365 Things to Do in Boston - New Tips Daily

#738 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Posted by Tara Peterson on Wed, Apr 04, 2012

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Legendary 1920s blues singer Ma Rainey and her musicians gather in a run-down Chicago studio to record new sides of old favorites when generational and racial tensions suddenly explode. The Huntington completes Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner August Wilson's Century Cycle with this searing drama, Wilson's first Broadway hit.

Where: Huntington Theater Company | 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115
When: 7:30pm today
Price: $15-$89