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‘Raisin in the Sun’ at TimeLine: Family dreams confront reality in a journey back to the future

Sep 25, 2013 – 2:20 pm | 10,774 views
Karl (Chris Rickett, left) tries to talk the Youngers out of moving to all-white Clybourne Park. TimeLine's 'A Raisin in the Sun' 2013 (Lara Goetsch)

Review: The disturbing thing about Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play “A Raisin in the Sun,” a sharply drawn portrait of America’s racial divide and one black family’s resolve to cross that chasm, is how current it still feels in the season-opening production at TimeLine Theatre, potently and humanely crafted by director Ron OJ Parson. ★★★★

Theater 2013-14: TimeLine will raise curtain with fresh look at classic ‘Raisin in the Sun’

Aug 9, 2013 – 5:02 pm | 10,853 views
Mildred Marie Langford and Greta Oglesby in Milwaukee Rep's Raisin in the Sun alternate feature (Michael Brosilow)

First in a series of season previews: TimeLine Theatre rolls into its 17th season by turning back the clock more than half a century to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic story of racial prejudice in Chicago, “A Raisin in the Sun.” Though two of the Milwaukee Rep leads will appear at TimeLine – Greta Oglesby as Mama, who’s bent on seeing her family better situated, and Mildred Marie Langford as her daughter Beneatha, who dreams of a medical career – this production will be a complete rethinking of the work, from sets to concept.