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    Trouble in Mind

    R1986 · Crime drama · 1h 51m

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  1. "Trouble in Mind" is a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones. Singer Thelma La Vizzo with Jones on piano first recorded it in 1924 and in 1926, Bertha "Chippie" Hill popularized the tune with her recording with Jones and trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

    • Classic Female Blues
  2. Nov 18, 2021 · Yet for sheer crackling timeliness, the play most of the moment is in fact the oldest: Alice Childresss “Trouble in Mind,” which opened on Thursday at the American Airlines Theater.

  3. Trouble in Mind is a play by Alice Childress, which debuted Off-Broadway at the Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955. It premiered on Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre on November 18, 2021. The play focuses on racism and sexism in American theatre.

  4. Dec 6, 2021 · Trouble in Mind, a 1955 play by Alice Childress, looks at a company of mostly Black actors putting on an anti-lynching play by white creators. It was supposed to transfer to Broadway.

  5. Nov 18, 2021 · With a star turn by LaChanze that takes a strong place in a theatrical season already formidable in its roster of performances, Trouble in Mind takes a behind-the-curtain look at the racism,...

  6. Nov 18, 2021 · Trouble in Mind Review: A backstage comedy about racism, debuting on Broadway after 66 years. The Montgomery bus boycott, the Hollywood blacklist, and the lynching of Emmett Till were all current events when “Trouble in Mind” debuted Off-Broadway in 1955, and Alice Childress included them in her play, but only indirectly or in throwaway lines.

  7. Nov 19, 2021 · In 1955, the playwright Alice Childress refused to soften her story about racism in the theater. Over 60 years later, “Trouble in Mind” finally takes its place on Broadway.

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