Raisin (musical)

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Raisin
Original Cast Recording
Music Judd Woldin
Lyrics Robert Brittan
Book Robert Nemiroff
Charlotte Zaltzberg
Based upon Lorraine Hansberry's play
A Raisin in the Sun
Productions 1973 Broadway
Awards Tony Award for Best Musical

Raisin is a musical theatre adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun, with songs by Judd Woldin and Robert Brittan, and a musical book by Robert Nemiroff (who was Hansberry's former husband) and Charlotte Zaltzberg.

It opened on Broadway on October 18, 1973 at the 46th Street Theatre, after being first presented in Washington D.C., and closed on December 8, 1975 after 847 performances. Raisin won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

Donald McKayle was the director and choreographer, and the show featured Virginia Capers (who also headlined the national tour) Joe Morton, Debbie Allen, Ralph Carter, Helen Martin and Ted Ross.

In 2006 it was revived at Court Theatre in Chicago, with Ernestine Jackson, who formerly played the role of Ruth, playing the role of Lena Younger. It was also performed in 2008 at Dillard University's theatre with BJ Crosby playing Lena

Contents

[edit] Characters and cast

[edit] Songs

Act I
  • Prologue - Company
  • Man Say - Walter Lee Younger
  • Whose Little Angry Man - Ruth Younger
  • Runnin' to Meet the Man - Walter Lee Younger and Company
  • A Whole Lotta Sunlight - Mama
  • Booze - Bar Girl, Bobo Jones, Walter Lee Younger, Willie Harris and Company
  • Alaiyo - Asagai and Beneatha Younger
  • African Dance - Beneatha Younger, Walter Lee Younger and Company
  • Sweet Time - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
  • You Done Right - Walter Lee Younger
Act II
  • He Come Down This Morning - Pastor, Pastor's Wife, Mama and Mrs. Johnson
  • It's a Deal - Walter Lee Younger
  • Sweet Time (Reprise) - Ruth Younger and Walter Lee Younger
  • Sidewalk Tree - Travis Younger
  • Not Anymore - Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger and Beneatha Younger
  • Alaiyo (Reprise) - Asagai
  • It's a Deal (Reprise) - Walter Lee Younger
  • Measure the Valleys - Mama
  • He Come Down This Morning (Reprise) - Company

[edit] Awards and nominations

Tony Awards
Theatre World Award
  • Theatre World Award - Ralph Carter (WINNER)
  • Theatre World Award - Ernestine Jackson (WINNER)
  • Theatre World Award - Joe Morton (WINNER)

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Tony Award for Best Musical

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