For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Ed. Note: We’ve been getting many hits from people looking for information about this play. As of 11/20/08, the only information we have is that the play has been postponed. The link to the website is still active but there is no information available on the website. Once we receive a confirmed update we’ll post it to our site. Thanks.
One of my favorite stage performances starring once of my favorite singers is returning to Broadway.
Tickets don’t go on sale until July 19th but you can order advance tickets for groups through Black Theater Online and Walk Tall Girl (WTG) Group Sales today! The discount price for groups of 15 or more is $49 per person during previews (August 19 – September 7) and $59 per person after opening (September 8). The regular ticket price is $98.50 so you can save nearly 40%. Contact: wtggroupsales@aol.com or 646.467.7393 to book your group immediately! Be sure to mention you heard of this offer on UPTOWNflavor.com!
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hoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group are pleased to announce that two-time Grammy Award winner India.Arie will make her Broadway stage debut this fall in a new, re-envisioned production of Ntozake Shange’s acclaimed play, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.
Directed by Shirley Jo Finney and choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle, FOR COLORED GIRLS… begins preview performances on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway at 50th Street). Opening Night is Monday, September 8 at 6:45 p.m.
Performed by a cast of seven, FOR COLORED GIRLS… is a stunning and explosive series of prose poems and stories illuminating the identity of black women in America, as they reveal themselves, their lives, triumphs, hardships and ultimately their discovery of inner strength and love.
This re-envisioned production of FOR COLORED GIRLS… will feature new and updated material from Ms. Shange. Complete casting will be announced soon.
FOR COLORED GIRLS… originally began Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in May 1976, before transferring to Broadway on September 10, 1976. That production played the Booth Theatre for 876 performances and became the top-grossing dramatic play on Broadway that season.
Praised by The New York Times as “a play that should be seen, savored and treasured,” the original Off-Broadway production and Broadway transfer was honored with an Obie Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, as well Tony and Grammy Award nominations. Following the success of that production, FOR COLORED GIRLS… went on to tour throughout the U.S. for two years.
Celebrated choreographer and Broadway veteran Hinton Battle is a three-time Tony winner for his performances in Sophisticated Ladies, Miss Saigon and The Tap Dance Kid. A recipient of the NAACP Image Award and The Fred Astaire Award, his choreography can be seen in the recent films Idlewild, Bolden and The Great Observer, and on ABC-TV’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
With musical direction by seven-time Tony-nominated orchestrator Harold Wheeler (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, The Full Monty), the new Broadway production of FOR COLORED GIRLS… features set design by Tony Award nominee Scott Bradley (Seven Guitars), costume design by Tony Award nominee Paul Tazewell (In the Heights, The Color Purple), lighting design by Victor Tan (As You Like It, Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet on Broadway) and sound design by Mitch Greenhill.
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF will play on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway at 50th St.). Beginning Tuesday, August 19, the regular performance schedule is as follows:
Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.
Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2 p.m
Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $98.50 (all ticket prices include a $1.50 facility fee) and are available by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200 beginning Saturday, July 19.
Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Circle in the Square Theatre Box Office beginning Monday, August 4. Regular Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Visit www.ForColoredGirlsBway.com for more information and updates.
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I love this Play! In college I was cast as red in it and i truly loved it, and would like to see it on broadway because it came out before i was born
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Investors pull out because of title.
I too think that the play was ridiculously priced, I saw it 30yrs ago as well loved it and would love to patronize and support but with the way the economy is today and at a $100 a pop I could never afford it. I would of course like to attend the play with a friend or two, that’s $200-300.. not including dinner or lunch, and transportation.
I am really happy that it was decided to bring the play back, the messages in the play are profound and I think our young people could learn and benefit from seeing the play as well but not at the price of $100.
I absolutely love India Arie and feel that if her poetic and spiritual style and talent have anything to do with this play it will be awsome, I also love Whoopi she too will bring a lot to the play if not as performers but any contributions they would make.
so while the jury is out and your at the negotiation table in re to the play lets consider making it affordable for everyone, sometimes you get more bees with honey and I will bet that if you lower the price of the ticket you will get a response that is more that you could have imagined.
Praying that my comment matters.
I saw the play 30 years ago when I was in high school and LOVED IT!!! I can’t wait to see it again.
WHY ARE PLAYS SO RIDICULOUSLY PRICED THESE DAYS. I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SEE THIS PLAY BUT AT $100.OO A TICKET, THAT MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE EXCEPT THE RICH TO GO. PERHAPS THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS AND WHY INVESTORS PULLED OUT. GIVE ME A CAHNCE TO SEE WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT BEFORE YOU EXCLUDE THEM. $100.OO FOR A PLAY IS RIDICULOUS
I hope that everything gets resolved, I would like to bring my grand-daughter’s to such a wonderful play
Please keep me informed
norma.dickerson@phila.gov
What happened , I was really looking forward to the play. we were planning a trip to NYc just to go to the show! Who pulled out? Goldberg should have enuf friends that would be willing to fund the play.
Actually the show has been postponed…I think one of the major investors pulled out or something.
The website appears to be down. How long will the show run (I’m coming to NY in October) and how do we buy tickets?