Review: Market Theatre’s “Ma Rainey” a Dark Blues Wonder — The Anderson Observer

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Review: Market Theatre’s “Ma Rainey” a Dark Blues Wonder — The Anderson Observer

Greg Wilson/Anderson ObserverMarket Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” paints in the darkest shades of the blues.The fictionalized story of Gertrude Pridgett, who was known as blues singer “Ma Rainey.” Born in Columbus, Ga., in 1886 she left home at 14, joining black vaudeville troupes that toured the South in those days attracted her, and by 1900, the 14-year-old singer began to gain fame.After hearing another w…