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uspry1 (f)
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Please mark your calendar ---MUST SEE the challenges of remaking American Classic, "A RAISIN IN THE SUN".
TV channel: ABC TV-movie version
When: February 25, 2008 Monday at 8/7central.
Author: Lorraine Hansberry wrote in 1956 at age 26 took the title from Langston Hughes' "Harlem".
Description: a classic tale of domestic strife during the fledging civil rights era.
Cast: Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan, and Audra McDonald
Original movies: 1961 portrayed by Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee from Broadway hit stage to screen; and 1989 portrayed by Esther Rolle and Danny Glover on PBS' version that was nominated for three Emmys.
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