A Raisin in the Sun – Location, Tickets, Reviews
Denzel Washington returns to the New York stage for a revival of the 1959 drama A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the cast also includes Sophie Okonedo (film: Hotel Rwanda), Anika Noni Rose (Stage: Caroline, or Change), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Stage: Fences), and David Cromer (best known as a director but recently on stage in The Normal Heart at Timeline Theatre in Chicago).
Tickets for this production are scarce. It is scheduled to run through June 15, 2014.
Critics’ Reviews
Reviews for this revival are almost unanimously positive, with special praise for the cast.
New York Times
No Rest for the Weary
New York Post
Washington Leads a Spirited Cast in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
Time Out New York
Hansberry’s pioneering drama remains juicy.
Variety
Denzel Washington gives a triumphant performance in this heart-stopping revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s classic
New York Magazine
A Raisin in the Sun, With a Star Who Knows What to Do in the Role
Village Voice
Will Eno and Lorraine Hansberry Write Home in Two New Productions
New York Theater
Denzel Washington, Anika Noni Rose: Age-blind Casting in a Masterpiece
TheaterMania
Tony Award winner Denzel Washington returns to the Broadway stage as Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s racially charged classic play.
AndrewAndrew
Video Review
Theater Pizzazz
Why We Go to Theater
Wall Street Journal
Washington great in A Raisin in the Sun
TICKETS
$67-$399 (click here for tickets)
DATES
Performances through June 15, 2014
LOCATION
Barrymore Theatre
243 West 47th Street
New York City
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RUNNING TIME
2 hours 30 minutes, including 1 intermission
CAST & CREW
(partial list)
Written by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Kenny Leon
Featuring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, David Cromer, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, Sophie Okonedo, Anika Noni Rose Stephen Tyrone Williams, Jason Dirden, Stephen Mckinley Henderson