A prescient play about race in America has its long-overdue Broadway premiere

Brandon Michael Hall, LaChanze and Chuck Cooper in Roundabout Theatre Company

Playwright Alice Childress took an unflinching look at racism in society and in the theater with “Trouble in Mind” in 1955. Now in its overdue Broadway premiere, the play proves prescient and timely.

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Playwright Alice Childress took an unflinching look at racism in society and in the theater with “Trouble in Mind” in 1955. Now in its overdue Broadway premiere, the play proves prescient and timely.