‘For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf’ Returning to Broadway in April!

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(L-R) Alexandria Wailes, Tendayi Kuumba, Stacey Sargeant, D. Woods, Kenita R. Miller, Director/Choreographer Camille A. Brown, Okwui Okpokwasili, Amara Granderson ~”for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf” at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images) Photo By Bruce Glikas

Black girl magic is reborn. Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf will be returning to Broadway with preview performances at Broadway’s Booth Theatre on April 1st ~ and officially opening April 20th.

Stacey Sargeant and Amara Granderson pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf” at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

This celebration of the power of Black womanhood returns to Broadway for the first time, reinvented, directed, and choreographed by “a true superstar of theater and dance” (NPR), Camille A. Brown ~ dancer, choreographer, director and dance educator ~ having choreographed major Broadway shows such as Choir Boy, Once on This Island, and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert that aired on NBC, to name a few.

Kenita R. Miller poses at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf” at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, directed and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, will be showing at The Booth Theater, 222 West 45th Street, NYC. Tickets available now, with preview performances beginning on April 1, 2022.

“A masterpiece!A turning-point for art by and about Black women.” – Essence

“There is something so mesmerizing about hearing the words of Ntozake Shange through her brilliant For Colored Girls.” – New York Amsterdam News

“Camille A. Brown is one of the most exciting and creative figures in the world of dance today.” – Vogue

Tendayi Kuumba and Kenita R. Miller pose at a photo call during rehearsals for the revival of the broadway play “for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf” at The Collective Paper Factory Hotel on March 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Read more about Camille A. Brown and ‘for colored girls who…..’ in Forbes.

Taking a look-back to last year’s celebration of Ntozake Shange’s ‘for colored girls’ presented by Barnard College and Souleo Enterprises ~ STUFF, an installation at Barnard College’s Milstein Center.