for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

A for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Broadway revival will open in 2022, with details on casting, creative team, and venue yet to be announced. Tony nominee Camille A. Brown, who has choreographed Once On This Island and Choir Boy on Broadway, will make her Broadway directorial debut with this work. Check back for information on for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf tickets.

A groundbreaking work in modern American theater, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf is filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty. Legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven women of color using poetry, song, and movement. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism. This seminal work speaks to our world today about women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf premiered in 1976 at The Public Theater before its breakthrough run on Broadway. The original Broadway production opened later that year at the Booth Theatre and ran for almost two years. Most recently, the Public Theater again staged for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf off Broadway as part of its 2019-2020 season. Leah C. Gardiner directed the production, and Brown choreographed. The cast included Sasha Allen (as Lady in Blue), Celia Chevalier (as Lady in Brown), Danaya Esperanza (as Lady in Orange), Jayme Lawson (as Lady in Red), Adrienne C. Moore (as Lady in Yellow), Okwui Okpokwasili (as Lady in Green), and Alexandria Wailes (as Lady in Purple).

^{(Banner photo by Joan Marcus. Camille A. Brown photo by Josefina Santos)}