On Stage: Theatre
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Two River Theater - 21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank
August Wilson’s powerful look
at the 1920s music scene takes
us into the world of legendary
singer Ma Rainey (the real-life
“Mother of the Blues”) as she
lays down tracks with her band
in a Chicago recording studio.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson returns
to Two River to direct a cast that
NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 9
includes Chanté Adams, Harvy
Blanks, Brian D. Coats, Michael
Cumpsty, Brandon J. Dirden,
Bob Mackasek, Marcel Spears,
Peter Van Wagner, Arnetia Walker, and James A. Williams.
Two River presents Ma Rainey’s
Black Bottom from September
10 to October 9.
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