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A Raisin in the Sun

Royale Theatre, (4/26/2004 - 7/11/2004)
Preview:Mar 30, 2004 Total Previews:32
Opening:Apr 26, 2004   
Closing:Jul 11, 2004 Total Performances:88


Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: Chicago's Southside in the 1950s.





by opening date




Written by Lorraine Hansberry; Incidental music by Dwight Andrews

Directed by Kenny Leon; Choreographed by Patdro Harris

Scenic Design by Thomas Lynch; Costume Design by Paul Tazewell; Lighting Design by Brian MacDevitt; Sound Design by T. Richard Fitzgerald; Hair and Wig Design by Charles LaPointe; Associate Costume Design: Austin K. Sanderson; Assistant Scenic Design: Charles Corcoran; Associate Lighting Design: Anne E. McMills; Assistant Lighting Design: Jason Lyons; Assistant Sound Design: Carl Casella

General Manager: Robert Cole Productions, Inc. and Lisa M. Poyer; Company Manager: G. Eric Muratalla; Business Development: Gary Kaplan

Production Manager: Gene O'Donovan; Production Stage Manager: Michael Brunner; Stage Manager: Narda Alcorn

Dialect and Vocal Coach: Kate Wilson; Assistant to the Director: Rajendra Maharaj; Director of Marketing: Eric Schnall; Dramaturg: Michael Friedman; Press Representative: The Publicity Office; Casting: James Calleri; Advertising: SPOTCo, Inc.; Photographer: Joan Marcus


Opening Night Cast

Sean Combs
Broadway debut 
Walter Lee Younger
Brother 
 
Audra McDonald Ruth Younger  
Phylicia Rashad Lena Younger
Mother 
 
Sanaa Lathan
Broadway debut 
Beneatha Younger  
Bill Nunn
Broadway debut 
Bobo  
David Aaron Baker Karl Lindner  
Lawrence Ballard Moving Man  
Teagle F. Bougere Joseph Asagai  
Frank Harts
Broadway debut 
George Murchison  
Billy Eugene Jones Moving Man  
Alexander Mitchell Travis Younger  

Understudies: Lawrence Ballard (George Murchison, Joseph Asagai), Cyrus Farmer (Bobo, George Murchison, Joseph Asagai, Moving Man), Billy Eugene Jones (Bobo, Walter Lee Younger), Martin Kildare (Karl Lindner), Greta Oglseby (Lena Younger), Aaron Pannell (Travis Younger), Heather Alicia Simms (Beneatha Younger, Ruth Younger).