Set in a Chicago recording studio, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom chronicles a day in the life of the legendary blues singer Ma Rainey and her band as they navigate the racial tensions and power struggles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Netflix Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen is a film based on the career of Ma Rainey, an ...

The first few moments of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom are electrifying. It's 1927 in rural Georgia. Hundreds of people, all of them Black, are lined up at the entrance to a huge tent. Inside, Ma Rainey, ...

August Wilson's first major play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom takes place over a single day in 1927, in a Chicago recording studio. Singer Ma Rainey (Whoopi Goldberg) has taken some time off from touring ...

CAPTURING AUDIENCES. THESE SNAPSHOTS TAKE YOU BACK TO A SNAPSHOT IN HISTORY 1927, IN CHICAGO, WHERE SINGER MA RAINEY IS MERGING JAZZ AND BLUES WHILE EMERGING AS A STAR. MA RAINEY, HER CHARACTER. SHE ...

Streaming on Netflix is a 2020 motion picture based on the 1982 play by August Wilson titled “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Starring Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis as the “Mother of the Blues, ...

COLUMBUS, GEORGIA — Ma Rainey lives again — and on the same stage where the legendary Mother of the Blues had her premiere. The Springer Opera House's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom would be ...