Raisin

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Raisin is a 1973 Tony Award–winning Broadway musical adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," focusing on the struggles of a Black family in Chicago.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Musical
awardYear 1974
basedOn A Raisin in the Sun
basedOnWorkBy Lorraine Hansberry
bookBy Charlotte Zaltzberg
Robert Nemiroff
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresCharacter Beneatha Younger
Lena Younger
Ruth Younger
Travis Younger
Walter Lee Younger
focusesOn a Black family in Chicago
hasGenre drama
musical theatre
hasTheme Black identity in America
intergenerational conflict
lyricsBy Robert Brittan
musicBy Judd Woldin
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
notableSong He Come Down This Morning
Man Say
Measure the Valleys
Runnin' to Meet the Man
Sidewalk Tree
You Done Right
openedInSeason 1973–1974 Broadway season
originalBroadwayRunLength 847 performances
originalChoreographer Donald McKayle
originalDirector Garnet Brooks
originalLanguage English
premiereDate 1973-10-18
premiereLocation Broadway
premiereTheatre 46th Street Theatre
producer Edgar Lansbury
Joseph Beruh
Philip Rose
productionType musical adaptation
settingLocation Chicago
settingTime 1950s
subject African American family life
dreams and aspirations
economic struggle
housing segregation
racial discrimination

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