The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." Unlike the original play which featured only 7 women known by colors ...

Structurally, For Colored Girls is a series of 20 poems, collectively called a 'choreopoem.' Shange's poetry expresses the many struggles and obstacles that African-American women face throughout ...

Actress Melissa Kiplagat and Colored Girls play director Cheryl Williams during an interview at KTN News studios along Mombasa Road. [Courtesy] A 48-year-old play, known for powerfully describing ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — VCUarts Theatre will open its 2024-2025 season with the Tony Award-winning choroepoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.” ...

American Sign Language plays a key creative role in for colored girls... The show features Alexandria Wailes (Lady in Purple), an actor and dancer who is deaf and has been an advocate for ...