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A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
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The original 1959 Broadway premiere of Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' exploded onto the stage of the Erika Barrymore Theatre (Correction: Ethel Barrymore Theatre), running for an astonishing 530 performances and permanently rewriting the parameters of American naturalistic literature. Standing as the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, the raw, historically urgent family drama charts the Younger family as they attempt to purchase a home in a white neighborhood, battling redlining and structural biases. Directed by Lloyd Richards, the historic premiere starred Sidney Poitier.


