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

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

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

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

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

Very excited!!

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

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

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

what an interesting title

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

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

How long before WBAF responds with "Who?"

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

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

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

Who?

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

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

19 minutes.


someone's slipping.

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

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

Any guesses on a theater?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

What's the play about?

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

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

That's so neat!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.