Event Title:

Organization:

  Performing Arts

  New York

Start Date:

  6/14/2012

End Date:

  7/8/2012

Start Time:

  07:00 pm

End Time:

Event Info: 

  WHERE AND WHEN
June 14 to July 8, 2012
Aaron Davis Hall (Theater B), 135th Street and Convent Ave. (Hamilton Heights)
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM, matinees Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 PM.
$30 general admission, $25 seniors, $15 students, $10 with CUNY ID (faculty, students and staff) tdf/v.
Opening night tickets June 16 at 7:00 PM are $100 (includes performance and reception evening dress suggested).
Running time 2:25 with intermission. CRITICS ARE INVITED on or after JUNE 16.
SUBWAYS #1 to 137th Street C train to 135th Street or A, D to 145th Street.
FREE PARKING is available in the South Campus Parking Lot (enter at 133rd Street and Convent Ave.).

DETAILS AND ARTIST INFO:
New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), the professional theater company of City College of New York (CCNY), will open its second season June 14 to July 8 with "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson, directed by Eugene Nesmith and starring Johnnie Mae as Ma.

This electrifying drama, set in Chicago during the Harlem Renaissance, explores the blues, what it means to be an artist, and race relations in America. The play's epic voice speaks eloquently about the nature of our culture, the struggles of artists and how different generations have perceived the opportunities available to them: opportunities which reflected changes in the society with regard to power dynamics and race.

Location:

  Aaron Davis Hall

Room:

Address:

  135th Street and Convent Ave

Phone:

  212-924-0496

City:

  New York

State/Province:

  NY