Paul Williams and Donald Sutton, representing the Ntozake Shange Trust, have announced that the late author’s groundbreaking Broadway play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is now available nationwide for licensing for amateur and professional productions.
for colored girls became a theater classic based on its first Broadway production in 1976 when it became the longest running play in the history of Broadway written by a Black author. Ever since, it has routinely been produced annually on college campuses throughout the nation as well as in community and regional theaters.
The most recent Broadway production of for colored girls in 2022, directed by award-winning choreographer and director Camille A. Brown, garnered seven (7) Tony nominations, including Best Revival of a Play. However, other productions of the play could not be authorized until recently. Now, the play is fully available for licensing in the United States through Concord Theatricals.
Many household names in theater and film honed their skills as one of the ladies in for colored girls. The list includes Angela Bassett, Alfre Wooward, Lynn Whitfield, S. Epatha Merkerson and Regina Taylor. The work was also adapted by Tyler Perry into a major motion picture in 2010 featuring Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Phylicia Rasha, Thandiwe Newton and Loretta Divine among other notable cast members.
Parties interested in licensing for colored girls for stage productions should contact Concord Theatricals as indicated below:
Concord Theatricals
Professional Licensing Inquiries: professional@concordtheatricals.com
Nonprofessional Licensing Inquiries: nonprofessional@concordtheatricals.com
www.concordtheatricals.com
Go to officialntozakeshange.com to learn more about the life and legacy of Ntozake Shange.