Theatrical Outfit is opening its new season with “A Raisin in the Sun,” which has been extended through Oct. 6. The classic ...

It’s why Raisin — named after a line in Langston Hughes’ 1951 poem, “Harlem” — is one ... People’s Light’s ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is a tribute to Lorraine Hansberry’s very ...

The title comes from Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem," which asks "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" Like the poem, which ends with the line "Or does it ...

Based on the play that inspired a generation, A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of a family living and struggling on Chicago's South Side in the 1950s. A fiercely moving portrait of people whose ...

A Raisin in the Sun was the first play directed by an African-American, Lloyd Richards, to be performed on Broadway. Originally titled The Crystal Stair (taken from Langston Hughes’s poem ...

and the Langston Hughes poem from which the play takes its title was illuminated on a scrim: “What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?” By 8:12 P.M ...

Nonetheless, I’ve identified traces of no fewer than seven of Langston Hughes’ poems in King’s speeches and sermons. In 1959, the play “A Raisin in the Sun” premiered to rave reviews and ...