Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

Hansberry saw just two of her works ... interplay and interaction,” Gresham said. “I think Lorraine was very influenced by Bob’s family, the Nemiroffs, who were very radical in their politics.

Brian Keys' Walter builds tension while Shanésia Davis' Lena radiates warmth in the classic South Side story by Lorraine ...

The cast of South and West Side natives brings a fresh "heartbeat" to the Broadway play nearly 70 years after its debut.

The sixtieth anniversary of the death of playwright Lorraine Hansberry is the catalyst for the first-ever Court Theatre ...

Shockingly, in decades of theatregoing I’ve never seen Lorraine Hansberry’s pioneering 1959 play about a multi-generational ...

The sculpture will be a permanent installation and a gift from the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative to Navy Pier and the city of Chicago, Hansberry's birthplace. “Navy Pier is thrilled to have been ...

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is a stunning portrayal of a family’s fight for dignity and the right to dream. As the Youngers await their recently deceased patriarch’s life ...

Bent, Court’s Theatre’s senior artistic producer, realized last season that the theater had never produced anything written ...

a black family struggles to deal with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better life. Adapted for the screen from Lorraine Hansberry's play, this is a moving portrait of ...

The first African-American woman to have a play staged on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry was a writer who broke down racial and gender barriers.