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Tensions and temperatures rise at a Chicago music studio in 1927 when fiery, fearless blues singer Ma Rainey joins her band for a recording session. Watch trailers & learn more.
14 de dic. de 2020 · 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom' takes place on one day in 1927. The only one of Wilson’s “Pittsburg Cycle” to take place outside of that city, ...
Tensions and temperatures rise at a Chicago music studio in 1927 when fiery, fearless blues singer Ma Rainey joins her band for a recording session. Watch trailers & learn more.
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", a 1920s blues song by Ma Rainey, makes obvious allusions to the dance but is not itself dance music. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is also the title of a 1982 play by August Wilson, set around recording of the song. Wilson's play was adapted into a 2020 movie of the same name starring Viola Davis as Ma Rainey.
19 de dic. de 2020 · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is set in 1920s Chicago, and predominantly deals with themes of Black art and culture, racial tensions, and power dynamics. All the characters in the story are struggling in one way or another — even the famous Ma Rainey — and the story suggests that interpersonal conflict is a symptom of greater social issues.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Photo by Duane Rieder. By August Wilson. Directed by Mark Clayton Southers. Part of the August Wilson Center’s Highmark Blues and Heritage Festival. Extended! Sept. 14th through Oct. 14th 2018. At Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre. “It’s extraordinary watching the exchange of energies and talent between them in ...
25 de nov. de 2020 · Excellent! 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom' features great performances from Viola Davis (Ma) and Chadwick Boseman (Levee). Their characters aren't flawless, yet Davis and Boseman make them each a fascinating watch; the latter has one film-stealing scene.
