August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Ratchets Up the Anxiety
Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center are collaborating on a production of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for the theater's 50th season.
Bethesda’s Round House Theatre mostly puts on straight plays, while Olney Theatre Center mostly puts on musicals; for the fifth collaboration between Round House—opening its 50th season—and Olney, they’ve chosen a work that toes the line between the two camps. August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a show that is propelled by music and […]
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