{"id":68121,"date":"2014-02-09T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T13:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/02\/09\/latanya-richardson-jackson-replaces-diahann-carroll-in-broadway-revival-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:08:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:08:19","slug":"latanya-richardson-jackson-replaces-diahann-carroll-in-broadway-revival-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/latanya-richardson-jackson-replaces-diahann-carroll-in-broadway-revival-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"LaTanya Richardson Jackson replaces Diahann Carroll in Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LaTanya Richardson Jackson to replace Diahann Carroll in Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

February 9, 2014<\/p>\n

\"LaTanya<\/a>LaTanya Richardson Jackson<\/strong> will play Lena Younger opposite Denzel Washington,\u00a0Sophie Okenedo<\/strong> and Anika Noni Rose<\/strong><\/strong> in the upcoming Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry\u2019s A RAISIN IN THE SUN<\/strong>, directed by Kenny Leon<\/strong>. Miss Jackson assumes the role from Diahann Carroll<\/strong> who has withdrawn from the production.<\/p>\n

A representative for the production stated that Carroll withdrew from the production due to the vigorous demands of the rehearsal and performance schedule.<\/p>\n

A RAISIN IN THE SUN<\/strong>, currently in rehearsal, will begin performances Saturday evening, March 8 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (247 West 47 Street). Opening night is Thursday, April 3. The 14-week limited engagement run is scheduled through Sunday, June 15.<\/p>\n

\"Diahann<\/a>Produced by Scott Rudin<\/strong>, the cast also features Stephen Tyrone Williams,\u00a0Jason Dirden, Stephen McKinley Henderson,\u00a0David Cromer<\/strong>, and\u00a0Bryce Clyde Jenkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In A Raisin In The Sun, a family\u2019s shared dream for a better life may be, not only deferred, but destroyed by conflicting aspirations, betrayal and racism. Lorraine Hansberry\u2019s classic drama continues to shine an unflinching spotlight on America\u2019s struggle to overcome its past, while paying tribute to those courageous enough to shape a future filled with an abiding faith, in the decency of the human spirit.<\/p>\n

LaTanya Richardson Jackson made her Broadway debut in the revival of August Wilson\u2019s Joe Turner\u2019s Come and Gone. Her off-Broadway credits include Love, Loss and What I Wore, Casanova, For Colored Girls\u2026, Spell #7, Unfinished Woman (NYSF); Elliot Loves (Promenade); The Talented Tenth (MTC); From the Mississippi Delta (Negro Ensemble Co.); Boogie Woogie and Booker T., Perdido, Nonsectarian Conversations\u2026, Dr. Beck (Henry Street).She has appeared in the films Mothers and Daughters, Bolden!, Blackout, Freedomland, The Fighting Temptations, U.S. Marshalls, Lone Star, Losing Isaiah, When A Man Loves a Woman, Sleepless in Seattle, Lorenzo\u2019s Oil, Fried Green Tomatoes, Malcolm X. Her TV credits include \u201c100 Centre Street\u201d (A&E), \u201cIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge,\u201d \u201cUnchained Memories: Slave Narratives\u201d (HBO), \u201cJazz,\u201d \u201cBaseball,\u201d \u201cThe Civil War\u201d (PBS), \u201cMy Super Sweet 16\u201d (MTV), \u201cThe Water is Wide\u201d (Hallmark), \u201cLaw & Order,\u201d \u201cBoston Public,\u201d \u201cNYPD Blue,\u201d \u201cJudging Amy,\u201d \u201cChicago Hope,\u201d \u201cSesame Street,\u201d \u201cAlly McBeal,\u201d \u201cOne Life to Live,\u201d \u201cNightman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Raisin In The Sun<\/em> originally opened on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0at the\u00a0Ethel Barrymore\u00a0Theatre in 1959 and starred\u00a0Sidney Poitier<\/strong> (Walter Lee Younger),\u00a0Ruby Dee<\/strong> (Ruth Younger),\u00a0Diana Sands<\/strong> (Beneatha Younger) and\u00a0Claudia McNeil <\/strong>(Lena Younger).<\/p>\n

In 2004, the\u00a0Broadway\u00a0revival production opened at the Royale Theatre and starred\u00a0Sean Combs <\/strong>(Walter Lee Younger),\u00a0Audra McDonald<\/strong> (Ruth Younger) and\u00a0Phylicia Rashad<\/strong> (Lena Younger).<\/p>\n

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