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Directed by: Marion McClinton Written by: August Wilson Produced by: Royale Theatre Production year: 2003 Original release: February 6, 2003 – April 6, 2003 Opening Night: February 6, 2003 Other cast: Charles S. Dutton, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Jefferson Byrd Misc: newyorkcitytheatre.com |
Legendary blues musician “Ma” Rainey, an ambitious trumpeter who hopes she will perform his arrangement of her signature tune, and the rest of her band and hangers-on make their music and deal with the harsh reality of their business and lives in 1927 Chicago.



