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Ma Rainey’s Voice Resonates in Flint | Flint News
Flint Repertory Theatre kicks off its bold new season with August Wilson’s electrifying “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” hitting the Elgood Theatre September 18 through October 4. Emmy-winning director Rico Bruce Wade, a blues lover and visionary, brings this cornerstone of Wilson’s American Century Cycle to life — a raw, intimate tale set in a 1920s recording studio where Ma Rainey (powerfully portrayed by Yewande Odetoyinbo) demands her voice back from a world that silenced her. With live blues from legend Earl Darnell and seasoned actor Kenn Hopkins Jr. as Slow Drag — who’s chased this role for…
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