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Dec.19.2011
The Christmas season is approaching and the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre surprises us with a musical gift, one of several gifts their audiences have received this year. In addition to a new artistic director, new directors on the board, and a permanent venue near Union Square, the LHT presents a...
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Oct.26.2011
ALMOST NOTHING and DAY OF ABSENCE
Beginning its 31st season in San Francisco, the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT) is a story unto itself, rising from a yearlong struggle which nearly closed the doors on this popular institution of artistic and cultural heritage. Despite the deaths of...
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Jul.31.2011
Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurstona stage reviewby Jeanne Powell
The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco concludes its 26th season with Spunk: Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted for the stage by George C. Wolfe. Spunk is a collection of Hurston stories first...
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Mar.14.2011
Lynn Nottage's play, "Fabulation or the Re-education of Undine," is featured at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre during March 2011. My review appears at http://sidewalkstv.com/blog.
“Fabulation or The Re-education of Undine” is the latest production to grace the stage of the Lorraine...
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Feb.18.2011
Lorraine Hansberry. ``A Raisin in the Sun.'' A play about a black family integrating a Chicago neightborhood. First play on Broadway by a black female playwright. That was 1959. The film followed in 1961 starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Diane Sands.
Hansberry had one more play: ``The Sign in...
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Dec.20.2010
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — We know the holiday season has arrived when the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (LHT) presents its annual gospel celebration of Christmas. Renamed “Joyful Noise” this year, it represents twelve years of Black Nativity production and is dedicated to the memory of the company...
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Jan.12.2010
(c) 2010 Jeanne Powell"Finding Christmas 2009"all rights reserved
Finding Christmas is an adventure in our society. Since our national economy is dominated by one philosophy and that system controls the advertising industry, only one set of values is promulgated 24 hours a day. It...
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Apr.02.2009
(c) 2009 Jeanne Powell"Word for Word"all rights reserved
Word for Word Performing Arts Company has a mission -- to tell great stories with elegant theatricality. It stages performances of classic and contemporary fiction. Founded in 1993 by Susan Harloe and JoAnne Winter,...
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