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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a 1976 work by Ntozake Shange. It consists of a series of poetic monologues to be accompanied by dance movements and music, a form which Shange coined the word choreopoem to describe.
From its inception in California in 1974 to its Broadway revival in 2022, the Obie Award–winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, inspired, and transformed audiences all over the country for nearly fifty years.
Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf” defied Broadway conventions when it opened at the Booth Theater on Sept. 15, 1976.
About for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf on Broadway. One hour and 35 minutes with no intermission. Recommended for ages 13 and up. Children...
In other words, the choreopoem is intended “for colored girls who have considered suicide,” and it also hints at the emotional and spiritual health that are achieved “when [one recognizes that] the rainbow is enuf.”
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Full-Length Play, Drama / 7w. Ntozake Shange. This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women. Image: 2019 Public Theater Production (Joan Marcus) Request license. Get the Script.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf Tickets Through Dec. 1 at the Public Theater, Manhattan; 212-967-7555, publictheater.org. Running time: 1 hour 30...
