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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom archiveChicago, 1927. In a recording studio on the city's South Side, a battle of wills is raging. Ma Rainey, Mother of the Blues, uses every trick in the book to fight her record producers for control of her music. Hardened by years of ill-treatment and bad deals, she's determined that 'Black Bottom', the song that bears her name, will be recorded her way. But Levee, the band's swaggering young trumpet player, plans to catapult the band into the jazz age. His ambition puts them all in danger.

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Author: August Wilson

Archive listings for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Work type: Play.

T456008566

Producer National Theatre. Director Dominic Cooke. Design Ultz. Lighting Charles Balfour. Choreographer Coral Messam. Sound Paul Arditti. Music Tim Sutton. Performer Sharon D Clarke (Ma Rainey). Performer O-T Fagbenle (Lee). Performer Tunji Lucas (Sylvester). Performer Lucian Msamati (Toledo). Performer Giles Terera (Slow Drag). Performer Teri Ann Bobb-Baxter (Understudy Dussie Mae). Performer Ricardo Coke-Thomas (Understudy Toledo / Cutler). Performer John Paul Connolly (Policeman). Performer Clint Dyer (Cutler). Performer Stephen Fawkes (Understudy Sturdyvant / Irvin). Performer Tamara Lawrance (Dussie Mae). Performer Finbar Lynch (Irvin). Performer Stuart McQuarrie (Sturdyvant). Performer Kadeem Pearse (Uunderstudy Sylvester / Slow Drag). Performer Lucy Vandi (Understudy Ma Rainey).
26 Jan 16 to 18 May 16Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374
listing details L05863575

T01172404927

Producer Royal Exchange Manchester. Director Jacob Murray. Design Di Seymour. Lighting Robert Bryan. Sound Steve Brown. Performer Antonio Fargas. Performer Johnnie Fiori. Performer Daniel Poyser. Performer Kay Bridgeman. Performer Ram John Holder. Performer Wyllie Longmore. Performer Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Performer David Fleeshman. Performer Patrick Driver. Performer David Corden.
18 Oct 06 to 25 Nov 06Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491
listing details L1736385088

T1088084056

Producer Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. Director Gemma Bodinetz. Design Bruce Macadie. Lighting Natasha Chivers. Sound John Leonard. Director Tayo Akinbode (music). Performer Melanie La Barrie. Performer Nicholas Beveney. Performer Chipo Chung. Performer Alan Cooke. Performer Ewen Cummins. Performer Louis Emerick. Performer Vincent Marzello. Performer Cornelius Macarthy. Performer Barry McCormick. Performer Paul Regan.
28 May 04 to 19 Jun 04Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536
listing details L0525133670
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