To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.

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The Monkey

The Monkey

2023

As the Crows Fly

1933

Urban

2019

Tell Me All About My Body

Tell Me All About My Body

2020

Rated X

2020

Don't Tell My Mother

Don't Tell My Mother

2024

ICON

ICON

2023

Wittgenstein's Poker

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Breaker

Breaker

2017

Lampedusa

2015

We are not having any trouble in our department despite what you've heard

We are not having any trouble in our department despite what you've heard

2011

Stream Sniping

Stream Sniping

2024

The Story of Christmas

The Story of Christmas

1973

Wolf's Skin

2015

Ioana

Ioana

2015

The Art of Gesture

The Art of Gesture

2015

Santa Maria

Santa Maria

2016

Lazarus Come Out

Lazarus Come Out

2015

Eeling

Eeling

2010

Lightning Bugs in a Jar

Lightning Bugs in a Jar

2015