The first few moments of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom are electrifying. It's 1927 in rural Georgia. Hundreds of people, all of them Black, are lined up at the entrance to a huge tent. Inside, Ma Rainey, ...
Blues musician Charlie Apicella’s formula for success is simple: He awakens every day creating music to make Ma Rainey proud. Apicella never met Rainey, who died in 1939, but he said it is impossible ...
When the actor Matt DeCaro was not feeling well Saturday morning, he was reluctant to go in an ambulance to the hospital, said his wife, Sheila O’Callaghan. “He said he had a matinee,” O’Callaghan ...
Set in a Chicago recording studio, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom chronicles a day in the life of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her band as they navigate the racial tensions and power struggles ...
These brave LGBTQ heroes forged a path ahead for the LGBTQ+ community Inspiring LGBTQ heroes Most of us can remember a moment ...
Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of FOX 17. Circle Theatre is getting ready to perform its newest production, "Ma ...
The inaugural production held in Madison Arts Center’s new cabaret space is the third in Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s August Wilson’s American Century Cycle Experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black ...
Colman Domingo and Chadwick Boseman starred together in what would be the latter's final film, 2020's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' ...
3 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 4 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities In a rundown Chicago recording studio in 1927, tempers rise and simmering conflicts ...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association issued their annual awards last week. The association is considered one of most prestigious group of critics in the entertainment industry and their honors ...
The Goodman Theatre’s current staging of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” starring E. Faye Butler, led to the reissue of a century-old blues album. When “Ma Rainey” burst onto the stage at opening night of ...
Her big-screen résumé also included ‘No Mercy, ‘Valmont,' ‘Malcolm X' and ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.' ...