Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
1524 Spring Hill Road Tysons
A theatrical tour-de-force by one of America's greatest playwrights, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a searing drama from Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner August Wilson. Set in the 1920s on the south side of Chicago, a recording session with blues legend Ma Rainey and her band becomes an intense battle of wills between a hot-headed young trumpeter and veteran musicians -- and between Ma and her white record producers. Experience this first installment of Wilson's award-winning ten-part Century Cycle at 1st Stage Theater in Tysons.
Thru - Jun 25, 2017