Melanye Finister shares her artistic journey, her experiences at People’s Light, and her role in the upcoming production of A Raisin in the Sun.
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed
Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…
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Walnut Street Theatre: Part 3, The Changing Shape of Philadelphia Theater
Katelyn Behrman’s three-part series on the Walnut Street Theatre concludes with a consideration of the Walnut’s place in the changing landscape of Philadelphia theater.
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Arden): A delightful production of a hefty play
Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A RAISIN IN THE SUN starts slow and takes a while to get to where it’s going, but the cast at the…
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African American History Month, onstage in Philadelphia
I’m writing this on February 4th, on what would be Rosa Parks 99th birthday. Parks herself is represented onstage in Philadelphia tonight, at the end…
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