Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opened Friday, January 10 Many dates already SOLD OUT. Don't miss it!

August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom opens January 10 with a Champagne Celebration! Join us on Opening Night or for a performance before March 2!

We already have multiple SOLD OUT performances and the remainder are filling up quickly. Do not wait too long to book your tickets - this show will sell out!

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

About the play:

In a rundown Chicago recording studio in 1927, tempers rise and simmering conflicts erupt when the “Mother of the Blues” and her band record a set of jazz and blues standards.

Fiery and determined, Ma Rainey fights to retain control over her music, while her cocky trumpet player Levee dreams of making his own name in the business. More than music goes down in August Wilson’s riveting portrayal of rage, racism, self-hatred, and exploitation.

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Detroit Repertory Theatre

The first professional (Union), nonprofit theatre in the State of Michigan, 

the Detroit Repertory Theatre's mission is guided by the belief that the sense of community is stronger than the forces that splinter and that efforts to preserve unity deserve the same attention and support as the justly cultivated efforts to retain diversity. The implicit goal in all the theatre's efforts is to produce the best possible professional theatre while fostering cultural democratization of the arts, and fighting, by example, the disturbing level of racism that still exists.

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