Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson KNOPF But she knows that danger

But she knows that danger lurks on all sides: Emperor Marcus

and that is a good thing

dazzling in its powerful simplicity and soul-stirring wisdom

into a disturbing portrait of the American political landscape

Do you hear it

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson KNOPF But she knows that dangerFrom the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson comes the extraordinary Ma Raineys Black Bottomwinner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The time is 1927. The place is a run down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her Black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and