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Ntozake Shange (/ˈɛntoʊˌzɑːki ˈʃɑːŋˌɡeɪ/ EN-to-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-gay; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet. As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work.
Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.
She has also written several novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. Shange lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Shange was born Paulette L. Williams in Trenton, New Jersey to an upper-middle-class family. Her father, Paul T. Williams, was an Air Force surgeon, and her mother, Eloise Williams, was an educator and a psychiatric social worker. When she was aged 8, Shange's family moved to the racially segregated city of St. Louis. As a result of the Brown v. Board of Education court decision, Shange was bused to a white school where she endured racism and racist attacks.
Ntozake Shange, Barnard graduate, Class of '70 garnered an Obie for her 1974 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." She has also won Tony, Grammy, Emmy nominations, a Pushcart Prize and a Guggenheim fellowship. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, NJ.
Poet, playwright, novelist and black feminist Ntozake Shange’s, Ph.D., earliest work can be traced back to the late 1960s when she was in high school. This foundational work along with an early drafts of the Obie Award-winning play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf,” and many others are a part of the significant collection acquired by the Barnard Library Archives and Special Collections.
In “Her Pen is a Machete: The Art of Ntozake Shange,” scholars, writers, and artists explore Ntozake Shange’s genre-defying achievements and ongoing influences. From her invention of the choreopoem to her revolutionary approaches to the body, movement, voice, music, dance, poetry, and prose, Shange’s work continues to create space for black women on the page and the stage, and to inspire new possibilities for art and writing. “Her Pen is a Machete” features interviews with Soyica Diggs Colbert, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Vanessa K. Valdés, Jennifer DeVere Brody, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. This video is included in The Scholar & Feminist Online issue 12.3-13.1, "The Worlds of Ntozake Shange," available at http://sfonline.barnard.edu/worlds-of-ntozake-shange Help us caption & translate this v...
The opening scene of Ntozake Shanges play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf". I am a fan of Ntozake, a lover of art and broadway theatrical stage plays. Hope you enjoy this as much as I have.
October 14, 2010 - With the movie release of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" Ntozake Shange is once again returning to the center of Black thought and conversation. The original theatrical release (1975) mined the emotions of women across the country; and won an Obie Award. Ms. Shange read for Mosaic as a precursor to an interview that will appear in a future issue. She's also celebrating the release of her new book, "Some Sing, Some Cry" which she authored with her sister Ifa Bayeza. After recovering from illness and a stroke, Ms. Shange, a native Trentonian, has settled in Brooklyn NY to be closer to friend and family.
From the Reelblack vault comes this previously unseen interview with author and poet NTOZAKE SHANGE from December 2010. In it she discusses the evolution of her signature piece, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF and how it came to be adapted by Tyler Perry for the 2011 film. She also talks about her novel, SOME SING, SOME CRY and offers a bit of advice for up-and-coming artists. Cam+edit: Mike D. Special thanks: Art Sanctuary of Philadelphia.
Shakespeare in Paradise 2014 This is the screen play from Shakespeare in Paradise 2014 in the Bahamas, based on the book "for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf" written by Ntozake Shange. directed by Nicolette Bethel produced by ringplay productions
I Don't Need Sorry poem Janet Jackson Movie For Colored Girls directed by Tyler Perry Nina tells the man exactly what he can do with his sorries
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Ntozake Shange, Barnard graduate, Class of '70 garnered an Obie for her 1974 play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." She has also won Tony, Grammy, Emmy nominations, a Pushcart Prize and a Guggenheim fellowship. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She was born Paulette Williams in Trenton, NJ.
From the Reelblack vault comes this previously unseen interview with author and poet NTOZAKE SHANGE from December 2010. In it she discusses the evolution of her signature piece, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF and how it came to be adapted by Tyler Perry for the 2011 film. She also talks about her novel, SOME SING, SOME CRY and offers a bit of advice for up-and-coming artists. Cam+edit: Mike D. Special thanks: Art Sanctuary of Philadelphia.
In this exclusive interview with The Root's contributing editor Harriette Cole, playwright-poet-novelist Ntozake Shange talks about the strokes that almost took her life, the new novel she wrote with her sister and what she told Tyler Perry when he told her he wanted to adapt her Tony Award-winning choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, for the big screen. (Hint: She's not a fan of Madea.)
In “Her Pen is a Machete: The Art of Ntozake Shange,” scholars, writers, and artists explore Ntozake Shange’s genre-defying achievements and ongoing influences. From her invention of the choreopoem to her revolutionary approaches to the body, movement, voice, music, dance, poetry, and prose, Shange’s work continues to create space for black women on the page and the stage, and to inspire new possibilities for art and writing. “Her Pen is a Machete” features interviews with Soyica Diggs Colbert, Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, Vanessa K. Valdés, Jennifer DeVere Brody, and Alexis Pauline Gumbs. This video is included in The Scholar & Feminist Online issue 12.3-13.1, "The Worlds of Ntozake Shange," available at http://sfonline.barnard.edu/worlds-of-ntozake-shange Help us caption & translate this v...
Here is a snippet from RBTV's upcoming interview with poet/playwright/author NTOZAKE SHANGE in which she discusses here life prior to the Broadway debut of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE (WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF). Tyler Perry's film adaptation is available now on DVD. Ms. Shange's new novel, SOME SING, SOME CRY is also in stores now. Full interview will post soon. Special thanks Art Sanctuary. Visit www.ntozakeshange.org for more info.
October 14, 2010 - With the movie release of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" Ntozake Shange is once again returning to the center of Black thought and conversation. The original theatrical release (1975) mined the emotions of women across the country; and won an Obie Award. Ms. Shange read for Mosaic as a precursor to an interview that will appear in a future issue. She's also celebrating the release of her new book, "Some Sing, Some Cry" which she authored with her sister Ifa Bayeza. After recovering from illness and a stroke, Ms. Shange, a native Trentonian, has settled in Brooklyn NY to be closer to friend and family.
Promo for lecture by Ntozake Shange, author of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf".
http://www.facebook.com/MannyTheMovieGuy "For Colored Girls" from writer/director Tyler Perry opens this Friday, Nov. 5th. Based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf," the film features a celebrated cast including Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Kerry Washington, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Whoopi Goldberg, and Macy Gray. "For Colored Girls" portrays each of the women in the collection of twenty poems in order to shine a light on the issues that impact "women in general and "women of color in particular." In this interview, I talked to Tessa Thompson (Nyla/Purple) and Thandie Newton (Tangie/Orange) and we discussed: *** What got them interested in making the film? *** The...