 2019

Run Time:
90 minutes, no intermission
Ages: 12+
Opened: October 22, 2019
Closing: December 15, 2019

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425 Lafayette Street (between Astor Place & 4th St) New York, NY 10003

Filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty, legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange's form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven women of color using poetry, song, and movement. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism.

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The Public Theater Announces Final Extension of FOR COLORED GIRLS Through Dec 15
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 21, 2019


The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced a fourth and final extension of the revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, written by legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange. Directed by Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf began performances on Tuesday, October 8 in The Public's Martinson Hall and officially opened on Tuesday, October 22. for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, November 17, and was extended four times to now run through Sunday, December 15.

Public Theater Will Extend FOR COLORED GIRLS Through 12/8
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 25, 2019


The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced the third extension of the revival of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, written by legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange. Directed by Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF began performances on Tuesday, October 8 in The Public's Martinson Hall and officially opened on Tuesday, October 22. In its third extension, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, November 17, and will now run through Sunday, December 8.

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf have there been?
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has had 11 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1976, Off-Broadway which opened in 1976, Broadway which opened in 1976, Broadway which opened in 1976, West End which opened in 1979, Regional (US) which opened in 1980, Off-Broadway which opened in 2000, Off-Broadway which opened in 2000, Broadway which opened in 2008, Off-Broadway which opened in 2019 and Broadway which opened in 2022.
What awards has for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf been nominated for?
Outstanding Choreography (Drama Desk Awards) for Camille A. Brown, Outstanding Costume Design for a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Toni-Leslie James, Outstanding Music in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Martha Redbone, Outstanding Revival of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Okwui Okpokwasili, Outstanding Revival of a Play (Drama League Awards) for for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, and Outstanding Revival of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.
What awards has for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf won?
For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has won several awards, including Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Costume Design for a Play at the Drama Desk Awards. Martha Redbone won for Outstanding Music in a Play, and the play itself won for Outstanding Revival of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards. Okwui Okpokwasili received the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards. The play also won for Outstanding Revival of a Play at both the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
What are the songs in for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf and what's the order?
dark phrases
graduation nite
now i love somebody more than
no assistance
i'm a poet who . . .
latent rapists'
abortion cycle #1
sechita
toussaint
one
i used to live in the world
pyramid (from international woman's day)
no more love poems #1
no more love poems #2
no more love poems #3
no more love songs #4
somebody almost run off wit alla my stuff
sorry
a night with beau willie brown
a laying on of hands
i found god in myself

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