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What happened to A Raisin in the Sun

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Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 masterpiece, A Raisin in the Sun, is still a potent indictment. by Zac Thompson"Seem like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams," someone says in A Raisin in the Sun. Hearing that line on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—which is when TimeLine Theatre Company's excellent revival of Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama had its opening night—felt a little like being doused in cold water.…

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