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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Justice for Movie Musicals, or Why the Musical Adaptation of The Color Purple Matters  by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Some stories transcend time and continue to resonate across generations. Undoubtedly, one might consider The Color Purple as one of those stories.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

We’ve Got Trouble in Mind by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the contributions made by Alice Childress and the historical and contemporary significance of her play, Trouble…

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

What is Black Theatre? by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. This episode will discuss the age old questions of what is Black theatre? What is a Black play? How do you know one when you see it?

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Friday, October 29, 2021

Sharpening Our Oyster Knives: Revisiting What to Send Up When It Goes Down by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this special episode of Daughters of Lorraine, hosts Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey sit down with Aleshea Harris and Whitney White, the playwright and di…

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

When Form Meets Content by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode, Daughters of Lorraine Podcast hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss how Black playwrights, such as Adrienne Kennedy, Tarrell Alvin M…

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Black in Black Musical Theatre by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss "What is a Black musical?" using James Baldwin's Amen Cor…

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Beyond the Raisin: The Incredible Brief Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. The Daughters of Lorraine Podcast returns for another episode where hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridely discuss Lorraine Hansberry's life, legacy, and othe…

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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

The Ritual of What to Send Up When it Goes Down by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the transformative power of Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down by centering Black rage, ritual, and…

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Monday, December 9, 2019

Staging Slavery by Black Playwrights by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley focus on representations of slavery on stage by Black playwrights be…

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Monday, November 25, 2019

Riding Along with Jitney by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley review Arena Stage's production of August Wilson’s Jitney, direct…

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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Early Black Feminist Theatre and Lynching Dramas Revisited by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. For this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley focus on the histories and enduring legacies of lynching dramas, co…

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Monday, October 28, 2019

A Conversation on Fairview by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this first episode of Daughters' of Lorraine Podcast, Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey discuss Woolly Mammoth's production of Fairview by Jackie Sibbilie…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards