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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.
LACKAWANNA BLUES is actor, playwright, and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s ode to his 1950s childhood home: Lackawanna, New York. Santiago-Hudson’s autobiographical play focuses on the woman who raised him, Rachel “Nanny” Crosby, and the eccentric community of lost souls and abandoned lovers she nurtured. Inspired by African griot
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.
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 ...
Sep 29, 2021 · Lackawanna Blues is written, performed, and directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, with original music by Bill Sims Jr. performed on stage by Grammy Award-nominated blues guitarist ...
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Apr 17, 2019 · Lackawanna Blues Written, Performed, and Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson Depart USC at 7 p.m.; return at 10:30 p.m. ADMISSION: Open to USC students only. Reservations required. RSVP beginning Wednesday, March 20, at 9 a.m. See description for details.* USC Students: RSVP To attend a performance on your own, visit centertheatregroup.org to purchase tickets. Lackawanna Blues at the Mark Taper ...