Blues musician Charlie Apicella’s formula for success is simple: He awakens every day creating music to make Ma Rainey proud. Apicella never met Rainey, who died in 1939, but he said it is impossible ...

Viola Davis transforms into the Mother of the Blues for her award-winning role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — and while she delivers a powerhouse performance, former Ikette and soul singer Maxayn ...

The inaugural production held in Madison Arts Center’s new cabaret space is the third in Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s August Wilson’s American Century Cycle Experience, “Ma Rainey’s Black ...

August Wilson took the name of one of blues singer Ma Rainey's songs for the title of his play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. She's a character in the play, but the drama isn't primarily about her. (The ...

COLUMBUS, GEORGIA — Ma Rainey lives again — and on the same stage where the legendary Mother of the Blues had her premiere. The Springer Opera House's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom would be ...