Okay, this has gone too far. First it was “Raisin in The Sun” and then it was “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” and now this? Listen, I like classic plays along with the rest of them but why in the name of hell are people acting like nobody writes good plays anymore? And I’m not just saying that because I write a few good ones, either. I’m even saying this for those playwrights I don’t know and for my peeps I got frienvy for who have some moderate success (though nothing matching these proportions). If you really want to do something lovely, attach an unknown play to the front of one of these revivals. You know like how they do concerts? Get an opener. For crying out loud.

From the Hollywood Reporter:
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter India.Arie will star in the first Broadway revival of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” which will be produced by Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment in the summer.

The first preview is scheduled for mid-July, in advance of an early August opening. No theater has been named, and no cast members outside of Arie have been chosen.

Often described as a choreopoem, the play presents the stories of seven women of color from the African Diaspora. Shirley Jo Finney will direct, and three-time Tony winner Hinton Battle will choreograph.

In summer 1976, the Obie-winning play had a three-month run off-Broadway at the Public Theater and then moved to Broadway, where it ran for nearly two years. It was nominated for the Tony for best play, and Trazana Beverley won a Tony for best featured actress in a play.

“For Colored Girls” was remounted off-Broadway at American Place Theatre in summer 2000, but this will be its first revival on the Main Stem.