Wilmington, NC
February-March 1988
Director: Defoy Glenn
"A Raisin In The Sun reveals the multiple challenges of gender differences, generations gaps, the expectation of black and white, and, always, the push and pull of family. What remains after everything is boiled off is the constant struggles of men and women trying to lead the best of all possible lives."
Chiles, Kara. Star-News (Wilmington, NC). Friday, May 1, 1998.
Ensemble Theatre
GeorgeW. Hawkins Mainstage
Houston, Tx
April-May 2007
Director: Elizabeth Van Dyke
"Indeed, there likely is no more sympathetic stage fmaily anywhere than the Youngers, cooped up in their 1950s Southside Chicago tenement apartment: widowed mother Lena, strong-willed and old-fashioned; her college-student daughter, Beneatha, a budding intellectual; her restless son, Walter Lee, frustrated with is job as a chauffeur and his inability to do more for his family; his patient, practical wife, Ruth; and their spirited son, Travis."
Evans, Everett. Houston Chronicle (Houston, Tx). Satruday, May 5m, 2007.
Original Broadway Production
The Shubert Organization
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
New York, New York
March 1959 - June 1960
Director: Lloyd Richards
Design: Scenic - Ralph Alswang; Costumes - Virginia Volland
"For Miss Hansberry has written a homely play about the day-to-day anxieties of a Negro family on the South Side of Chicago. Some of the troubles are uproariously funny; some of them are harrowing."
Atkinson, Brooks. New York Times. March 29, 1959
"The play is honest. She has told the inner as well as the outer truth about a Negro family in the southside of Chicago at the present time."
Atkinson, Brooks. New York Times. March 12, 1959
Ford's Theatre
Ford's Theatre
Washington, DC
February 1995
Director: Seret Scott
Design: Set - Atkin Pace; Lighting - Brian Nason
"Hansberry's play is packed with crises and debates that still resonate."
Pressley, Nelson. The Washington Times. February 15, 1995
"The supposedly realistic scenes are full of long, articulate speeches that few actual people could even begin to utter. The audience is pushed around emotionally and tole exactly how to react."
Rose, Lloyd. Washington Post. February 15, 1995.
Wilshire Theatre (now Saban Theatre)
Wilshire Theatre
Beverly Hills, CA
March-April 1987
Director: Harold Scott
Design: Set - Thomas Cariello
"Courage. Trust. Respect. These qualities, seasoned with warmth and humor, crisscross through this great play."
Jacobs, Tom. Daily New of Los Angeles (CA). April 3, 1987.
"It seems a shame for a production of so many sweetly observed, wry and/or biting moments to meander as the evening dwindles."
O 'Connor, Thomas. The Orange County Register. April 3, 1987
Broadway Revival
The Shubert Organization
Royale Theatre
New York, New York
April-July 2004
Director: Kenny Leon
Design: Set - Thomas Lynch; Lighting - Brian MacDevitt
"...it lacks the fully developed central performance from Mr. Combs that would hold the show together. The Walter Lee never appears to change, in big ways or small."
Brantley, Ben. New York Times. April 27, 2004
"Combs' sleepy stagger onstage at the Royale Theatre, it turns out, is unhappily prophetic. In a performance that never gains authority or presence, this is a lusterless, dispiriting star turn."
Winn, Steven. San Francisco Chronicle. April 30, 2004
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