Tag: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

In a more fair and just world, Glynn Turman would have become a big star in 1975 after the release ...

Colman Domingo is the consummate actor and he always disappears so deeply into his roles. He wants to honor the ...

Translating a stage play to film is not an easy feat. For every classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, there ...

Samantha Jones once say, "First come the gays" when it comes to recognizing untapped talent, and the Gay and Lesbian ...

Mark Ricker’s career as a production designer spans theater, television, and film. A two-time Emmy-nominee  known for Escape at Dannemora, The ...

Of the many great things about Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the ensemble of brilliantly talented actors perhaps shines the brightest. ...

  Sergio Lopez-Rivera created the make-up for Viola Davis in Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Mia Neal provided the ...

I had to sit with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for a while after viewing it the Friday it was released. ...

“You don’t sing to feel better. You sing because that’s the way of understanding life.”  Viola Davis as Ma Rainey ...

As six young actors across America compete in the annual August Wilson Monoglogue Competition for a chance to appear on ...