August Wilson's Tony Award nominated play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is set in a recording studio in Chicago in 1927. Tensions mount during a recording session of blues virtuoso Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and her band, which includes a young hot-headed trumpeter, Levee Green. A profound exploration of race, art, and religion, as well as the historic exploitation of blues recording artists, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a powerful play not to be missed.
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