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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf 1976

Ages: 12+
Opened: May 7, 1976
Closing: August 29, 1976

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf - 1976 Off-Broadway History , Info & More

Anspacher Theatre
425 Lafayette Street (between Astor Place & 4th St) New York, NY

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 their lives. It is performed by a cast of seven women characters, each of whom is known only by a color: "Lady in Yellow," "Lady in Purple," etc.



The poems deal with love, abandonment, rape, and abortion, embodied by each woman's story. For example, Lady in Blue's visceral account of a woman who chooses to have an abortion, and Lady in Red's tale of domestic violence. The end of the play brings together all of the women for a "laying on of hands," in which Shange evokes the power of womanhood as the Lady in Red begins the mantra "I found God in myself/and I loved her/I loved her fierce."


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for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf History

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1976   Off-Broadway Original Off-Broadway Production
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1976   Off-Broadway
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1976   Broadway Broadway Transfer
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1979   West End London Production
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1980   Regional (US) Regional Revival
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2000   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Revival
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2000   Off-Broadway
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2019   Off-Broadway Public Theater Off-Broadway Revival
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2022   Broadway Broadway Revival Production
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