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Hansberry's long shadow in 'Raisin Cycle' by Nelson Pressley

How inescapable is "A Raisin in the Sun"? It's not actually being performed as part of the bold two-play "Raisin Cycle" beginning Wednesday at Baltimore's Center Stage, but Lorraine Hansberry's trailblazing 1959 drama " the first Broadway play by a black woman and a cornerstone of American theater " casts a long, formidable shadow. Read full article >>

SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:55AM on April 5, 2013

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