for colored girls Playbill Art, 1977

Choreopoem for Colored Girls

Adorned in the colors of the rainbow, seven women electrified Broadway audiences in 1976 with an innovative blend of dance, music, poetry, and storytelling that placed African American women’s lives and voices in mainstream theater. Ntozake Shange’s (1948–2018) spectacular first play, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, was the second show by an African American woman to open on Broadway. In Shange’s powerful choreopoem, the seven female characters present poetic monologues conveying struggles with racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination and violence, while the rainbow symbolizes the celebration of their survival and hope for a brighter future.

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Designer: Paul Davis, American, b. 1938
Client: Booth Theater, American
Author: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948–2018

Catalogue Status: Research in Progress
Description: Poster promoting the play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" at the Booth Theatre.

Credit Line: Gift of Unknown Donor

1976

Accession Number: 1980-32-981

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Type: theater
Object Name: Poster
Type: Poster

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: H x W: 116.8 × 58.6 cm (46 in. × 23 1/16 in.)

made in: New York, NY, USA

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Record ID: chndm_1980-32-981

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cc58861f-149c-4d39-a549-a227e88f08e5

for colored girls Playbill Art, 1977

Choreopoem for Colored Girls

For Colored Girls...

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