Blues diva Ma Rainey and her band have come to a Chicago studio to cut a record, but their artistic differences nearly stop the session before it starts. Full of unforgettable characters and the ...

Adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let society's prejudices ...

The Springer Opera House's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom would be worth seeing just for the title character's hometown connection to Columbus. But a strong cast and flawless direction ...

If you’ve never read August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the title could fool you into thinking that Ma Rainey is the star of this show. You’d be wrong. Wilson’s writing puts Ma ...

The late actor earned the trophy for his role in Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' It's the first time in Oscars' history that Black stylists have taken the win in this category. The 'Ma ...

Boseman filmed "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" in July 2019, one year before he died of colon cancer. His role has been described as "a parting gift" by critics, and members of the cast described ...

THE BASICS: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, a Tony Award winning play by August Wilson, directed by Willie Judson Jr., runs through December 24, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 4 at the ...

After the success of 2016's Fences and 2020's electrifying Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Denzel ... BlacKkKlansman), leading the cast. (Washington's wife, Pauletta, and daughter, Olivia, also make ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was the first in sequence of the “Pittsburgh Cycle ... It's interpreted by a tremendous cast with Gilles Terera, a musician in his own right, outstanding as Slow Drag, as is ...