India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival

[Yankeefan007]

India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#1

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:27pm

Grammy winner India.Arie will star in a summer 2008 revival of Ntozake Shange's "for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf."



http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115756.html

[Pippin]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#2

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:30pm

Very excited!!

I love her. I have no idea if she can act, but I LOVE HER!

"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."

[RyToast1]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#2

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:30pm

what an interesting title

[Pippin]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#3

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:31pm

How long before WBAF responds with "Who?"

"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."

[doodlenyc]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#4

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:42pm

Good for her, but this makes me wonder, where the heck is Ntozake Shange AND Trazana Beverley?

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[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#5

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:46pm

Who?

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[Liverpool]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#6

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:48pm

19 minutes.


someone's slipping.

[frogs_fan85]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#7

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:55pm

Any guesses on a theater?

[munkustrap178]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#8

Posted: 3/10/08 at 2:56pm

It's too far in advance to start narrowing it down to a specific theatre.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[Dolly_Levi]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#9

Posted: 3/10/08 at 3:19pm

Love India.Arie.
Had no idea she was an actress.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#10

Posted: 3/10/08 at 3:41pm

Wonder what role she was cast in.
This is a piece of theater that everybody needs to see. I've yet to see a good live production of it, so I'm hoping that this revival is it.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[MungoGypsy8232]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#11

Posted: 3/10/08 at 3:58pm

What's the play about?

[broadwayfan7]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#12

Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:25pm

That's so neat!

"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."

[uncageg]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#13

Posted: 3/10/08 at 6:32pm

I may have to see this. Love the play and read the book twice way back. I have never seen it live. Only on tv.

Google the title to find out what it is about.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 3/10/08 at 06:32 PM

[MungoGypsy8232]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#14

Posted: 3/10/08 at 7:51pm

Already did uncageg, I just didn't post an edit. This looks really awesome and innovative!

[everythingtaboo]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#15

Posted: 3/10/08 at 8:20pm

I could imagine this going into the Lyceum when Macbeth closes.

I'm really excited about this - it's amazing play and a tremendous opportunity for some great actresses to play together and bring some powerful stories to life.

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[Sandy in Sable]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#16

Posted: 3/11/08 at 1:43pm

I posted about this in another thread a few days ago... for more discussion:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&thread=922877#3478339

[Calvin]

re: India.Arie to star in Summer 2008 FOR COLORED GIRLS...Bway revival#17

Posted: 3/13/08 at 4:44pm

This show is in for a LONG run! According to Playbill, at least:

Show Dates:
Performances from Jul, 2008
Opening 02 Aug 2008
Closing 31 Dec 2033

Tee hee.