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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf

First Preview: Oct 10, 2019
Opening Date: Oct 10, 2019
Closing Date: Dec 15, 2019
Running Time: 01:40
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/1920/for-colored-girls/
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425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003
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A groundbreaking work in modern American theater, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, returns to The Public for the first time since it premiered in 1976, before its breakthrough run on Broadway.

Filled with passion, humor, and raw honesty, legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s form-changing choreopoem tells the stories of seven women of color using poetry, song, and movement. With unflinching honesty and emotion, each woman voices her survival story of having to exist in a world shaped by sexism and racism.

Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner (Born Bad, generations, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka) directs this seminal work that speaks to our world today about women’s struggles, strength, desires, resilience, and the sanctified magic of love and possibility.
Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13
Audience Advisory: Production is expected to include fog

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY thru SUNDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 2 PM

Written By
  • Ntozake Shange
Director
  • Leah C. Gardiner
Choreography
  • Camille A. Brown

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  • Box Office

    Lobby. Counter 42".

  • Parking

    Valet parking garage: 403 Lafayette St. Lot: Lafayette St. & Astor Place.

  • Curb Ramps

    Outside main entrance.

  • Passenger Loading Zone

    Front.

  • Restroom

    Unisex: Main floor. Door 35.5". Clear space 61"x 54". Commode 18". Grab bars.

  • Seating

    Newman Theater seats 299. Anspacher Theater seats 275. LuEsther Hall seats 156. Martinson Hall seats 165. Susan Stein Shiva Theater seats 104.

  • Elevator\Escalator

    Elevator: Attended. Accesses all floors.

  • Telephone

    Main floor. Coin slot 55". Cord 30".

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    Six steps or machine lift to main floor lobby. Entrance marked by large signs. Assistance available.

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    None.

  • Water Fountain

    Main floor. Spout 36".

  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive Listening Systems that transmit sound via headsets are available.

  • Wheelchair Info

    Access for wheelchair users and individuals with limited mobility is available. Box office needs advance notice so that seats can be removed.

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