Review: A Raisin in the Sun (Sydney Theatre Company)
Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play is an emotionally layered work of intellectual sensitivity; this Australian mainstage premiere more than does it justice.
Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play is an emotionally layered work of intellectual sensitivity; this Australian mainstage premiere more than does it justice.
Despite some curious omissions, this stage adaptation of Shannon Molloy's memoir features outstanding performances that deliver magnificent moments of emotion and humour.
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It feels fitting The Phantom of the Opera should haunt the Sydney Opera House – and this new version of the iconic musical has plenty of thrills.
A story and a production that distresses and discomforts, enrages and subdues. Prepare to ache and then reflect long afterwards.
As she was about to perform in Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play A Raisin in the Sun, the American actor discovered a program from the 1959 Broadway production in a box of her father's things.
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