A Raisin in the Sun
Royale Theatre
Previews Began: March 30, 2004
Opening Night: April 26, 2004
Closing Night: July 11, 2004
Playwright: Lorraine Hansberry
Walter Younger and his mother, Lena, both yearn to move their family out of Chicago’s Southside ghetto. When Lena’s late husband’s insurance check arrives, Lena hopes to use it to buy a house in a white neighborhood — while Walter hopes to invest it in a liquor business.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Sean Combs Walter Lee Younger
Audra McDonald Ruth Younger
Phylicia Rashad Lena Younger
Sanaa Lathan Beneatha Younger
Bill Nunn Bobo
David Aaron Baker Karl Lindner
Lawrence Ballard Moving Man
Teagle F. Bougere Joseph Asagai
Frank Harts George Murchison
Billy Eugene Jones Moving Man
Alexander Mitchell Travis Younger
Understudies: Cyrus Farmer (Bobo, Moving Man, Joseph Asagai, George Murchison), Martin Kildare (Karl Lindner), Greta Oglseby (Lena Younger), Aaron Pannell (Travis Younger), Heather Alicia Simms (Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger)
