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5/6: Actors Maurice McRae ("Levee") and Ro Boddie ("Sylvester") chat on the Marc Steiner Show. Listen>>

5/3: Don Scott and Marty Bass talk to E. Faye Butler on WJZ's "Coffee With:". If you want more, check out the web extra >>

4/23: WYPR's J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Listen >> 

4/21: Geoff Himes of CityPaper calls CENTERSTAGE's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom "immensely rewarding." Read the review >>

4/21: Mike Giuliano reviews Ma Rainey's Black Bottom for the Baltimore Messenger. Read the review >>

4/18: "Taking center stage: Chicago actress E. Faye Butler makes a theatrical home for herself in Baltimore," a profile in The Baltimore Sun. Read it >>

4/16: Kai Jackson interviews E. Faye Butler on WJZ's  On Time. Watch it! >>

4/15: "'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' in potent revival at Center Stage," says Tim Smith of The Baltimore Sun. Read the review! >>

4/15: Jack Gohn from BroadwayWorld reviews Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Read it! >>
 


Press Releases

CENTERSTAGE Presents August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom >>
E. Faye Butler takes center stage in the title role of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. CENTERSTAGE Artistic Director Irene Lewis will direct the production, which runs from April 7th to May 9th in the Pearlstone Theater.


Press Photos

 

Maurice McRae and Thomas Jefferson Byrd in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
David Fonteno and Maurice McRae in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
E. Faye Butler and Toccarra Cash in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
Merwin Goldsmith, Ro Boddie, and E. Faye Butler in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
Maurice McRae, Ro Boddie, David Fonteno, Ernest Perry, Jr., and Thomas Jefferson Byrd in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
Laurence O’Dwyer and Maurice McRae in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
E. Faye Butler and Ro Boddie in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
Maurice McRae and Toccarra Cash in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Earnest Perry, Jr., Merwin Goldsmith, Laurence O’Dwyer, Toccarra Cash, and E. Faye Butler in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Irene Lewis. Photo by Richard Anderson. Download print-res

Media Contacts:

Heather C. Jackson, Public Relations Manager
hjackson@centerstage.org | 410.986.4016

Sarah Weissman, Public Relations Intern
sweissman@centerstage.org | 410.986.4112