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   Lackawanna Blues is an American play written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson that premiered in 2001. It was later adapted as a television movie that aired in 2005. The play dramatizes the character of the author's primary caregiver when he was growing up in Lackawanna, New York , during the 1950s and 1960s.

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   Tags: Williamstown Theatre Festival By the Way Berkshires is a digital magazine exploring creative life and community — art and performance, food and the outdoors — and I’m writing it for you, with local voices, because I’ve gotten to know this rich part of the world as a writer and journalist, and I want to share it with you.

3. www.nytimes.com › lackawanna-blues-broadwayTour the Old Steel Town at the Center of ‘Lackawanna Blues’

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   Oct 27, 2021 · These were fertile times. The 2020 census counted 19,949 people in Lackawanna. In the late ’50s and ’60s, when “Lackawanna Blues” is set, the town was thriving, courtesy of the Bethlehem ...

4. www.nytimes.com › lackawanna-blues-review‘Lackawanna Blues’ Review: A Soulful Master Class in ...

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   Oct 7, 2021 · After all, people may think the blues are about heartbreak, but to get to heartbreak, you first have to pass through love. Lackawanna Blues. Through Nov. 12 at Manhattan Theater Club; 212-239-6200 ...

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   Mar 20, 2019 · READ ON APP. "Lackawanna Blues" is a one-man musical reflection written, directed and performed by the multi-talented Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Originally produced in 2001 by the Joseph Papp Public Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival, is revived at the Mark Taper Forum. The production takes place during the 1950s in Santiago-Hudson's ...

6. www.centertheatregroup.org › about › press-room'Lackawanna Blues' Calendar Release | Center Theatre Group

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   Dec 21, 2018 · ## CALENDAR OF EVENTS ## March – April 2019 #### EVENT: “Lackawanna Blues” Written, Performed and Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson #### DESCRIPTION: A magical, musical and deeply personal work written, performed and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, “Lackawanna...

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   Where did 'Lackawanna Blues' come from?

   • In the late ’50s and ’60s, when “Lackawanna Blues” is set, the town was thriving, courtesy of the Bethlehem Steel mill. In 1983, the steel mill closed its doors. Today, wind turbines spin where steel was once manufactured. The play, Santiago-Hudson said during an interview in August, allows him to revisit and remember where he came from.

   Tour the Old Steel Town at the Center of ‘Lackawanna Blues’

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   Who is in the cast of Lackawanna Blues?

   • Lackawanna Blues features an all-star cast including Louis Gossett, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Lou Myer, and Ernie Hudson. The movie is set in the 60's and seen through the eyes of a young boy growing up in a rooming house run by the lady that everyone calls Nanny. S. Epatha Merkerson did an outstanding job playing the lead role.

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   Is Lackawanna Blues a one-man show?

   • Lackawanna Blues is intended to be a one-man show. The actor narrating the play (an adult Ruben) was intended to portray more than 20 other characters, as well as the starring role of the young Ruben. The play was very well received. The New York Times called it a "tour de force."

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   What year did the play 'Lackawanna' come out?

   • The play dramatizes the character of the author's primary caregiver when he was growing up in Lackawanna, New York, during the 1950s and 1960s. The play debuted off Broadway April 14, 2001, at The Public Theater in New York City. It was directed by Loretta Greco, produced by George C. Wolfe, and the executive producer was Fran Reiter.

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   Who narrates Lackawanna Blues?

   • The late Bill Sims Jr. provided the original music, as well as performing on-stage acoustic guitar for the play. Lackawanna Blues is intended to be a one-man show. The actor narrating the play (an adult Ruben) was intended to portray more than 20 other characters, as well as the starring role of the young Ruben.

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   Who is nanny in 'Lackawanna Blues'?

   • That woman is Nanny, the beating heart of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s tender and vibrant autobiographical one-man show, “Lackawanna Blues,” which opened on Thursday night in a Manhattan Theater Club production at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater. It proves to be a winsome performer’s master class in storytelling, despite a few flat notes.

   ‘Lackawanna Blues’ Review: A Soulful Master Class in Storytelling

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8. www.manhattantheatreclub.com › lackawanna-bluesRuben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna Blues - Manhattan Theatre Club

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   Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson returns to MTC for the Broadway debut of his brilliant solo play celebrating the strong, big-hearted woman who raised him: Miss Rachel. In a 1950s boarding house outside Buffalo, Nanny, as she was affectionately called, opened her doors to anyone and everyone in need of kindness, hope, compassion and care.