A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Join us for Ohio Goes To The Movies! A statewide celebration of movies showcasing Ohio’s contributions to America’s film industry and moviemaking. A Signature Event of America 250-Ohio, OGTTM will start mid-February 2026 and run through October 2026 – about 250 days involving all of the state’s 88 counties. Details are at OhioGoestotheMovies.org. Join us in celebrating RUBY DEE (born Ruby Ann Wallace; October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Gladys (née Hightower) and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter. Dee's career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades. In 1959, she gained prominence for originating the role of Ruth Younger, a suffering housewife in the projects, in Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun, which premiered on Broadway. Acting alongside Sidney Poitier and Louis Gossett Jr. The play was the first play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway. She reprised the role opposite Poitier in this 1961 film of the same name. This is a FREE Event! SYNOPSIS: Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.DramaPT2H8M2026-08-14Sidney Poitier
Claudia McNeil
Ruby Dee
Daniel Petrie
David Susskind
Philip Rose
Ronald H. Gilbert
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)"A Raisin in the Sun (1961)"Showtimes
August 14, 7:00 pm
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