A Raisin in the Sun
Ranked #32 in Theater, Ranked #44 in Drama — see more rankings.
"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.
Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America--and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might... more
Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America--and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might... more
Rankings by Category
A Raisin in the Sun is ranked in the following categories:
- #82 in 11th Grade
- #82 in 16-Year-Old
- #47 in African American
- #56 in Chicago
- #91 in High School Reading
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