Premiered
Mar 11, 1959
A Raisin in the Sun
About
Domestic tragedy play centered on a black family's experiences in a Chicago neighborhood that looks to make their lives better with a life insurance check following the death of the father.
Trivia
It was called the best play of 1959 by The New York Drama Critics' Circle. The title is a reference to the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes.
#37 broadway show
