If you’ve never read August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the title could fool you into thinking that Ma Rainey is the star of this show. You’d be wrong. Wilson’s writing puts Ma ...

Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis turn Ma Rainey's Black Bottom into an acting masterclass: Review By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to ...

The late actor earned the trophy for his role in Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.' It's the first time in Oscars' history that Black stylists have taken the win in this category. The 'Ma ...

August Wilson's first major play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom takes place over a single day in 1927, in a Chicago recording studio. Singer Ma Rainey (Whoopi Goldberg) has taken some time off from ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was the first in sequence of the “Pittsburgh Cycle” by the African-American playwright August Wilson and it's something of an outrage that few of the 10 plays constituting it ...

Adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let society's prejudices ...

Fiery and determined, Ma Rainey fights to retain control over her music, while her cocky trumpet player Levee dreams of making his own name in the business. More than music goes down in August ...

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is part of Wilson's well-known and highly regarded Pittsburgh Cycle, a collection of ten plays that chronicle the lives of African-Americans in the early to mid-20th Century.